According to Mackin, “As individuals, businesses and governments continue to create massive volumes of data online, there is the need to securely share and manage this information – even though it may reside on multiple platforms and multiple devices.' Locally Hightail also has more than 125 corporate clients which include Tennis Australia, City of Melbourne, Tourism Australia, Hydro Tasmania and Woods Bagot. Of the 45 million professionals currently using Hightail for secure, online file sharing and storage, 60 percent are based outside the US and the firm believes APAC is primed for significant growth. The company said it would be the only world-class file services company with a base in Australia, and the local office will act as one of the key jump off points for an aggressive expansion plan to leverage the large footprint the company has already built outside of its home market. Hightail, formally known as YouSendIt, already has a local office in Melbourne with five staff but its headcount will swell to about 20 as it expands with new roles in partner management, sales and pre sales and customer support.

Enterprise grade online sharing, storage and file management company Hightail will build its Asia Pacific headquarters in Australia, reflecting the country's unique strength as Hightail's third-largest market.Īccording to new APAC region leader Kevin Mackin, the decision to set up in Australia was straightforward – the company has more than 600,000 users here already and those users shared 27 million files last year.

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