Her Majesty the Queen visits Sophos, experts in protecting businesses from spam and viruses
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and spam, was honoured to be visited by Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on Friday 20 February.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Sophos's newly built £32 million global headquarters in Abingdon, close to Oxford, UK and saw the work done by the company's renowned experts who help businesses worldwide defend themselves from spam and computer virus attack.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh toured the premises, meeting staff, and saw experts working in high-security laboratories analysing the very latest computer viruses.Following the tour, The Queen presented the company with a cherry tree and the building was officially declared open.Sophos's Abingdon headquarters covers a total area of 145,000 sq ft, is three storeys high and is finished externally in glass, steel, aluminium and brick. The building can house 600 employees, and provides extensive visitor and training facilities for Sophos employees, partners and its customers. Other facilities include a roof garden and a south-facing staff restaurant which overlooks wild landscaping and a lake.Sophos employs over 700 staff worldwide, and was declared Company of the Year at the CBI Growing Business Awards in 2001 and 2003. The Company was also awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise and The Queen's Award for Innovation in 2002.
Peter Lammer, joint CEO of Sophos, describes to Her Majesty the Queen the nature
of the computer virus problem.
The Duke meets some of Sophos's technical staff.
Sophos protects businesses around the world from viruses and spam.
The Queen met and spoke to many Sophos staff members.
Stuart Taylor, of the Sophos virus lab, and Jan Hruska, joint CEO of Sophos, show
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh a virus analyst at work.
The Duke takes a closer look at the code on virus analyst Emma Cooper's monitor.
Peter Lammer thanks The Queen for visiting and opening the new Sophos
headquarters.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh share a joke following the opening ceremony
with Peter Lammer and Jan Hruska.Sophos公司，在保护免受病毒和垃圾邮件业务的全球领导者，荣幸地参观了20日英国女王和殿下的爱丁堡公爵2。女王和爱丁堡公爵访问Sophos的新建三千二百点○○○万英镑在Abingdon全球总部，接近英国牛津，看到该公司的知名专家做谁帮助全球企业抵御垃圾邮件和计算机病毒攻击自己的工作。女王和爱丁堡公爵参观了校舍，会议工作人员，看到专家工作在高安全性的实验室分析了最新的计算机病毒。
参观结束后，女王赠送了樱花树和建筑公司正式宣布开放。Sophos的阿宾登总部占地145,000平方呎，总面积为3层楼房高，是成品玻璃，钢铁，铝和砖外部。 该大楼可容纳600名员工，并提供广泛的访客和Sophos公司的员工，合作伙伴和客户培训设施。 其他设施包括一个屋顶花园和一个朝南的员工餐厅，可俯瞰野生景观和湖泊。Sophos公司员工超过700名世界各地工作，并宣布在英国工业联合会的年度企业成长在2001年和2003年商业大奖。 该公司还荣获女王企业奖和英国女王对2002年创新奖。 |
发表于 2009-10-6 13:31:03
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