Imperva Also Announces Opening of United Kingdom Sales Office
FOSTER CITY, CA – June 21, 2004 – Imperva, Inc., the world’s leading provider of advanced application security solutions, today announced partnerships with Akhun Co., Ltd., Japan’s top provider of professional information security services, Entrada Kommunikations GmbH and The Bristol Group Deutschland, Germany’s leading IT security specialists, to provide Imperva’s SecureSphere application security solutions, services and training to their customers.
Imperva also announced the opening of its U.K. Sales Office in Windsor, just outside London, to support SecureSphere in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. The combination of the opening of the U.K. sales office, and the partnerships with German and Japanese resellers, significantly expands Imperva’s worldwide sales and technical support presence. This will enable both European and Asian companies to purchase and receive support for SecureSphere solutions from their most trusted information security distributors in their territory.
“These markets are ready for application security solutions. They understand both the value and the risks associated with connecting highly sensitive applications to users via the Web,” said Yarom Arad, Imperva’s International Sales Director. “To safeguard the confidentiality and integrity of the applications and the data, these markets have chosen Imperva’s SecureSphere solution to provide the dedicated security that is required.”
“We see about 80% of attacks target the application, which means these applications clearly need dedicated security in order to be fully protected,” said Stefan Strobel, CEO of Germany based application security specialist Cirosec GmbH. “Imperva’s SecureSphere is the first real-word application security solution guarding the entire application area including the Web Applications as well as the databases at the backend.”
As a master distributor, Akhun will support the entire Japanese market by marketing, selling, and servicing the SecureSphere solutions. They will provide sales and technical training for their reseller network. Entrada and Bristol Group will distribute and support SecureSphere through their hundreds of resellers each serving Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Imperva will support Entrada and Bristol Group with sales and technical training.
About Akhun Co., Ltd.
Ahkun Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based developer and supplier of information security tools and services founded in May 2001 by a team of experienced professionals to counter the growing range of infosec threats in Japan. The company’s founder and president, Akira Watanabe, was the original founder of VANNET, later LINK, and now known as Trend Micro Japan, and was the first president of ICSA Japan. The company’s first product, DataLock, is a tool designed to reduce the loss of companies’ critical resources such as a confidential information and employee’s working hours by protecting against internal threats. More information about the company and products may be found at www.ahkun.jp.
About Entrada Kommunikations GmbH
Entrada Kommunikations GmbH was founded in 1996 by Ingolf Hahn, Robert Jung, and Matthias Nixdorf. The company was founded and currently resides in the IT city of Paderborn, Germany. Entrada is offering a comprehensive portfolio of products from international vendors in the IT-security field. Entrada is an all-round services company with added value: product introduction, sales and support.
Working with a national German network of IT-security partners, Entrada configures and implements individual security concepts in all of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Therefore, Entrada is acting as a catalyst between vendors and system houses. In addition, Entrada exhibits a varied offering of services from technical support to an extensive trainings program in its own training center.
Contact
Entrada kommunikations GmbH
Julie Stroehmeier
Heidturmweg 64-66
33100 Paderborn
Germany
Tel: +49(0)5251/1456-150
Fax: +49(0)5251/1456-300
jstroehmeierentrada.de
www.entrada.de
About The Bristol Group Deutschland GmbH
THE BRISTOL GROUP joined the market of information technology in 1989 and became the first European distribution partner of Check Point Software Technologies LTD. Today, in the position of an independent security solution provider, THE BRISTOL GROUP is perfectly able to provide individual security solutions with specific and competent support to the customers. The customers are leading German companies, often global players, belonging to the industrial segments like
finance, telecommunication, trade, automotive, insurance and production.
Contact
The Bristol Group Deutschland GmbH
Bernt Vossebein
Robert-Bosch-Straße 11
D-63225 Langen
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 6103 . 20 55 300
Fax: +49 (0) 6103 . 70 27 87
bernt.vossebeinbristol.de
www.bristol.de
About Imperva
Imperva is the leader in application data security and compliance. Leading enterprise and government organizations worldwide rely on Imperva to prevent data theft and abuse, and ensure data integrity. The company’s SecureSphere products provide data governance and protection solutions that monitor, audit and secure business applications and databases. For more information, visit www.imperva.com
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