Anand Kekre appointed as Country Manager for India operations

Pune, Jan 24 (UNI) Reconnex Corporation USA, the leader in information monitoring and protection appliances, today announced the appointment of Anand Kekre as Country Manager for its India operations. Anand will be responsible for leading and expanding its India operations.

Anand brings over thirteen years of experience in software R&D to his new position at Reconnex. He spent over 10 years with VERITAS Software (now Symantec) spearheading the growth of VERITAS in Pune from a few engineers to over 1200. Anand worked at VERITAS in various capacities, including Director of Technology and Chief Architect of Storage Foundation Business Division. He was also instrumental in driving many key technology initiatives in company.

He himself contributed over 50 patent applications to VERITAS' Intellectual Property portfolio out of which 11 are already granted by US Patent Office. In addition to VERITAS Anand also worked at IBM Bangalore, IBM Toronto Labs and Ensim.

According to Reconnex President and CEO John Peters, ''This is a time of tremendous growth of Reconnex, as we scale up our activities in India. Reconnex is fortunate to attract an accomplished technologist like Anand with diverse experience in enterprise-level product development to lead and grow our operations in India.'' ''We are excited to have him on board. India Center will be focused on developing innovative technology solutions for our product line,'' said Mr Peters.

Expressing pleasure over his appointment, Anand said, ''It is very exciting to join a company with such extraordinary technology, innovative products, and significant market recognition.

''There is a huge opportunity in protecting corporate information and Reconnex is poised to become the leader in electronic risk protection,'' said Anand.

Reconnex products have the ability to discover, capture, prevent and control all sensitive information entering or leaving the corporate network. This allows enterprises to protect vital information both at rest and in transit.

Reconnex is the leader in information monitoring and protection appliances designed for any organization including enterprises, government agencies or educational institutions that want to protect its brand, maintain compliance, or secure sensitive information.

Reconnex's simple-to-deploy appliance delivers accurate detection, while protecting an enterprise before, during, and after any threat to corporate privacy or intellectual property. A privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, CA with product development centers located in Pune and Mountain View, Reconnex protects information for over one million users today.

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