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Former Gartner Analyst Frank Kenney
Joins Ipswitch as VP of Global Strategy
Managed File Transfer Expert Leads Vision for Company’s Aggressive Growth
Lexington, MA - February 16, 2010 – Ipswitch, Inc., the leading developer of comprehensive secure and managed file transfer solutions, announced the addition of L. Frank Kenney as its Vice President of Global Strategy. Ipswitch is proud to welcome Frank, an unsurpassed industry expert, to guide the company’s vision and strategy during this growth phase.
Kenney brings nearly 20 years of technology experience in managed file transfer, SOA governance, application integration, business process management and cloud computing. As Vice President of Global Strategy, Frank will define the company’s vision and strategy.
"The market for secure file transfer is exploding, and as Gartner’s former lead analyst in this space, Frank brings us invaluable experience and perspective in how enterprises will protect critical information as collaboration becomes the norm," said Gary Shottes, President, Ipswitch File Transfer. "His global experience and knowledge in the managed file transfer space are second to none."
The Ipswitch File Transfer suite delivers proven and secure file transfer solutions that are easily installed and configured in minutes and require very little training or support. Customers from a wide variety of industries including retail, financial services, healthcare, media and manufacturing turn to Ipswitch for industry-leading security, powerful management, administrative control and enforcement and flexible file transfer.
"Customers are clamoring for innovative solutions that offer the highest levels of visibility, management and enforcement for file transfer," said Kenney. "They are facing the challenge of managing data interactions in an environment of data breaches, regulatory compliance and governance requirements. Our solutions are easy to use and bring a clear, comprehensive security process to every file transfer interaction."
Prior to joining Ipswitch, Frank was a Research Director at Gartner, Inc., where he initiated and drove the Magic Quadrants on managed file transfer and SOA governance technologies. Before joining Gartner, Frank was Director of Creative Services and Content Distribution at the Executive Business Group.
About Ipswitch File Transfer
Ipswitch File Transfer is a global technology provider that builds solutions to securely move your valuable data. We enable companies and people to better manage their data interactions when visibility, management and enforcement matter. Our managed file transfer solutions deliver the control necessary to enable governance and compliance for our more than 40 million global users – including the majority of Fortune 1000 enterprises and government agencies. These organizations trust Ipswitch File Transfer solutions to secure, manage, automate and streamline their critical and highly sensitive file transfers and data workflows. Learn more at www.IpswitchFT.com or to contact us at www.IpswitchFT.com/company/contact.aspx, on LinkedIn or Twitter.
About Ipswitch, Inc.
More than 100 million people worldwide use Ipswitch software to transfer files over the Internet using the market-leading MOVEit® and WS_FTP® brands of secure and managed file transfer clients and servers, monitor their networks with Ipswitch WhatsUp®, and communicate via Ipswitch IMail™ Server. Founded in 1991, the company is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, has Research & Development and Sales centers in Georgia and Wisconsin and a European sales and support office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Ipswitch sells its products through distributors, resellers and OEMs in Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Ipswitch values community involvement; visit http://icare.ipswitch.com to find out how to become involved. Visit www.ipswitch.com for more information on the company.
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