New Office in Major China Technology Hub Will Provide
State-of-the-Art Data Erasure and Mobile Diagnostics Technology to
Enterprises, Mobile Carriers and Resellers in the Region
ATLANTA and BEIJING, March 27,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Blancco Technology Group
(AIM: BLTG), the de facto standard in data erasure and mobile
device diagnostics, today announced the opening of a new office in
Beijing, China. The Beijing office will be led by Eddy Lv,
Managing Director of China, who
will oversee operations, while also driving demand and sales growth
for the company's data erasure and mobile diagnostics solutions and
supporting the needs of local customers.
"The average number of information security incidents detected
by Chinese companies each year has increased by more than 900
percent since 2014," said Pat
Clawson, CEO, Blancco Technology Group. "That's a startling
statistic and compelling proof point for why businesses in
China must increase their
investment in certified data erasure software to prevent data
loss/theft and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and
industry standards. Meanwhile, 54 percent of Chinese consumers plan
to buy a smartphone this year, up from 48 percent in 2016,
according to Accenture, and a significant portion of their old
devices will end up being resold. With mobile upgrade/buyback
programs gaining in popularity, mobile service providers and
resellers need an end-to-end solution that can diagnose performance
problems quickly and accurately as well as permanently erase data
before used devices are refurbished and resold. These are
two critical gaps we intend to fill for businesses in China."
Eddy Lv, the newly appointed Managing Director of China, is a local tech industry veteran with
extensive experience in the mobile industry. Over the last eight
years, Lv has worked in sales, business development and product
marketing roles at ZTE Japan, SBI Group and Brightstar China. Prior
to joining Blancco, he worked for two years as China Chief Representative at Brightstar
China, where he played an instrumental role in driving the success
of its buyback program.
Blancco Technology Group's President and CRO, Steve Holton, commented: "By establishing a
presence with our new office and support staff in one of the major
technology hubs of China, we will
be able to serve and support the needs of local customers as well
as expand our global footprint. We are thrilled to welcome Eddy Lv
to head up operations, sales and customer support in the region.
His vast experience and knowledge of local technology trends will
enable us to accelerate our growth in the region."
Blancco has solidified its standing as a pure-play software
business and focused on developing both direct and indirect sales
channels. As a result, the company has been able to maintain steady
revenue growth and a high customer retention rate across both its
mobile diagnostics and data erasure product lines in the first half
of the 2017 fiscal year (ending December 31,
2016). This growth was driven primarily by the mobile
erasure and active erasure products, which grew by 41 percent and
11 percent, respectively.
Last year, the company secured a major US mobile carrier as a
mobile diagnostics customer, rolling out its in-store mobile
diagnostics solution across 6,000 stores in North America and performing over 100,000
diagnostics events every week. The company has also signed
additional European mobile network operators as clients and is keen
to add Chinese mobile network operators and resellers to its roster
of customers.
The company's Chinese website provides a full overview of the
company's mission, products and solutions, customers, partners,
content, events and news in the region. Enterprises, mobile network
operators and resellers are encouraged to visit the local website
to better understand how the company's solutions can solve their
pain points as well as request live demonstrations of the Blancco
Data Eraser and Blancco Mobile Diagnostics solutions.
About Blancco Technology Group
Blancco Technology
Group (AIM: BLTG) is the de facto standard in data erasure and
mobile device diagnostics. The Blancco Data Eraser solutions
provide thousands of organizations with an absolute line of defense
against costly security breaches, as well as verification of
regulatory compliance through a 100% tamper-proof audit trail. Our
data erasure solutions have been tested, certified, approved and
recommended by 18 governing bodies around the world. No other
security firm can boast this level of compliance with the most
rigorous requirements set by government agencies, legal authorities
and independent testing laboratories.
The Blancco Mobile Diagnostics solutions enable mobile network
operators, retailers and insurers to easily, quickly and accurately
identify and resolve performance issues on their customers' mobile
devices. As a result, mobile service providers can spend less time
dealing with technical issues and, in turn, reduce the quantity of
NTF returns, save on operational costs and increase customer
satisfaction.
For more information, visit our website at www.blancco.com.
Media Contacts:
SHIFT Communications for Blancco
Technology Group (US)
David Heffernan, Account Manager
T: (617) 779-1839
E: blancco@shiftcomm.com
SAY Communications for Blancco Technology Group (Europe)
Robert Hickling, Senior Account
Manager
T: 44 (0) 20 8971 6427
E: blancco@saycomms.co.uk
Blancco Technology Group
Ragini Bhalla, Senior Director of
Global Communications
E: ragini.bhalla@blancco.com
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