Security news20 October 2009
Sophos Names Arabella Hallawell Vice President of Corporate Strategy Former Gartner analyst tapped to guide Sophos’s long-term corporate strategy
Arabella Hallawell
BOSTON – October 20, 2009 - IT security and data protection firm Sophos today announced the appointment of Arabella Hallawell to vice president of corporate strategy. In this newly created position, Hallawell will be responsible for leading corporate strategy, including long-term competitive strategy; tracking significant technology shifts to effectively align the company’s product roadmap; leading business development efforts by identifying strategic partnerships that will help deliver Sophos’s product strategy; and driving customer research.
"Arabella has earned an exceptional reputation in the industry, guiding global enterprises on critical business decisions, and helping clients gain market share, build brand awareness and identify key strategic partnerships," said Rainer Gawlick, chief marketing officer at Sophos. "We are thrilled to welcome Arabella to the Sophos executive team.",
A seasoned professional with 15 years’ experience in the information technology industry, Hallawell recently held the position of research vice president at Gartner Research. In this role, she focused on the anti-virus, endpoint, email security and web filtering security markets, and led Gartner’s global privacy program. Hallawell counseled hundreds of CIOs and IT and security directors every year on security organizational models and vendor selection strategies and has advised some of the world’s most recognized technology vendors on go-to-market strategies.
Based in Sophos’s North American headquarters, Hallawell will report directly to Gawlick.
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About Sophos
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.
