Clearswift surpasses fourth quarter expectations

Security vendor reports increase of 21 per cent in business in Q4

Turner: I am pleased with what we have been able to achieve in such a short space of time

UK-based content security vendor Clearswift has announced an increase of 21 per cent in business year on year for its fourth quarter.

For the quarter ending 31 March, the privately held outfit claims to have increased business by more than 10 per cent quarter on quarter.

Richard Turner, chief executive of Clearswift, said: “Despite a difficult economic environment, by executing effectively we have been able to grow billings in Q4 ensuring double-digit growth for the year. Over the past nine months the company has been focused on exceeding our customers' expectations in order to drive growth.

“I am pleased with what we have been able to achieve in such a short space of time. We have created a new organisational structure, a new brand identity, a new channel partner programme, improved the support we offer our customers and delivered growth.”

Launched in April, the Clearswift Catalyst Partner Programme has already attracted over 200 global partners, the vendor claimed. In addition, Clearswift’s customer support team now offers ‘follow the sun’ technical support as standard.

Clearswift said it expected that fiscal year 2010 will continue to be challenging.