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VirtualLogix Attracts Juha Christensen As Chairman Of Its Board of Directors

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VirtualLogix today announced that mobile industry executive Juha Christensen (site) has been elected Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors.

Christensen, who became an independent director in 2008, will work closely with the board and with Glenda Dorchak, the company’s Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to guide the company through its growth with VLX virtualization software for mobile and wireless solutions.

Christensen brings a wealth of experience to this position including his leadership with Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson and other companies to create Symbian in the late 1990s, and his position as Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Mobile Division.

In addition to VirtualLogix, Christensen serves as Chairman and CEO of CloudMade, Chairman of Cogniance and board member of Teleca, the mobile industry’s largest systems integrator. He is a founding Partner at Progression Partners, and a founding venture partner at Sunstone Capital, a venture fund with approximately $750 million under management.

VirtualLogix is backed by Index Ventures, Atlas Ventures, DFJ Esprit and Progression Partners, as well as industry leaders Intel, Texas Instruments, Cisco and Motorola.

F5 Appoints Gary Abad as VP of North America Channel Sales

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F5 Networks today announced the appointment of Gary Abad to Vice President of North America Channel Sales.

In this role, Abad will drive F5’s regional sales partnership efforts and programs in support of F5’s global channel strategy.

Abad brings over 20 years of experience in the technology sector to his new role. Prior to joining F5, he served as VP of Channel Sales for the Americas at Polycom, Inc. He has also held sales management and business development positions at companies such as Novell and Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola). Throughout his career, Abad has demonstrated the ability to lead highly effective organizations, surpass revenue targets, and achieve management goals.

Pano Logic Hires Former VMware Exec Chris Hammans for European Expansion

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Pano Logic today announced its European expansion and the appointment of former VMware executive Chris Hammans as Managing Director to lead the efforts from the UK.

Hammans will apply his more than 10 years experience in the virtualization industry from both VMware and Citrix to build a world-class organization for Pano Logic to meet the needs of European organizations. In expanding throughout Europe, Pano Logic is responding to rising market demand for its zero client desktop virtualization solution, which has achieved significant traction in education, health, government, manufacturing and service sectors.

A veteran high-tech exec, Hammans was instrumental in developing new markets throughout Europe for two leading virtualization companies, VMware and Citrix Systems. Most recently, Hammans was regional director at VMware, achieving unprecedented growth in both sales and market recognition during his six-year tenure. Prior to joining VMware, Hammans was enterprise director at Citrix Systems.

The Pano System is an all-in-one hardware and software desktop virtualization solution that radically redefines computing and enables users to simplify deployment and management of end user computing while slashing equipment, maintenance and support costs. Unlike any other VDI vendor, Pano Logic centralizes 100% of end user computing power onto the virtualized server.  There is no processor, no operating system, no memory, no drivers, no software and no moving parts in the zero client Pano Device – resulting in absolutely zero endpoint management.  The lifespan of a Pano Device is over three times that of a thin client or PC and it uses less than 3 percent of a PC’s energy.

Industry Moves: Ron Oglesby Joins Unidesk as Chief Solution Architect

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Unidesk today announced that virtualization industry thought leader Ron Oglesby has joined the company as Chief Solution Architect.

In his new role, Oglesby will educate enterprise IT organizations, service providers, and resellers on how to slash the operational costs of desktop management and the capital costs of deploying and managing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) using Unidesk solutions.

Oglesby’s passion for helping IT realize bottom-line results from virtualization investments will be an important asset as Unidesk launches and expands its game-changing management platform for VDI-based desktops and virtualized PCs. His years of desktop experience working with Citrix solutions, his extensive knowledge of Microsoft and VMware virtualization technologies, and his strong rapport with IT professionals equip him to shape not only the Unidesk product family, but also implementation strategies for Unidesk customers. A best-selling author of technical design guides on server-based computing and virtualization, Oglesby will continue to share his insights on how to improve IT operations through his frequent writings and speaking appearances at industry events.

Oglesby was most recently Practice Executive for Virtualization Services at Dell, where he developed methodologies that helped Dell’s strategic customers carry out their virtualization and consolidation initiatives.

Prior to Dell, Oglesby was the Director of x86 and Virtualization Services at GlassHouse Technologies, one of the world’s largest independent data center consulting and services companies, where he oversaw North American consulting operations and directed a large team of engineers on numerous enterprise virtualization projects. Oglesby joined GlassHouse through its acquisition of RapidApp, where, as CTO and Senior Architect, he managed the professional services business and developed unique intellectual property for managing virtualization implementations.

Oglesby brings an impressive set of credentials to Unidesk in addition to his work experience:

  • Best-selling author of advanced technical design guides for VMware Infrastructure 3, VMware ESX Server, and Terminal Services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
  • Frequent speaker at industry events, including BriForum, Citrix Synergy, iForum, VMworld, and VMware User Groups (VMUGs).
  • Recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award, given to inspiring individuals for representing the voice of thousands in the community through independent feedback, and for helping customers maximize the potential of their software.

Yahoo Exec Scott Dietzen Quits, Joins rPath Board

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Scott Dietzen, until recently SVP Applications at Yahoo where the man oversaw key products such as Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, Flickr, Answers, Groups, and Zimbra, has left the company.

He is not moving on to other ventures yet, wanting to spend some quality time with his family first, but tomorrow rPath will be announcing that he is joining their Board of Directors.

rPath, of course, is a company that specializes in simplifying the distribution and consumption of applications via virtual appliances and cloud computing and enables sustainable appliance lifecycle management.

Scott Dietzen joined Yahoo with the acquisition of open source email startup Zimbra, where he was President and CTO. Dietzen went on to replace Brad Garlinghouse, Yahoo’s former SVP of Communications & Communities, when he left the company in June 2008. Before Zimbra, the man was CTO of BEA Systems (now an Oracle company) where he was the principal architect of the technology strategy for the WebLogic product family.

(Via TechCrunch)

Industry Moves: Bruce Jaffe Joins VirtualLogix As CFO

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VirtualLogix has announced that industry veteran Bruce Jaffe has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer responsible for all finance, human resources and operations.

Jaffe will report to Glenda Dorchak, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VirtualLogix.

Jaffe most recently served for five years as vice president and CFO at LogicVision, which provides a portfolio of software products for the automated development, integration and deployment of embedded test technology related to the design of semiconductors. There, Jaffe was responsible for all financial operations, including SEC reporting, budgeting and forecasting, investor relations (IR) and commercial banking, as well legal, HR and IT.

Jaffe’s prior experience includes senior vice president and CFO for Bell Microproducts  and a long-term career in the financial path, including CFO at Bell Industries. His board experience includes outside director positions with three publicly traded companies: Pemstar, Inc., Metron Technology and Southwall Technologies.

A certified public accountant, Jaffe started his career at Price Waterhouse as a senior accountant. He earned a bachelor of science degree in Business at the University of Southern California.