BERLIN, September 1 /PRNewswire/ --
- Henning Ogberg Appointed New Vice President Sales - eleven Opens New Office in Munich
eleven, Germany's leading integrated e-mail security solutions provider, is expanding its sales activities in Germany and Europe and planning to enter markets in other regions. eleven has engaged Henning Ogberg as its new Vice President Sales to head up the newly opened eleven office in Munich and coordinate the market expansion starting September 1, 2008. The market expansion's purpose is to cement eleven's market leader status in Germany and build a strong presence in other markets in Europe and around the world.
As Vice President Sales, Henning Ogberg will be responsible for all sales activities of eleven, the opening and development of new markets, the management and expansion of the eleven sales team and the broadening of eleven's network of partners. At 41, he has years of wide-ranging experience with international management and sales in the internet and e-mail security industry. Among other achievements, as Senior Sales Director at the internet security provider SurfControl he managed all sales activities in German-speaking markets and in Eastern and Northern Europe. He worked in the same position previously for the messaging security provider MessageLabs.
"eleven is the leading and the most innovative provider of integrated e-mail security solutions. With its eXpurgate portfolio of managed services and software solutions, eleven continues to set new benchmarks in e-mail security for enterprises, organisations and government agencies. Our goal is to stake a claim for e-mail security made in Germany right around the globe. The opening of the Munich office is an important first step particularly regarding markets in Austria, Switzerland and other regions in Eastern and Southern Europe," said Henning Ogberg.
The founder and managing director of eleven, Robert Rothe, views the launch of the market expansion as an important signal: "As technology leader in the area of e-mail security, we're ready to seize the market lead in this segment as well. By bringing on Henning Ogberg, we're gaining an internationally experienced sales manager who is also a proven expert in the global e-mail security market. By appointing him and opening a second office in Munich we're signalling our readiness to seize our advantage in new and different markets."
A portrait photograph of Henning Ogberg is available for download at http://eleven.de/html/foto_ogberg.html.
eleven e-mail security made in Germany
eleven is Germany's leading e-mail security provider. eXpurgate is the world's only spam filter and e-mail categorisation service that offers reliable protection against spam and phishing mails, recognises potentially dangerous e-mails and differentiates between individual mails and any kind of bulk mail. What's more, eXpurgate also offers a powerful e-mail firewall and a comprehensive range of options for protection against viruses.
More than 30,000 enterprises use the eXpurgate service. eXpurgate checks and categorises up to 1 billion e-mails every day. Alongside internet service providers such as O2, T-Online, Vodafone and freenet, eleven's customer base includes many well-known companies and public institutions such as Air Berlin, the Association of German Banks, the Free University Berlin, Mazda, RTL, Tobit Software AG and Wall AG. Further information, please visit http://www.eleven.de.
Press contact eleven GmbH Sascha Krieger Hardenbergplatz 2 10623 Berlin Tel: +49(0)30-52-00-56-0 e-mail: presse@eleven.de http://www.eleven.de
Press contact: eleven GmbH, Sascha Krieger, Hardenbergplatz 2, 10623 Berlin, Tel: +49(0)30-52-00-56-0, e-mail: presse@eleven.de
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