Business is a journey.
In 1997, in the UK, Paul Sillars started a company that sold hardware and provided Lotus Notes development. This company grew to create it’s own “datacentre” at the end of a 64Kb/s internet connection in the back cupboard of the office we worked from.
Those were the days!
By 2010, through acquisitions and sales the company became part of M247, hosting thousands of servers across the world and as Sales Director Paul helped the company grow further – however a new place was calling and in late 2013 Paul Sillars and his family started their next journey to Australia.
At the beginning of 2014 Paul and his family moved to Australia. As a shareholder of Shiloh Marketing, Paul created a number of brands, many of which you may recognise from the past, Wireless4Now, Firewalls4Now and Networking4Now. Based on excellent customer service and Paul’s 25 years of experience in the security market the company grew.
Over the following 8 years, the team grew, enabling us to continue a high level of service as we provided hardware, solutions and services to over 12,000 customers across Australia, New Zealand and the greater APAC region.
In early 2022, some changes were made by the majority shareholder in the UK which meant that the journey changed again for Paul. Shiloh Marketing is in the hands of the UK shareholders and is not connected with Paul or any others of the team in any way.
After a time of reflection and rest, and catchups over a cuppa a number of us agreed that we still loved what we do, and that maybe we should build together again!
So here we are, this is a new start! Some of the old team that made it great before, back together, looking for ways to create and support solutions to meet your needs. But why twelvetimes? Well the number 12 stands for right governance and integrity and this is what we are founded on. When we had the opportunity to start again we worked out what matters most, who we truly are. At our heart we are straight talking, you ask us a question you’ll get an honest answer, even if it’s not the answer you want to hear. If there’s a problem we’ll tell you, we’ll be up front about it. If you want to know where you stand, then choose Twelve Times.
So from 2022 we have moved beyond! In a short space of time, the company has grown, and is now established in 3 countries delivering high level solutions, putting new equipment through it’s paces and generally loving selling our customers the right products for them. We have won awards, earned platinum partner status in one of our dominant brands and have become that which we set out to be, a group of professionals who know their products, listen to their customers, and are straight talking. By 2026 our team has grown to 10 staff across those different countries, each bringing different skillsets and enabling us to do more for our customers. Here’s to more growth!