NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IL), a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced the appointment of Ash Khalek as managing director and senior vice president, Asia Pacific sales. Khalek joins IntraLinks with a strong background in software and cloud computing, most recently launching successful sales campaigns to Enterprise and mid-market companies for Oracle SaaS solutions. In addition, he joins IntraLinks with 24 years of experience in building and executing growth strategies in Asia Pacific.

"Ash is a key addition to our Asia Pacific team and has been hired to help us further accelerate regional sales across all areas of the business," said Tony Kender, EVP, Global Sales, IntraLinks. "Ash has proven experience in launching and selling cloud computing solutions within the Enterprise. That expertise will be invaluable as we continue to put a strong focus on expanding our Enterprise principal market, the fastest growing part of our business."

Khalek spent the previous 11 years of his career at Oracle where he delivered high revenue growth while holding several senior regional application and enterprise management sales positions. Most recently, Khalek was group vice president, Application Sales ASEAN & Growth Economies. Before joining Oracle, Khalek founded and managed Manatec, a specialist strategic management consulting practice.

"I'm delighted to join IntraLinks and to have the opportunity to lead our strong sales team in Asia Pacific," said Ash Khalek, managing director and senior vice president, Asia Pacific sales. "I will work closely with the team to accelerate the adoption of IntraLinks in Asia Pacific in our Enterprise principal market as well as M&A and Debt Capital Markets."

About IntraLinks

IntraLinks (NYSE: IL) is a leading global provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions for securely managing content, exchanging critical business information and collaborating within and among organizations. More than 1 million professionals in industries including financial services, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer, energy, industrial, legal, insurance, real estate and technology, as well as government agencies, have utilized IntraLinks' easy-to-use, cloud-based solutions. IntraLinks users can accelerate information-intensive business processes and workflows, meet regulatory and risk management requirements and collaborate with customers, partners and counterparties in a secure, auditable and compliant manner. Professionals at more than 800 of the Fortune 1000 companies have used IntraLinks' solutions. For more information, visit www.intralinks.com or http://blog.intralinks.com. You can also follow IntraLinks on Twitter at http://twitter.com/intralinks and Facebook at www.facebook.com/IntraLinks.

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