Endace (LSE: EDA.L), the world leader in network visibility, response and root cause infrastructure, today announced that Richard Gray has been appointed as APAC Channel Manager. Gray will be based in Endace's Sydney office and will develop Endace's partner strategy with an initial focus on the ANZ market, and expanding over time to include the wider Asia Pacific region.

"Richard's depth of experience in the APAC region is outstanding. He has more than 15 years' experience working with the likes of IBM, Juniper Networks and Cisco in markets such as South Korea, Singapore and Australia. He will undoubtedly be a huge asset to the team," said Neil Templeman, vice president sales, APAC at Endace.

The move comes less than a year after Endace appointed sales managers in Australia and New Zealand, and signals further investment in local and regional channel partnerships. Gray specializes in planning and executing channel-based sales strategies in IT markets and developing programs that create strong partner communities.

"Endace is a small company with big ambitions. I'm thrilled to be joining such an innovative company, building a strong presence in the channel and being involved in Endace's expansion across Asia Pacific," said Gray.

About Endace

Endace provides world-leading network visibility infrastructure, which is trusted by some of the world’s largest organizations to accelerate their response to network and security problems.

Endace Intelligent Network Recorders guarantee to capture, index and record 100-percent of network traffic while scaling from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps. EndaceVision is Endace's proprietary web-based application that enables engineers to visualize, search and retrieve network traffic from any Endace Recorder anywhere across the network.

Endace's marketing headquarters is in Sunnyvale, California. R&D is in Auckland, New Zealand. Sales offices across the US, in Reading, UK and Sydney, Australia provide support for customers.

Quoted on London's AIM, the stock code is LSE: EDA.L.