Lenel has added 8,500 square feet of office space to its Rochester, N.Y. world headquarters facility. The new addition will house all of Lenel's corporate service functions, including professional engineering services, learning solutions, technical support and managed services. The building expansion will increase classroom space by 50 percent, and will enable the company to better accommodate its growing software development, product management, and quality assurance teams.

Also in the U.S., Lenel has opened an office in Washington, D.C. to support the company's sales activity in the federal government sector. The new office is located within a United Technologies Corp. facility, and is fully-equipped to provide product demonstrations of IdentityDefender, Lenel's commercial off-the-shelf, FIPS 201-compliant solution.

Lenel plans to open a second office in the Middle East. The branch office and training center will be located within the Dubai Airport Free Zone in the United Arab Emirates, and will support Lenel's sales and service activity in the North and South Gulf regions. Lenel also has an office in Beirut, Lebanon.

Lenel's Asia Pacific hub in Wan Chai, Hong Kong has undergone extensive renovations to better serve the needs of the company's growing operations in that region. The renovations provide enhanced utilization of meeting and office space, technical upgrades to existing training facilities and additional new workstations.

"Our continual investment in infrastructure reflects our ongoing commitment to meeting the needs of both our system users and channel partners globally, and supports our vision to be a world-class customer service organization" says Brian Paliotti, chief financial officer for Lenel.

The latest facility infrastructure developments are part of Lenel's efforts to expand its international footprint to support its strategic objectives. During the past year, Lenel has nearly doubled its international team, added local staff in new geographical markets, and further developed its global network of authorized value-added resellers.