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Symantec's new sales director for ANZ

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Symantec has appointed a new sales director for its hosted services business in Australia and New Zealand.  Former Dell national sales director, Keith Buckley, has joined Symantec with overall responsibility for sales and client management in the ANZ market.

Before joining Symantec Hosted Services, Irish-born Buckley spent three years as national sales manager at Dell in Sydney after relocating to Australia from Dell in Ireland where he was a senior account executive for 16 months before becoming national sales manager.  

In 2000-2001, Buckley was senior account manager at SoftCo in Ireland before returning to Dell in October 2001 as international sales manager.