Asia PR News

BURLINGTON, Mass., July 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Astaro, a leader in unified threat management network security and creator
of the award-winning Astaro Security Linux software and Astaro Security Gateway
line of appliances, today announced the opening of its Asia Pacific regional
headquarters and the appointment of Daniel Schneersohn as vice president and
general manager for Asia Pacific and Japan.

The opening of this office in Hong Kong and the hiring of Schneersohn mark
the next step for Astaro in its commitment to the region. The company expects
to open additional local offices throughout the region as it makes available
new Asian language products in the coming quarters.

"Asia represents a fabulous growth market for Astaro and Daniel is the
right man to help us build our capabilities there," said Jan Hichert, CEO of
Astaro. "His intimate knowledge of both the security space and this region of
the world is vital to our ability to serve our Asia-based customers."

Schneersohn, 39, is a veteran of the security market in Asia and has been
living in the region for more than 15 years. He has worked extensively with
channel and enterprise customers, first at Symantec Corporation where he was
responsible for setting up the company’s presence in North Asia and then with
Symantec’s channel sales and partner programs across Asia Pacific. Later in
his career at NetScreen, he managed sales for Asia Pacific and Japan.

About Astaro — http://www.astaro.com
Astaro develops a complete line of network security products including the
Astaro Security Gateway line of security appliances and Astaro Security Linux,
a software-based solution. All Astaro products offer seven critical security
applications — firewall, VPN gateway, anti-virus, intrusion protection, spam
filtering, spyware protection and content filtering — fully integrated on a
single management platform.

The company is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and with facilities in
Karlsruhe, Germany. Astaro’s software has won numerous industry awards, and is
protecting over 20,000 networks in 60 countries, including such organizations
as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Los Alamos National Labs, Stanford University and
Watsco, Inc. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of 350
solutions partners who offer local support and services.

SOURCE: Astaro

CONTACT: Bill Baker of Baker Communications Group,
+1-860-350-9100,
wbaker@bakercg.com, for Astaro

Web site: http://www.astaro.com