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Canalys opens in the Americas, headquartered in Palo Alto
- Announces that Bart van der Horst is appointed Managing
Director, Americas
Palo Alto, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Monday, 9 June 2008
For immediate release
Canalys announced today that, on July 1st, it will open an office
in the heart of Silicon Valley, adjacent to the legendary Stanford
University. Bart van der Horst, who has been working as a consultant
within Canalys EMEA for the past 18 months, has relocated to the US
to take up the new position of Managing Director, Americas.
Previously Bart had been active in software channels, most recently
as Director for the mid-market unit of Software Spectrum in EMEA.
The Americas facility will take on responsibility for all customer
relationships, analysis, consulting and research throughout North,
Central and Latin America.
Alan Cardy, Vice President, said, “The opening of this office
represents a milestone in the ongoing globalisation of Canalys. It
is the next step of a strategy, developed three years ago, to
increase our coverage of the fastest growing global markets and then
bring this high quality analysis into the home of the
US-headquartered technology vendors. During this period we are proud
to have built a flourishing APAC business to complement the
established EMEA operation. The plan has been well executed and this
latest move provides a platform for the next phase of our sustained
growth.”
Canalys has built a triangle of operations based out of
Singapore, the UK and the US. It has established best-in-class IT
operations and continues to deploy leading-edge technologies to
support its global structure in an efficient manner. The choice of
these three locations, in time zones eight hours apart, provides the
additional benefit that Canalys is able to respond to its customers
24 hours a day.
Bart van der Horst added, “I am thrilled to take Canalys onto
another continent, and have been delighted by the positive welcomes
I have already received from our clients here. The opportunities for
Canalys are substantial in the Americas. Our priorities are to
provide more personal interaction with existing clients and deepen
the penetration of our numerous global research programs. We will
also be working hard to deliver a fabulous Canalys Navigation Forum
in California this October, having recently completed highly
successful forums in both Asia and Europe.” The Canalys Navigation
Forum Americas will take place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Half
Moon Bay, California, from October 14 to October 15, 2008.
Steve Brazier, President and CEO, concluded, “2008 is a difficult
year for the US economy, so global technology companies are looking
to emerging markets for their growth. Our arrival in the US is
perfectly timed to help them with their information needs in this
fast-changing world economy. Canalys is sticking to its strategic
global plan and will be well placed to grow even stronger once
growth returns to the US economy.”
About Canalys
Founded in 1998, Canalys is one of the fastest growing technology
market analyst firms in the world. It specialises in delivering high
quality market data, analysis and advice to the world’s leading
technology vendors. It is recognised as a key provider of continuous
advisory services and confidential custom projects for marketing
managers and strategists within blue-chip IT, telecoms, navigation
and consumer electronics companies. It has unrivalled expertise in
routes to market for all kinds of high technology products and
services in the consumer, SMB and large enterprise segments, and
provides worldwide market data and trends analysis.
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