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| Dr Jan Hruska, CEO of Sophos, formally opened the
new offices in Sydney. |
Sophos, a leader in computer virus and spam protection for
businesses, today announced a significant new investment in its
Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) subsidiary. The investment boosts
the local IT industry by onshoring new high tech jobs while
enhancing global security innovation.
At the core of this announcement is a new High Security Research
& Development Laboratory in North Sydney and a significant
headcount increase across Sophos's research, development and
customer support teams.
In a win for the Australian IT industry, Sophos also announced
today that its new North Sydney headquarters would become the
company's Asia Pacific technical services hub, extending its
existing ANZ services to the wider region. This ensures that
Sophos's customers and partners enjoy direct, real-time access to
the expertise of its acclaimed computer security researchers and
software engineers - augmenting the support provided locally
throughout Asia.
"Sophos's success in Australia and New Zealand to-date and the
innovation demonstrated by the region's IT industry were key
factors in our decision to extend our global capabilities through
this new investment," said Dr Jan Hruska, Sophos's co-founder and
Chief Executive. "Sophos ANZ has rapidly captured market share and
our local support and computer security research teams have
established a reputation as being among the world's best."
Hruska cited Sophos ANZ's very strong relationships with
industry, government and law enforcement as a model that the
company was adopting on a global scale to combat computer crime
cooperatively.
Sophos Australia and New Zealand has forged close working
relationships with Australian government bodies including the
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
(DCITA), the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, the Australian
Communications Authority and the Australian Federal Police among
others. The company has also established close ties with industry
representatives such as the Australian Banking Industry
Association.
Rob Forsyth, managing director for Sophos Australia and New
Zealand, said, "Sophos has made an important investment in the
Australian IT industry to create new local high tech jobs, provide
a centre of excellence for its Asia Pacific technical operations
and further develop the infrastructure to support additional
growth."
"The new investment recognises the formidable reputation that
Sophos's local research, development and support teams have forged
for global technical innovation and customer service delivery.
Further, our new research and development capabilities will help us
to cooperate at a much deeper level with Australian industry and
law enforcement organisations, enabling faster and proactive joint
responses to new electronic threats."
Sophos Australia and New Zealand is now headquartered at Level
11, One Elizabeth Plaza, North Sydney. Sophos can be contacted by
phone +61 2 9409 9100 or email sales@sophos.com.au.
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.