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| Dr Jan Hruska, Sophos CEO. |
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses
and spam, has announced that Dr Jan Hruska, Sophos's co-founder and
chief executive officer, is to speak at the Anti-Spam Asia 2004
conference being held in Shanghai, China on 7 December.
Delegates at the event, hosted by Sophos and Sun Microsystems,
will hear from a number of distinguished speakers and experts in
the areas of computer security. Over 300 delegates from private
enterprises, education institutes and government in Shanghai have
registered to attend.
Dr Hruska will speak about Sophos's history, strategy and vision
- including how it has successfully defended companies around the
world from the emerging threats of spam and viruses.
"As the number of organisations using the internet grows,
especially via broadband, companies are demanding more
sophisticated security solutions to protect against spammers,
hackers, phishers and virus writers," said Dr Hruska. "Sophos is
committed to offer its global expertise to expedite the adoption of
effective IT security solutions in China."
Other speakers at the conference include Mr Shi Jian, Director,
Shanghai Computer Anti-Virus Center and Professor Lawrence Law,
Director, IT Services Center, HKUST.
Sophos is also collaborating with Sun Microsystems in the Sun
iForce Partner Programme to integrate Sophos PureMessage and Java
Enterprise System to provide a comprehensive anti-spam and
anti-virus solution for high-volume messaging environments, such as
telecommunications carriers, universities and enterprises in
China.
For more information on the Anti-Spam Asia 2004 conference,
email Wendy Chao at wendy@phangnaughton.com or
telephone 021 62116779/32120491.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.