CRN Names CipherCloud's Dev Ghoshal a 2014 Channel Chief

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CipherCloud, the leader in cloud information protection, announces that Dev Ghoshal, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances, has been named a Channel Chief by CRN, the leading publication for partner news. This prestigious list of the most influential leaders in the IT channel recognizes executives for driving growth through resellers and systems integrators and for evangelizing the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT industry.

"I am honored to be named a CRN Channel Chief for 2014," said Dev Ghoshal, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances. "The channel drove a significant portion of our business growth in 2013 and will continue to play a critical role in our go-to-market strategy. The program's success reflects our close alignment with our dedicated partners and the strength of our discover, protect and monitor platform offerings that help partners tailor the right levels of security and compliance to our mutual customers."

With more than 20 years of technology and business management experience, Ghoshal oversees the CipherCloud's global partner ecosystem. His leadership has been instrumental in driving investment in channel sales and enablement activities and in providing CipherCloud's partner community with increasing numbers of business opportunities in cloud security.

"We are pleased to highlight the many executives throughout the industry who work tirelessly to advance the standing of the channel community within their organizations. The CRN Channel Chief honorees lead, inspire and engage peers and serve as valuable advocates to help ensure the health and longevity of the channel within the IT industry. We applaud their efforts and look forward to their continued success," said Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company.

This year's Channel Chiefs were selected by The Channel Company's CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT channel sales. The 2014 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February/March issue of CRN, and online at www.CRN.com.

About CipherCloud
CipherCloud, the leader in cloud information protection, enables organizations to accelerate their adoption of cloud applications while ensuring visibility and control of their data. CipherCloud delivers data privacy, regulatory compliance, and data residency in the Cloud through an open platform that provides comprehensive data discovery, protection – search strong encryption, tokenization, data loss prevention, key management, and malware detection – and activity and anomaly monitoring services.

CipherCloud has experienced exceptional growth and success with over 2.6 million business users, across 25 countries, and in more than 11 industries.

The CipherCloud product portfolio protects popular cloud applications out-of-the-box such as salesforce.com, Box, and Microsoft Office 365.

CipherCloud, named as SC Magazine's 2013 Best Product of the Year, is backed by premier venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. For more information, visit www.ciphercloud.com and follow us on Twitter @ciphercloud.

CipherCloud Contact:
Lise Feng
Director of Corporate Communications
408-520-4937
[email protected]

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