Napatech Furthers Expansion into Asia with New Hire and New Office

Company Continues to Gain Ground in the Bustling APAC Region, Brings on Tony Chen as Business Development Director

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Nov 11, 2015, 06:47 ET

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Napatech (OSE: NAPA) today announced the addition of Tony Chen as a business development director and the opening of a new office in Taiwan. The company, which already has offices in Tokyo and Seoul, is increasing its presence in Asia, with plans to expand into China and South Asia.

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Napatech continues to advance its international presence through these strategic moves:

Proven sales leadership: Tony Chen brings more than 25 years of technology sales experience to his new role. He has held senior regional or country sales positions at a number of companies, including Chelsio Communications, STMicroelectronics and MosChip Semiconductor.
APAC expansion: The new Taiwan office, located in Taipei City, will further strengthen Napatech's presence in the APAC region and will serve as a base of operations as the company prepares to solidify its position in China and South Asia.
Vision for the market: Napatech has become the recognized standard in the network appliance market, providing visibility into the performance and operation of networks, applications and data services at speeds up to 200G.

Andrew Patterson, SVP global sales and support, Napatech, said:
"Our business objective is to expand worldwide sales and support capabilities into new verticals and geographies, thus supporting the growth of our global customers while addressing local market needs. I welcome Tony to the Napatech team and look forward to learning from his experience and insight as we extend our offering into Taiwan and beyond."

Tony Chen, business development director, Napatech, said:
"Napatech's mission is to help our customers stay ahead of the data growth curve, and that's no small thing in an era of ever-increasing data growth rates. I look forward to engaging with the market and helping our Chinese and South Asian customers accelerate their network management and security applications."

About Napatech
Napatech is the world leader in accelerating network management and security applications. As data volume and complexity grow, the performance of these applications needs to stay ahead of the speed of networks in order to do their jobs. We make this possible, for even the most demanding financial, telecom, corporate and government networks. Now and in the future, we enable our customers' applications to run faster than the networks they need to manage and protect.

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