Whale Communications Expands EMEA Presence, Launches Operations in the Benelux and Northern Europe

Business Wire, Sept 15, 2005

FORT LEE, N.J. -- Whale Communications today announced that it is expanding it presence in EMEA, establishing operations in the Benelux and Northern European region that will provide sales and technical support. E[acute accent]The announcement reinforces Whale's continued expansion in EMEA, where Whale has surpassed more than 500,000 EMEA enterprise end-users and has been growing its EMEA sales over 65% annually. Whale has tripled its European channel partner base in the first half of 2005, and is increasing its presence throughout the region, which currently accounts for over 45% of the company's global sales. E[acute accent]"Through our operations in the Benelux and Northern Europe we will continue to provide our existing customers and business partners the local support they require to manage their Whale SSL VPN implementations," says Mike Betz, Managing Director EMEA for Whale Communications. "Additionally, our local presence will enable us to proactively address the increasing opportunities in the region, enforcing Whale's position as the leading provider of Intelligent Application Access Solutions." E[acute accent]Recognized as a leader in the SSL VPN space by industry experts, Whale's business driven application access solutions offer exceptional flexibility without compromising on security. Fortune 1000 and Global 1000 companies around the world are using its products including: Virgin Atlantic Airways, Britain's Labour Party, E.ON UK, the Financial Times, Superdrug and Hasbro.

E[acute accent]About Whale Communications

E[acute accent]Whale is the leading provider of business driven secure access products, including SSL VPN, application security and endpoint security offerings. A pioneer in secure application layer access, Whale's products are deployed globally by the world's leading organizations to extend their businesses. Today over two million employees, business partners and customer users securely and easily access their critical business applications and resources through Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway products. The company is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and has international offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Israel and representation in France.

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