Nordanex and G DATA CyberDefense launch strategic partnership to enhance cyber security in the channel

With over 40 years’ experience, G DATA is one of Germany’s leading IT security providers. The company brings a comprehensive portfolio to the alliance – ranging from endpoint security through XDR and managed XDR to security services and awareness programmes. A key feature of the solutions is their consistent focus on ‘Cybersecurity Made in Germany’: development, hosting and support are all carried out in Germany, whilst data storage is handled exclusively by German partners. In this way, G DATA meets high standards of data protection, compliance and digital sovereignty.

Those in charge at Nordanex are also noting the growing importance of security solutions from Germany. More and more companies are prioritising transparent data processing, digital sovereignty and compliance with European data protection standards. The partnership with G DATA is specifically designed to capitalise on this trend and expands the group’s security portfolio to include a renowned German manufacturer with a clear focus on the channel.

For Nordanex partners, this collaboration opens up additional opportunities in the security sector. In addition to attractive partner programmes, system integrators benefit from MSP-ready solutions, centralised management, German-language support and comprehensive pre-sales and partner support. Furthermore, G DATA is committed to a consistent ‘channel-first’ strategy and, upon request, also supports partners with customer projects.

Particular mention should be made of G DATA’s commitment to the Nordanex Managed Services Programme. As a premium vendor, the company plays an active role in the further development of cloud and managed services business models within the network, creating additional value for participating partners.

Nikolas Schran, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at G DATA CyberDefense, explains:
“Our partnership with Nordanex is an important step for us in further expanding our presence in the channel and providing targeted support to system integrators as they grow their security business. Together, we are creating real added value for partners and their customers – with high-performance cybersecurity ‘Made in Germany’.”

Christian Weiss, Managing Director of Nordanex, adds:
“With G DATA, we are gaining a strong German security provider that specifically expands our portfolio of solutions and consistently emphasises the concept of ‘Security Made in Germany’. Particularly at a time of increasing demands for data protection, transparency and digital sovereignty, this is more important than ever for our system integrators and their customers. We are therefore all the more delighted to have found a partner in G DATA that shares our values of partnership and collaboration on an equal footing, and which, with its clear ‘channel-first’ strategy, is an excellent fit for Nordanex. The fact that G DATA is actively involved from the outset and has already taken part in the Managed Service Symposium demonstrates to us the high priority placed on this collaboration right from the start.”

Through this new partnership, Nordanex and G DATA are pooling their expertise to provide system integrators and their customers with high-performance security solutions and state-of-the-art managed security services. Together, the two companies aim to help strengthen IT security within the German channel in the long term.

About Nordanex
Nordanex Systemverbund GmbH & Co. KG is a partnership for system integrators and specialist retailers in the ICT sector. Nordanex’s business model aims to provide the more than 300 affiliated companies in the ICT sector with decisive market and procurement advantages through cooperation agreements with suppliers, distributors, manufacturers and service providers, whilst also enabling them to focus on their day-to-day business, including through the centralised payment settlement service it offers.
As a service provider, Nordanex utilises its expertise to present bespoke solutions that support the dynamic and secure development of each individual partner company. The collaborative training programme “Nordanex Managed IT Services” – “NMS” for short – has, since 2016, enabled partners to establish themselves as long-term providers in the fields of cloud and managed IT services. Nordanex achieved a turnover of 116 million euros in the 2025 financial year.

About Soennecken
Soennecken eG is the leading retail cooperative for office, home office and education in the German-speaking world. In 1875, the inventor Friedrich Soennecken laid the foundations for what is now a co-operatively organised company with more than 470 employees and around 460 affiliated member companies. Through two logistics centres, retailers have access to over 42,000 branded products as well as the exclusive Soennecken brand.
The group of companies includes Nordanex Systemverbund GmbH & Co. KG, which focuses on IT system integrators and managed services; Erstling GmbH, a Berlin-based supplier of equipment for nurseries and schools; the wir sind raum® brand for modern spatial concepts and working environments; and Ortloff GmbH, with a retail concept for office supplies, stationery and gift items. The Soennecken Group thus offers holistic solutions for the design of modern working and learning environments – from furnishings and technology to innovative office concepts. The Soennecken Group’s total turnover in 2025 amounted to 748 million euros.