Top Layer Networks Appoints Husam Adnan Al Saraf as Business Development Manager to Extend Presence in Middle East
Westborough, Mass. - June 18, 2007 - Top Layer Networks, the global leader for high performance intrusion prevention solutions, today announced a partnership with Fusion Distribution, the world leader in cyber security distributing. This partnership will enable customers in Middle Eastern markets to benefit from high performance intrusion prevention systems (IPS) that provide three dimensional protection (3DP) against malicious content, undesired access and rate-based attacks. In addition, Top Layer Networks today announced the appointment of Husam Adnan Al Saraf as Business Development Manager, where he will lead Top Layer's presence in the Middle East.
With more than 10 years experience in business development including five years concentrating on product management and sales, Husam will work with Fusion to accelerate the growth of Top Layer's award winning intrusion prevention solutions in Middle Eastern markets and capitalize on the company's momentum.
"Top Layer Networks is a great move forward for us in the IPS space," said Lee Reynolds, Group Marketing Director at Fusion. "The Middle East is ready for a quality-driven technology player like Top Layer Networks with its unique 3DP approach and we look forward to this exciting partnership."
The partnership enables Top Layer Networks to have access to Fusion's security driven reseller channel where Top Layer Networks' family of IPS appliances will be distributed. Fusion plays an essential part in the Middle East security partner channel and will particularly concentrate on selling Top Layer Networks products in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Kuwait and Jordon.
"Companies worldwide are realizing how Top Layer's network intrusion prevention systems can enable them to better protect their enterprises against today's sophisticated and fast-changing cyber threats," said Peter Rendall, president and CEO of Top Layer Networks. "The reseller channel is an integral part of our business model and Fusion enables us to further capitalize on the growing interest in our security solutions in the Middle Eastern Markets."
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About the Top Layer IPS 5500
The IPS 5500 family of products offers the strongest levels of network protection, performance and reliability on the market today. By combining content-based IPS/IDS, stateful firewall, and attack mitigation algorithms, the IPS 5500 is the only solution that provides Three Dimensional Protection (3DP) against malicious content, undesired access and rate-based attacks. Top Layer's architecture enables the IPS 5500 to protect enterprises and service providers from sophisticated, attacks in real-time while enabling the highest throughput of legitimate traffic.
Top Layer Networks' family of network intrusion prevention solutions, the IPS 5500 series, has received top accolades from the world's most prestigious labs and influential publications. Top Layer has received significant recognition from the NSS Group, Computer Reseller News, Information Security Magazine, SC Magazine, IT Week, Service Provider Weekly, the Tolly Group, and more.
About Top Layer Networks
Top Layer Networks is dedicated to its role as the leading global provider of Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), developing and bringing to market network security infrastructure solutions that help commercial and government organizations protect their critical on-line assets from the losses and risks associated with cyber threats. Its family of IPS appliances is designed with "Three Dimensional Protection" that provides the most advanced protection capabilities against known and unknown attacks at the highest performance rates. Top Layer Networks is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA with sales and support presence in Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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