October 2007
BitDefender Opens U.S. Global Marketing Headquarters in Silicon Valley
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. October 9, 2007 BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus and data security solutions, announced today the opening of its Silicon Valley office. The office, located at 650 Castro Street, in Mountain View, will act as the company's global marketing headquarters as well as a west coast North American sales office. The company also has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Bucharest, Romania.
The new office currently houses eight full-time employees with 15-20 planned by the end of 2008. The office is managed by Global Marketing Director Beau Roberts. Roberts is a software and Internet security industry veteran with more than 17 years of experience. He has held senior roles in product management, product marketing, channel, as well as direct marketing of consumer and business software solutions for companies such as McAfee (NYSE:MFE), Computer Associates (NYSE:CA), Trend Micro (US:TMICY) , and Cheyenne Software.
Opening an office in Silicon Valley is a strategic decision which will accelerate the companys growth and raise its profile in the worldwide security market, said Florin Talpes, chief executive officer of BitDefender. Silicon Valley provides BitDefender access to a huge potential pool of highly experienced IT and security industry veterans. Since opening the office in August we have already attracted employees in senior positions from some of our competitors. Being in Silicon Valley also provides easy access to partnership and OEM sales opportunities with other global IT companies as well as close proximity to the industrys venture capital and financial community.
About Bitdefender®
Bitdefender è il creatore di una delle linee di prodotti software per la sicurezza Internet più veloci, efficaci e certificate a livello internazionale. Sin dal 2001, Bitdefender è sempre stato un pioniere del settore, avendo introdotto e sviluppato tecnologie di protezione pluripremiate e innovative. Oggi le tecnologie Bitdefender proteggono l'esperienza digitale di circa 400 milioni di utenti home e corporate in tutto il mondo.
Di recente, la società ha ottenuto una serie di raccomandazioni dalle principali riviste indipendenti del settore negli Stati Uniti, in Inghilterra e in tutta Europa, tra cui ConsumerSearch, Which?, Stiftung Warentest e Taenk. La tecnologia antivirus di Bitdefender ha anche ottenuto i migliori risultati nelle prove di comparazione eseguite da AV Test e AV-Comparatives. Maggiori informazioni su Bitdefender e i suoi prodotti sono disponibili presso il nostro ufficio stampa per le soluzioni di sicurezza. In aggiunta, Bitdefender pubblica il blog Malware City in cui fornisce tutti gli ultimi aggiornamenti sulle minacce alla sicurezza, aiutando gli utenti a restare sempre informati nella propria battaglia quotidiana contro i malware.