MENLO PARK, Calif., July 9 CA-PGP-Corp-new-VP
MENLO PARK, Calif., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- PGP Corporation, a global
leader in enterprise data protection, today announced that Jim Adkins has
joined the Company as its new Vice President of Engineering. Adkins, 46, will
be responsible for PGP Corporation's Engineering Development and Engineering
Services teams, as well as the Company's technology executives.
Adkins has almost 25 years of engineering development and management
experience with companies such as GE, Netscape/AOL, Rational/IBM and most
recently Opsware, Inc. (which was purchased by HP in October of 2007). He has
a proven track record of building focused, successful teams for conceiving,
planning and delivering leading-edge software. Adkins served for 3 years as an
Executive Vice President while at Opsware, Inc., overseeing all engineering,
product management, support and IT functions. He was responsible for
successfully growing the Opsware product offerings from 2 to 8, integrating
the Rendition Networks, Creekpath Systems and iConclude acquisitions and
expanding their product group personnel from 70 to 200 employees across the
United States and Romania.
Prior to his tenure with Opsware, Jim was Senior Vice President at
Catapulse, which was acquired by Rational and subsequently IBM, where he was
responsible for product architecture, development, and management of the
Catapulse hosted developer tools. Adkins was also a leader at Netscape where,
as Vice President, he built the product team and operations function from the
ground up.
"Jim comes to us equipped with an impressive background in engineering and
product development from some of the industry's most recognized and respected
brands," said Phillip Dunkelberger, president and CEO of PGP Corporation.
"His experience and dedication to creating innovative solutions will be
integral as we continue to expand our platform of award-winning data
protection solutions."
"PGP Corporation is well-known for its innovative and easy-to-use
encryption platform and solutions," noted Adkins. "I am eager to be part of
the engineering and development teams, and look forward to helping the company
expand its strong line of products."
About PGP Corporation
PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software
for enterprise data protection. Based on a unified key management and policy
infrastructure, the PGP(R) Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of
integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP(R) platform-enabled
applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security
requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging,
smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and
backups.
PGP(R) solutions are used by more than 80,000 enterprises, businesses, and
governments worldwide, including 95 percent of the Fortune(R) 100, 75 percent
of the Fortune(R) Global 100, 87 percent of the German DAX Index, and 51
percent of the U.K. FTSE 100 Index. As a result, PGP Corporation has earned a
global reputation for innovative, standards-based, and trusted solutions. PGP
solutions help protect confidential information, secure customer data, achieve
regulatory and audit compliance, and safeguard companies' brands and
reputations. Contact PGP Corporation at http://www.pgp.com.
Media & analyst contact for PGP Corporation:
Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com
U.K.:
Jacqui Depares / Richard Scarlett
Johnson King
+44 (0) 20 7401 7968
pgpteam@johnsonking.co.uk
Germany:
Ingrid Daschner
Johnson King
+49 (0) 89 8940 8511
ingridd@johnsonking.de
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including statements regarding the availability, plans, delivery, goals,
development, expected features, expected benefits and competitive position of
PGP products implementing or leveraging the PGP technologies. All references
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changes in the security, encryption and authentications market which could
make PGP Corporation's products less competitive or require feature changes in
these products; any slowdown in the adoption by businesses of encryption
suites, secure email, Internet technologies or related standard. The
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