KEMP Technologies Welcomes New Director of Product Research and Innovation

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 16, 2012) -  KEMP Technologies today announced that Bhargav Shukla has joined the company as director of product research and innovation. In this role, Bhargav will be responsible for anticipating market and technological trends and expanding the product capabilities of KEMP's LoadMaster load balancer and application delivery optimization solutions.

"I am excited to be joining KEMP, a company that is known for its solid market reputation and high-performance product line and is poised for growth into new markets and product verticals. I am looking forward to working with the talented leadership team to incorporate customer input into our products in order to provide even more value to our end users," says Bhargav.

Bhargav has over 17 years of industry experience in technology design, deployments and management platforms. Bhargav is one of very few people in the world to hold the prestigious Microsoft Certified Master certification for Microsoft Exchange 2010. Bhargav's deep experience in enterprise technologies and Microsoft platforms has enabled him to serve on the board of Microsoft Certified Architects for Exchange 2010 and the Judges Panel for PowerShell scripting games and to speak at TechEd 2011, TechEd 2012 and other public events.

"We are delighted to have such a leader join our product research and innovation team," said Ray Downes, president of KEMP. "Bhargav has the knowledge and vision to drive our products strategically, in the direction of market and technological trends. He brings years of experience in designing, managing and supporting various products and technologies, and is talented and passionate about what he does. Bhargav's enthusiasm and experience will help KEMP become an even stronger leader and he will be an asset to us and our customers."

About KEMP Technologies
KEMP Technologies is the #1 price/performance load balancer and application delivery controller, used by thousands of businesses who consider IT, e-commerce, web and business applications as mission-critical to their long-term success. KEMP helps companies rapidly grow their business by providing 24/7 infrastructure availability, better web performance and secure operations -- while streamlining IT costs.

KEMP's LoadMaster products include Layers 4-7 load balancing, content switching, server persistence, SSL offloading/acceleration, and application front-end capabilities (caching, compression, intrusion prevention system), plus one full year of product support -- delivering industry leading price/performance.

The company is headquartered in New York City. For more information, visit www.KEMPtechnologies.com, or call at +1 631-345-5292.

Application delivery solutions are known as application delivery controllers (ADC), server load balancers (SLB), web switches, content switches and application switches.