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Press Release
Narus Appoints Christopher Swan as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Alliances
Seasoned Executive to Lead Company’s Worldwide Sales Force as Demand for Carrier-Class Security Solutions Increases
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—July 17, 2007—Narus, Inc., the leader in carrier-class security for the world’s largest IP networks, today announced the appointment of Christopher Swan to senior vice president of global sales and alliances. With more than two decades of demonstrated success in sales and customer relations, Swan will be responsible for leading Narus’ worldwide sales force and overseeing strategic partnerships.
“Security for IP networks has become a business imperative as global security threats grow in number and sophistication,” said Greg Oslan, president and CEO at Narus. “Chris is a seasoned executive with experience in the global IP and carrier markets which will help Narus extend its market lead in the service provider and government communities.”
“In recent years, service providers have seen that security measures deployed at the network core have a greater benefit to their customers and are critical to improving service quality, uptime and the overall user experience,” said Mr. Swan. “Narus’ unique and cost-efficient approach creates an exciting opportunity to establish a global market leadership position for core security. I look forward to working with our customers and partners as we extend Narus’ technology success to a broader global market.”
Prior to joining Narus, Swan was senior vice president of sales, marketing and alliances for Syndesis, Ltd., where he created and led record setting growth-strategy initiatives and drove the overhaul of the company’s brand and marketing programs. He was also the vice president of global sales for Spirent Communications, Inc. where, for over a decade, he drove revenue to record levels and expanded the company into new markets and technology domains.
Mr. Swan earned his B.S. degree from Virginia Tech.
About Narus, Inc.
Narus is the leader in real-time traffic intelligence for large IP networks, and is the only company that provides security, intercept and traffic management solutions within a single, flexible system. With Narus, service providers, governments and large enterprises around the world can immediately detect, analyze, mitigate and target any unwanted, unwarranted or malicious traffic. Narus provides its customers with complete, real-time insight into all of their IP traffic from the network to the applications. Combined with the ability to enable numerous actions, Narus customers have the ability to take the most appropriate actions quickly.
Narus’ system protects and manages the largest IP networks around the world including AT&T, KT (Korea), KDDI (Japan), Telecom Egypt, Reliance (India), Saudi Telecom, US Cellular and Pakistan Telecom Authority. Narus is headquartered in Mountain View, California with regional offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.narus.com.
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