MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CYREN (NASDAQ:
CYRN) today announced it named Kyung
Ro as senior vice president of cloud infrastructure and
client services. Based at U.S. headquarters in McLean, Virginia, he joins the executive
management team to serve as the global head of operations for the
company's worldwide cloud network infrastructure.
As the company continues its successful strategy of shifting
from a component technology company to a cloud-based security
solution provider, Ro will lead all data center operations,
technology and capacity planning, and customer support.
Ro brings extensive experience in developing and managing cloud
technology architectures as well as global operations supporting
SaaS applications relied upon by thousands of organizations. Most
recently serving as senior director of cloud services operations at
Blackboard, one of the world's leading education technology
companies, he managed global operations strategy as well as
international expansion and business continuity planning.
He previously served in senior roles at Blackboard for hosting
operations, service delivery, and premium support services. Prior
to Blackboard, Ro held various engineering positions at HP Agilent
Technologies, CNT Corporation (now Brocade), and Zagros Networks.
He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from
Cornell University.
"Kyung's expertise in managing and expanding cloud
infrastructures for fast-growing SaaS delivery is a key addition to
the CYREN team," said Lior
Samuelson, CEO and Chairman of the Board at CYREN. "His
leadership and proven technical talent in a global data center
environment are important assets for our proprietary cloud platform
that serves an expanding network of partners and users around the
world. We welcome Kyung to CYREN."
About CYREN
CYREN is a leading provider of
cloud-based security solutions that deliver powerful protection
through global data intelligence. Regardless of the device or its
location, CYREN's easily deployed web, email, and
anti-malware products deliver uncompromising protection in both
embedded and Security as a Service (SecaaS) deployments.
Organizations rely on CYREN's cloud-based threat
detection and proactive security analytics to provide up-to-date
spam classifications, URL categorization and malware detection
services. The CYREN GlobalView™ Cloud Platform leverages Recurrent
Pattern Detection™ technologies to protect more than 550 million
users in 190 countries. CYREN is traded on
the NASDAQ Capital Market and the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange (TASE) under the trading symbol "CYRN." Visit
the CYREN GlobalView Security Center or go
to www.CYREN.com.
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factors, including business conditions and growth or deterioration
in the internet security market, technological developments,
products offered by competitors, availability of qualified staff,
and technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered
in developing new products, as well as those risks described
in the company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form
6-K, which are available through www.sec.gov.
U.S. Investor Contact:
Garth Russell
KCSA
212.896.1250
grussell@kcsa.com
Israel Investor Relations Contact:
Iris Lubitch
EffectiveIR
+972.54.2528007
iris@FinCom.co.il
CYREN Company Contact:
Mike
Myshrall, CFO
CYREN
703.760.3320
mike.myshrall@cyren.com
CYREN Media Contact:
Matthew Zintel
Zintel Public Relations
281.444.1590
matthew.zintel@zintelpr.com
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