Tripwire opens Australian office, forecasts $2m for 2008

The company has also appointed a country manager for A/NZ, Billy Louden and will implement additional Tripwire sales, support and marketing resources to help drive customer success in the region.

“Tripwire is committed to building strong relationships with its customers and partners in Australia and New Zealand to address the challenges raised by automating ITIL processes, and ensuring success of related initiatives. With the new team in place, we look forward to building on our commitment to local customer and partner success.”

According to a company spokesperson, Tripwire expects to hit a local revenue target of $2 million for 2008 as it grows its local business. With recent continued to grow of 25-30 percent year over year the vendor expects to continue this trend locally.

Furthermore, its strategic relationship with enterprise management vendor BMC Software, is also driving strong interest with Australian and New Zealand enterprises.

Mike Davies, BMC managing director, Australia and New Zealand, said: “Tripwire complements our solutions and together we provide a comprehensive view of configuration changes to ensure processes are followed and changes that could negatively impact IT operations, security or compliance are managed and addressed before they become an issue.”