PRESS RELEASE
 

16th October 2006

 

  

Axis appoints new sales engineer

Axis Communications, the global leader in network video1, has welcomed Simon Cook into the position of Sales Engineer.

Simon will be responsible for delivering Axis Training Academy programmes and for the management of the Axis Academy in the UK and Ireland. All Axis channel partner scheme members benefit from a structured training programme designed to derive the maximum benefit for resellers from the IP-Surveillance opportunity. He will also be working alongside Axis reseller partners to help them to specify Axis products into their customers’ installations. The role includes producing plans and assisting the completion of tenders and bids and advising on implementation of IP-Surveillance systems.

Simon is joining Axis from communications integrator, Affiniti – the product of a recent merger of Omnetica, Technica and Kingston Communications’ Business Services, where he worked for two years as a pre-sales solutions consultant specialising in public sector customers. Previous to Affiniti, Simon worked for network infrastructure giant, 3Com, where he held the position of systems support engineer for six years.

Simon is a graduate with professional accreditations from leading vendors such as Cisco and Nortel and has an in-depth understanding of IP networking.

Steve Gorski, managing director for Axis Communications (UK) commented:
“We welcome Simon to the Axis UK team. Training is vital for our resellers and we look forward to Simon further developing our successful Axis Academy in this time of rapid growth for IP-Surveillance.”

Simon Cook, sales engineer for Axis Communications (UK) responded:
“It is very exciting to be involved with a progressive market leader such as Axis, especially at a time where IP-Surveillance has such a strong market potential.”

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Notes to editors
1Axis Communications is the leading player in the network camera market with 47 per cent market share in the EMEA region according to industry analyst house IMS Research in its latest market report entitled ‘The World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment 2005 Edition’ published in October 2005. The network camera market was worth $54.7m in 2004 and is set to grow by 50 per cent per year over the next five years to reach a value of $360.6m in 2009, in EMEA alone, according to the same report.

About Axis
 Axis increases the value of network solutions. The company is an innovative market leader in network video and print servers. Axis' products and solutions are focused on applications such as security surveillance, remote monitoring and document management. The products are based on in-house developed chip technology, which is also sold to third parties.

Axis was founded in 1984 and is listed on the Nordic list, Mid Cap, Information Technology. Axis operates globally with offices in 17 countries and in cooperation with distributors and system integrators in 70 countries. Markets outside Sweden account for more than 95% of sales. Information about Axis can be found at Information about Axis can be found at www.axis.com.

For further information about Axis Communications in the UK and Ireland, please contact:
Steve Gorski, managing director, Axis Communications (UK) Limited
Tel: 0870 162 0047. Email: steve.gorski@axis.com

For all UK and Ireland Axis media enquiries and images to support this story, please contact:
Miles Clayton /Simon Bennett, Agility PR Limited
Tel: 01438 310 139/5. Email: miles@ agilitypr.co.uk / simon@agilitypr.co.uk