Laurent Dedenis appointed managing director
July 19, 2006, Burlington, MA Acronis,
Inc. (www.acronis.com), the technological leader in
storage management software, announced today that it is opening its
third and fourth European sales offices in Paris and Brussels to
meet growing European demand for its recovery and disk
partitioning and management products. Acronis has appointed
Laurent Dedenis, managing director, to run the new operations.
Prior to this appointment, Dedenis opened
Acronis' Singapore sales office in 2004, its first in the
Asia-Pacific region, where he served as general manager. He
previously was general manager of
Solomon Software SEA Pte Ltd. in Singapore.
Before joining Solomon Software, he was general
manager and a founding partner of Direct Marketing Strategy, a
San Francisco-based consulting firm that developed and
implemented a new type of advertising model for the golf industry.
Earlier, he served as a U.S. market analyst and consultant for
French companies with the French Trade Commission in San
Francisco.
Dedenis, a French native, holds a Ph. D. in
International Business Administration from the
International University of America in San Francisco
and a Master's Degree in
Economics and Management from the University of Paris XI
in Paris, France.
The Acronis Paris and Brussels offices
complement existing European offices in Germany and the
United Kingdom and enhance the ability of Acronis to support
both customers native to those countries as well as the overseas
operations of its multinational customers.
"French is the second best-selling language for
our products in Europe," said Walter Scott, CEO of Acronis. "With
more than 40 percent of Acronis sales coming from
non-English-language products, this is the perfect way for Acronis
to service its growing customer base."
At the same time that Acronis has been expanding
its presence in Europe, its Pacific Rim operations have grown too.
Acronis has a sales office in Singapore and is experiencing strong
demand for its products in Japan, South Korea and Malaysia.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.