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Marten Mickos, ex MySQL CEO, joins Eucalyptus as CEO
Eucalyptus Systems, Inc., creators of the leading open source private cloud software Eucalyptus , let us know that Marten Mickos joined the company as chief executive officer.
Marten Mickos, born November 6, 1962 in Espoo, Finland) was chief executive officer (CEO) of MySQL AB. He served as chief executive officer from January 2001 [...]
VKernel Appoints Doug McNary As New CEO
VKernel announced yesterday that there has been a regime change at the top. The company announced that industry veteran, Doug McNary, will now take over the seat as CEO of the company from Alex Bakman, who will now lead company strategy as CTO.
19Mar2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedJeremy Burton Joins EMC as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
EMC today announced that 20-year IT industry veteran Jeremy Burton has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.
Burton will be responsible for the global structure, strategy, and execution of all aspects of EMC’s marketing efforts. Burton will report to Joe Tucci, EMC’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
16Mar2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedPHD Virtual Names Thomas Charlton Chairman and CEO
PHD Virtual Technologies, provider of esXpress VM Backup, a multi-VM backup and restore solution, today announced that Thomas Charlton has been appointed Chairman and CEO by the PHD Virtual board of directors.
Prior to joining PHD Virtual, Charlton was the CEO of multiple software companies, including Shunra Software (network emulation and appliances), VoiceGenie Technologies (Voice XML speech platform) and Trailblazer Systems (eCommerce EDI software).
16Mar2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedPhoenix Technologies Loses, Replaces CFO
Phoenix Technologies today announced the appointment of Robert Andersen as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective March 5, 2010.
Mr. Andersen replaces Mr. Richard Arnold, who resigned from Phoenix to pursue other opportunities.
8Mar2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedBrocade Appoints John McHugh As VP, Chief Marketing Officer
Brocade today announced that it named John McHugh as vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO), responsible for the company’s global marketing and strategic alliance strategies.
McHugh will report directly to CEO, Michael Klayko.
2Mar2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedAccenture Veteran Terry Breen Joins EMC As Head Strategic Alliances
EMC Corporation today announced that 26-year Accenture veteran Terry Breen has joined EMC as Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances.
Reporting to Bill Teuber, EMC’s Vice Chairman, Breen will be responsible for enhancing and extending EMC’s strategic go-to-market relationships with the world’s leading systems integrators, outsourcers and service providers. In this role, Breen will align closely with EMC’s technology integration and channel distribution alliance teams to ensure a holistic and unified EMC relationship model across its entire partner ecosystem.
26Feb2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedPhoenix Technologies Appoints Tom Lacey President and CEO
Phoenix Technologies today announced that its Board of Directors has named Tom Lacey as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective as of February 25, 2010.
Additionally, Mr. Lacey has been appointed to serve as a member of the company’s Board of Directors.
26Feb2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedAutoVirt Names Thomas Fraser VP of Sales
AutoVirt today announced that it has appointed Thomas Fraser to the newly created position of Vice President of Sales. R
eporting directly to AutoVirt’s President and CEO, Josh Klein, Fraser will be responsible for developing and executing the global sales and channel strategy, establishing and directing the external sales force, as well as growing and overseeing the inside sales team.
26Feb2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedAbicloud announced 1.0.0, funding, and a new CEO for Abiquo
Abiquo , the Open Source Cloud company from Barcelona, has been busy the last couple of weeks.
Last week they announced two important milestones in their existence.
First of all a round of 1.5M euro Series A funding was announced
€1 million comes from Nauta Capital, another 441.000 Euro comes from Caja Navarra
and another 100.000 [...]
Former VMware Exec Jim Gannon Joins HyTrust as VP of Sales
HyTrust today announced the appointment of Jim Gannon as vice president of Sales.
Gannon is a seasoned executive with over 19 years of tenure at organizations such as VMware, EMC and General Electric (GE). He will leverage his experience in building high-performance sales teams to accelerate HyTrust’s penetration into the high-growth production virtualization market and extend the company’s leadership position.
24Feb2010 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVirtualization Vet Dave Asprey Joins Trinity Ventures As EIR
Dave Asprey has joined Trinity Ventures as an entrepreneur-in-residence. He previously was VP of technology and corporate development with Blue Coat Systems.
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