SUNNYVALE, California,
April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH), a leading Internet security provider,
announced today that it has appointed Haniel Ilouz to the newly created position of
Vice President, Global Engineering.
(Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20110906/478788 )
"We're extremely pleased to welcome Haniel to Commtouch," said
Shlomi Yanai, Commtouch's chief
executive officer. "He brings significant experience and knowledge
to the Commtouch leadership team, which will help us cement our
technological leadership in the Internet security market."
Mr. Ilouz has over 14 years of software development experience,
including extensive management of large global engineering teams.
Prior to joining Commtouch, Mr Ilouz headed R&D at HP
Software, with overall responsibility for the Business Service
Management Platform and Service Intelligence products. As part of
his role at HP, he oversaw a team of over 140 engineers spread
across several countries. Before HP, Mr. Ilouz was the
R&D manager of SiteScope at Mercury Interactive, which was
acquired by HP. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer
Science and Mathematics from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
"Commtouch has tremendous assets, both in its cloud
infrastructure and in the experienced engineering teams in the
company's offices around the world," said Mr. Ilouz. "I'm
looking forward to helping Commtouch develop these assets to their
full potential as we expand our offerings."
About Commtouch
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) safeguards the world's leading
security companies and service providers with cloud-based Internet
security services. Real-time threat intelligence from Commtouch's
GlobalView™ Cloud powers its Web filtering, email security and
antivirus solutions, protecting thousands of organizations and
hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Information about
Commtouch can be found at http://www.commtouch.com or by writing to
info@commtouch.com.
• Blog: http://blog.commtouch.com
• Twitter: @Commtouch
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/commtouch
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/commtouch
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are
trademarks, and Commtouch, Authentium, Command Antivirus and
Command Anti-malware are registered trademarks of Commtouch. U.S.
Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
Company Contact:
Ron Ela
Chief Financial Officer
Tel:
(US) +1-650-864-2291
(Int'l) +972-9-8636813
ir@commtouch.com
International Investor Relations Contact:
Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
CCG Investor Relations
Tel:
(US) +1-646-201-9246
(Int'l) +972-3-607-4717
commtouch@ccgisrael.com
Media Contact:
Amy Kenigsberg
US: +1-913-440-4072
Int'l: +972-9-794-1681
amyk@commtouch.com
SOURCE Commtouch