SYDNEY, April 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- ITC Global Security (http://www.itcsecurity.com/) today announce the opening of a new office in Sydney, Australia. As part of a global expansion plan, the new office supports ITC's business objective to become a global market leader in high performance networking and information security management. It facilitates delivery of international high performance networking and IT security support services in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. The office will be headed by Rafael Valetov, Head of Optimisation Services, who joined ITC at the end of 2009, and has many years specialist experience in enterprise network infrastructure, WAN optimisation, application acceleration and management.

Rafael has worked for large global corporations, where he was responsible for managing data networks and control compliance. His experience and project management skills are a key factor in the senior management infrastructure for the region. As head of ITC's optimisation service lines, Rafael is responsible for enabling ITC's clients to fully benefit from WAN and remote access optimisation, application delivery, acceleration and server-less offices to meet today's business challenges.

Day to day operations will be supported by Nick Kirby, APAC Sales Manager, who joins ITC with proven information and communications sales experience gained from companies including Uecomm, Commander Communications and Cable Wireless. Customers in the region will benefit from the experience and support provided by all the local team.

ITC, a specialist information security and secure networking firm, offer advanced consultancy, integration and management. They service Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and leading mid market and enterprise organisations. During 2008/9 the company initiated a series of changes to reinforce global operations; opening offices in Canada and Malaysia; strengthening the senior management team with new appointments; developing a number of service lines including ArcSight Security Incident Event Monitoring (SIEM), Verdasys DLP and Palo Alto Networks Web Application Threat Monitoring; and strengthening the business model to support global service providers.

Tom Millar, ITC's Managing Director and Co-founder, comments: Last year we achieved record growth of 55% in revenue, much of which can be accredited to the growth in global programmes. We deliver projects in over 100 countries and the new office in Sydney endorses our commitment to continued global expansion. Our regional technology support centres enable us to offer the same level of support across different continents and apply a true 'follow the sun' model for clients with a global user base.

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About ITC Global Security

ITC provide information security and advanced networking consultancy, integration and managed services to some of the world's leading organisations, enabling risk management, regulatory compliance and performance challenges to be met. Headquarters in Canary Wharf, ITC manages security for clients in over 800 locations throughout 100 countries. Our clients include Fortune Global 100, FTSE 100, National Health and government organisations. For more information please visit http://www.itcsecurity.com

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SOURCE: ITC Global Security Ltd

CONTACT: For information contact: ITC Global Security Ltd: Amanda Hill,amanda.hill@itcsecurity.com, Tel: +44(0)20-7517-3900, +44-7843-632238; ITCGlobal Security Pty, Level 33, Australia Square, 264 George St, Sydney NSW2000, Tel: +64-2-9258-1050, Email: aus@itcsecurity.com