NEWS
Paul Mountford
named as new
CEO of Riverbed
SearchInform and Condyn
bring data leak prevention
technology to market
Jorina van
Rensburg, Condyn
Managing
Director
Paul Mountford, the new CEO at Riverbed
R
iverbed Technology has announced the
appointment of Paul Mountford as CEO.
He replaces Jerry M Kennelly, who is retiring
after serving as CEO since co-founding
Riverbed in 2002.
Mountford joined Riverbed nearly four years
ago as SVP and Chief Sales Officer, leading
the transformation of the global sales
organisation and partner programme as
Riverbed has evolved into a multi-product
platform company that delivers a modern
IT architecture for today’s digital enterprise.
He has played a key role in the execution of
Riverbed’s multi-year digital performance
strategy, which has included several
strategic acquisitions, organic development
of digital performance and cloud-based
features and functionality and integration
across multiple solutions.
“I’m extremely proud of what our team
has built at Riverbed during the last 16
years, growing from a start-up to a billion-
dollar company serving 30,000 customers
and every Forbes Global 100 company,”
said Kennelly. “Riverbed is experiencing
significant market momentum in today’s
digital world and I’ve never been more
confident about the future of our company
and opportunities ahead.
“After 40 plus years in the tech industry and
with Riverbed in a strong position, the time
is right for me to retire and hand the reins
over to a proven leader in Paul Mountford.
Paul has the experience, leadership
capabilities, customer-focus and passion
to lead Riverbed through the next phase
of growth while continuing to surpass our
customers’ expectations.”
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INTELLIGENTCIO
A
leading information security
company, SearchInForm, has
partnered with Condyn to bring its
next generation data leak prevention
technology to the South African and
African market. The benefit of the system
is based on the principle: one cannot
prevent what one doesn’t know about.
Therefore, it also takes into consideration
social media and other communication
channels used daily in organisations.
What SearchInform and Condyn are
presenting to the market is the means
to be able to monitor all communication
channels, employee behaviour and
control over technology resources
and devices. Businesses can track how
communication equipment and devices
are used, even if these are used outside
the business.
One of the system’s distinguishing
features is the architectural design. It
prevents anything from being leaked,
whether it is encrypted or not.
The system is not linked to the Internet
and even updates are done in a secure
manner without opening any links
into the Internet. The system is also
PCI compliant which is extremely
important. The entire design is of value
to any organisation, whether from an
information security perspective or
even an operational point of view. The
information gathered can increase
productivity, structuring and much more
in any organisation big or small.
Jorina van Rensburg, Managing Director
at Condyn, said the system is unique
because it offers data leak prevention but
can also be used to strengthen various
other aspects in the organisation from HR
to finance.
“It can help with regards to KPI and KPA
management, how much time is being
spent on critical business operations and
how much is being wasted,” said van
Rensburg. “In tough economic times, this
can be a huge saving. So, in that respect,
we are emphasising its ‘money leak
prevention’ value-add component.
“We are extremely excited with
the SearchInform partnership. The
SearchInform solution is in a league
of its own when it comes to fraud and
risk management in organisations and
I strongly recommend that C-Level
should take risk management within the
organisation more seriously.”
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