A new company emerges to disrupt the software product market

A new company emerges to disrupt the software product market

SovTech
January 9, 2023
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A new company emerges to disrupt the software product market

SovTech, a software development company and start-up incubator based in Johannesburg, has recently stepped into the software as a service industry and is looking to shake things up. Having focused predominantly on custom software development in the past, the company has picked up on several shortfalls in the South African business software industry and is excited to tackle these shortfalls and disrupt the conventional industry players with their premium product range.

With an experienced team and valuable customer feedback, SovTech entered the fray by developing an initial set of three turnkey products that are aimed at small to medium-sized businesses. The products that are currently available to clients are a CRM product, a document management system, and a marketing automation product. With five more products in advanced stages of development, the software company is looking to offer its product suite as a set of solutions for any business needs.

“SovTech has been looking at the software-as-a-service market for a while. We have had a few companies approach us in the past for various projects and could not help them as they did not have the budget for a full custom software solution. SaaS allows us to offer our clients a great product that can be delivered quickly and at a great price point”, says the person spearheading the SovTech Products business unit, Brendan Stott. While the company was hesitant to shift some focus away from the core business offering, Gerald Neves, CEO of SovTech, had this to say on the bold move: “The final decision to move into the SaaS industry was essentially made for us when we saw the lack of providers in the industry and the demand that we received from our current clients. We are excited to be able to build on the relationships we have with our current customers and offer more value for money to them and any new customers.”

One of the first products to be in the clients’ hands is SovTech’s Sales & CRM Cloud. This cloud-based CRM that has been developed by SovTech to cater for small to medium enterprises that are looking at improving the quality of the data that they receive from clients, as well as to decrease the amount of time spent on generating invoices and creating reminders to follow up on client interactions. The Sales & CRM Cloud product features tools that allow sales managers to gain insight into the activities of the salespeople, allowing managers to take proactive steps to improve the sales process in the company and identifying choke points and congestion in the sales pipeline, thereby increasing the overall sales of the business. Salespeople are more productive with the quote and invoice generator that optimises those processes to ensure that salespeople can speak to more prospects than ever before.

The products that have been released are already being used by multiple companies and users and SovTech is receiving great feedback to improve the products. SovTech has always placed a strong emphasis on listening to customers and ensuring that a software solution develops with the customer’s changing needs. This culture will ensure that further upgrades and developments of the platform will serve the greater client base and allow the team at SovTech to offer the best service and products to their clients.

About SovTech

Business Software. Sorted.™

At SovTech we strive towards establishing ourselves as Africa’s premier technology partner of choice to businesses across all sectors. Technology has changed the world and will continue to do so, we encourage our clients to take a pioneering step to incorporate the best in class software systems in their operations in an attempt to propel their business in a direction that will offer a globally competitive advantage.

At SovTech we pride ourselves in staying at the forefront of technological developments across the globe. Our technological platforms are developed and maintained by a global team, thus guaranteeing that the best business solutions are offered to our client. It is a fundamental belief of ours that technology will disrupt every type of business in every way. Adapting is vital for sustainable businesses.

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