TOKYO and MENLO PARK, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- PGP Corporation, a
global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced that Masayuki
Kitahara has joined the company as the new managing director of PGP Japan K.K.
Kitahara, age 47, will be responsible for managing all of PGP Japan K.K.
business development, marketing and partnership activities.
Kitahara, who has over 25 years of experience in the security industry,
joins PGP Japan K.K. from SignaCert, Inc., where, as a consultant and the
country manager for one year, he directed the marketing efforts for the U.S.-
based IT controls solutions provider and prepared the company to begin its
SignaCert K.K. operations. Before SignaCert, Kitahara was President of
Tripwire Japan K.K. for 5 years where he led sales, established strategic
alliances with some of the world's leading technology companies and expanded
its distribution network. Additionally, Kitahara was with Symantec Japan K.K.
for 6 years in various sales, business development and service and support
positions.
Utilizing Kitahara's unique perspective and experience in the Japanese
security industry, PGP Japan K.K. will increase its efforts based on business
strategies that are conceived and driven in the Japanese market. Kitahara's
initial efforts will be focused on:
1. Launch of localized Japanese marketing
Establishment of a marketing organization, activities and services in
response to needs unique to Japan. Efficient release of products in the
Japanese language and introduction of products that reflect customer needs in
Japan.
2. Increased email encryption solutions for Japanese market
Just as PGP(R) Desktop, PGP Universal(TM) and PGP(R) Command Line products
are localized for the Japanese market, so will additional and future PGP(R)
solutions be localized making way for greater centralized management, policy
and compliance for enterprise data protection. This will enable stronger
security for the dispersed corporate environment without affecting the
productivity of users.
3. Expansion of Japanese partners and strengthen customer support
Building on the company's world class system integrator partnerships, PGP
Corporation will look to find new Japan-based partners to expand sales as well
as strengthen customer support. This includes increasing the PGP K.K. internal
staff as well.
"PGP Corporation is enjoying some very exciting growth as the most
respected brands around the world implement PGP solutions, this calls for
innovative and seasoned leadership in our most important positions," said
Denise Hayman, vice president worldwide sales of PGP Corporation. "Kitahara's
years of experience expanding operations and driving marketing and sales
organizations for global technology companies in the Japanese market will
undoubtedly add to the success of supporting our global customer base in
Japan."
About PGP Japan K.K.
PGP Japan K.K. established in 2005 as a wholly owned subsidiary of PGP
Corporation, sells PGP encryption products and supports technology partners in
the Japanese domestic market. PGP Japan K.K. has a central and important role
to cover the Asia-Pacific region. Contact PGP Japan K.K. at
http://www.pgp.com/jp/
About PGP Corporation
PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software
for enterprise data protection. Based on a unified key management and policy
infrastructure, the PGP(R) Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of
integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP(R) platform-enabled
applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security
requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging,
smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and
backups.
PGP(R) solutions are used by more than 80,000 enterprises, businesses, and
governments worldwide, including 95 percent of the Fortune(R) 100, 75 percent
of the Fortune(R) Global 100, 87 percent of the German DAX Index, and 51
percent of the U.K. FTSE 100 Index. As a result, PGP Corporation has earned a
global reputation for innovative, standards-based, and trusted solutions. PGP
solutions help protect confidential information, secure customer data, achieve
regulatory and audit compliance, and safeguard companies' brands and
reputations. Contact PGP Corporation at http://www.pgp.com.
Media & analyst contact for PGP Japan K.K. and PGP Corporation:
Japan:
Koichi Nishida, Kyosuke Wakairo
Powered Communications Inc.
+81 3 5211 7940
pgp@powered-communications.com
North America:
Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com
U.K.:
Jacqui Depares / Richard Scarlett
Johnson King
+44 (0) 20 7401 7968
pgpteam@johnsonking.co.uk
Germany:
Ingrid Daschner
Johnson King
+49 (0) 89 8940 8511
ingridd@johnsonking.de
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including statements regarding the availability, plans, delivery, goals,
development, expected features, expected benefits and competitive position of
PGP products implementing or leveraging the PGP technologies. All references
made to product feature enhancements, improvements in Platform support or
additional functionality are subject to change at PGP Corporation's sole
discretion. All future descriptions of PGP technology and products are subject
to availability only if PGP Corporation decides to build them and when PGP
Corporation decides to make them commercially available. Actual results could
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Risks and uncertainties that PGP Corporation faces that could cause results to
differ materially include risks associated with any unforeseen technical
difficulties or software errors related to the final development and launch of
any of PGP Corporation's products; any technological, regulatory, or standards
changes in the security, encryption and authentications market which could
make PGP Corporation's products less competitive or require feature changes in
these products; any slowdown in the adoption by businesses of encryption
suites, secure email, Internet technologies or related standard. The forward-
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and PGP Corporation does not assume any obligation to update such statements
nor the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those
projected in such statements.
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SOURCE PGP Corporation
media & analysts, Japan, Koichi Nishida, or Kyosuke Wakairo, both of Powered
Communications Inc., +81 3 5211 7940, pgp@powered-communications.com; or North
America, Tom Rice of Merritt Group, +1-703-856-2218, rice@merrittgrp.com; or
U.K., Jacqui Depares, or Richard Scarlett, both of Johnson King, +44 (0) 20
7401 7968, pgpteam@johnsonking.co.uk, or Germany, Ingrid Daschner of Johnson
King, +49 (0) 89 8940 8511, ingridd@johnsonking.de, all for PGP Corporation
