California-based Fortanix, a runtime encryption company, expands its operations in Asia Pacific region to continue meeting the growing global demand for its data security solutions. Having invested heavily in Asia Pacific region, the company has opened a new office in Singapore to support this growing customer base and attract local channel partners and distributors to its growing programs. The company also unveils a new in-region staff and a growing ecosystem of channel and distribution partners enabling Asia Pacific organizations to improve on-premises and cloud data security, all while lowering costs and reducing complexity of legacy systems. Fortanix recently appointed Gerry Sillars as Vice President Asia Pacific, who earlier ran Asia Pacific for Skybox Security.

“Fortanix recognizes the significant opportunity that the Asia Pacific region represents and we have made a significant early investment to support that opportunity and our global customers, creating a majorinitial footprint in the region. We have recruited an experienced team led by Gerry Sillars with a strong

We have recruited an experienced team led by Gerry Sillars with a strong track record of successfully taking new cybersecurity technologies to the region to help us meet our aggressive revenue and growth goals

track record of successfully taking new cybersecurity technologies to the region to help us meet our aggressive revenue and growth goals,” says David Greene, CRO, Fortanix.

The company has established a two-tier channel model to help it meet its aggressive revenue goals for Asia Pacific. Fortanix is recruiting partners across all Asia Pacific regions and provides an opportunity for partners to offer new innovative data security solutions to their customer base, while creating new revenue streams. Fortanix has already signed distribution contracts with NextGen Distribution Australia; NextGen Distribution New Zealand; ACA Pacific covering Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore; Vietsoft covering Vietnam; i-Value covering India; and SAARC and Info-Works covering Korea. Distribution agreements in Japan and the Philippines will be set soon. Fortanix also recently established a certification program for Value Added Resellers/Systems Integrators, with Solista of Australia being the first partner to have completed the program.