Shunra Software Expands its Asia Pacific Region Operations with New Office and Regional VP
In response to increasing demand Shunra opens Asia Pacific
regional office in Singapore; appoints Vice President for Asia
Pacific.
PHILADELPHIA--(Business Wire)--
Shunra Software (www.shunra.com), the world's leading provider of
network emulation solutions, announced today that in response to sharp
revenue growth in the Asia Pacific Region, it is expanding its
presence with a new APAC Regional office in Singapore, and has
appointed Mr. Charles Cousins as the Vice President for Asia Pacific.
Shunra continues to expand its international presence and customer
roster, as evidenced by international contributions equaling 25% of
the company's revenue. This growth is fueled by Shunra's industry
leading products including the powerful 10GB WAN emulation appliance,
the STA and the VE Application Performance Analysis Package. The APAC
region boasts a strong Shunra customer base including: Yamaha
Corporation, Oki Electric, EMC Japan, Toyota, Canon, Macquarie Bank,
and MFAT ATL Systems.
Maser Australia, a global reseller for Shunra located in Sydney,
Australia, is a diversified distributor of solutions including Telco
Test and Monitoring, IP/IT Test and Monitoring, Wireless and RF, and
Security. "Shunra's expansion into Asia Pacific is an exciting
advancement, driven by the significant growth experienced in the
region, the new Shunra office will provide a much needed support for
continued growth," said Dave Hensley, Business Development Manager at
Maser Australia. "We have seen the demand for testing solutions such
as those available in Shunra's suite of tools grow considerably over
the past year. IT professionals understand, more than ever, the value
of testing applications or services in a pre-production setting with
WAN emulation. We look forward to working with Mr. Cousins, his
extensive background in this industry and region will be central in
managing the foreseen market demand."
Shunra's solutions provide the ability to develop, test and deploy
'network-aware' applications throughout the entire development
lifecycle. Using Shunra's WAN emulation solution, clients worldwide
are rolling out applications and services into their live production
network with confidence, reporting an overall reduction in time and
cost commonly associated with traditional rollouts.
"Shunra has grown all of its international sales offices over the
past 24 months and considers the sharp spike in APAC revenues a signal
for needed growth into this region," said Jim Murray Vice President of
Worldwide Sales. "We are confident that Charles' extensive background
in IT sales and distribution and history of success in Asia Pacific
will compliment our already strong channel partnerships in the
region."
Charles Cousins, Shunra Vice President for Asia Pacific, brings
with him more than 15 years IT sales, marketing and
distribution experience in APAC. Previously, he established the
regional offices for two of Europe's leading IT Security and Mobile
Computing companies, and built their distribution network and
enterprise client base throughout the region. "I am delighted to be
joining Shunra's cutting-edge team at this time," said Charles. "The
rapid globalization of APAC headquartered companies means that,
increasingly, Asia is taking the lead on decisions regarding WAN
infrastructure and corporate applications deployment."
About Shunra
Shunra Software is the market leader in WAN emulation solutions
for application performance testing throughout the entire application
development lifecycle. Shunra's award-winning solutions enable
development, quality assurance, pre-deployment and operations teams to
create an exact replica of their production environment or design
what-if network scenarios; allowing them to predict exactly how
applications or infrastructure changes will perform in any networked
environment--before rollout. Shunra's solutions and services are
typically deployed in projects including data center consolidation;
application performance readiness testing; VoIP testing; website
testing and WAN optimization technology testing.
Shunra's solutions and services are used by thousands of customers
worldwide. Clients include 3M, Boeing, Cisco, Dow Chemical, EMC,
FedEx, General Motors, JPMorgan Chase, Kelly Services, Merrill Lynch,
Motorola, Nestle, Pitney Bowes, and Vodafone. Shunra has offices in
New York City, Philadelphia, Israel, the UK and Singapore. Shunra is
also supported through a global network of channel partners. For more
information on Shunra, please visit www.shunra.com.
Shunra is a trademark of Shunra Software Ltd. All other trademarks
and registered trademarks used herein are the property of their
respective owners.
Shunra Software
Rhoan Morgan, 267-519-5109
rhoan.morgan@shunra.com
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