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Virtustream Appoints Former VMware Exec Jeff Miller As Chief Sales Officer

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Virtustream, a cloud solutions provider, has announced that Jeff Miller has joined its executive team as Chief Sales Officer with global responsibility for the company’s sales operations.

Miller joins Virtustream from the SpringSource division of VMware, where he served as VP of sales, Americas.

Prior to VMware, Miller was at SpringSource up to its acquisition by VMware; he was instrumental in integrating SpringSource’s open source solutions into VMware’s vFabric cloud application development framework.

Prior to SpringSource, Miller managed sales divisions for Novell, desktop integration provider OpenSpan and JBoss.

Virtustream provides a full range of cloud services to assess customer infrastructure requirements and make specific vendor and technology agnostic recommendations regarding cloud deployments.

Jeff Miller Jumps From IBM To Layer 7

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Former IBM exec Jeff Miller has joined Layer 7‘s executive management team as vice president of sales, the company announced this morning.

Layer 7 Technologies boasts a portfolio of SOA and cloud security products, essentially helping organizations secure and govern integrations that span the Internet and cloud.

Miller brings more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience to Layer 7, with expertise in building direct and indirect sales teams for technology companies where SOA, cloud and security have been the focal point.

Most recently, Jeff was a business unit executive at IBM responsible for DataPower, Cast Iron and SOA Appliances in North America. He was a vice president of sales for DataPower before its acquisition by IBM.

Previously, he held sales leadership positions at SOA, cloud and SaaS startups such as Actional and Grand Central Communications.

Says Paul Rochester, CEO of Layer 7 Technologies:

“Jeff has the breadth and depth of experience, coupled with specific domain expertise in Layer 7’s sweet spot, that makes him a perfect fit for taking our sales and market presence to a new level.

He joins the company following a blockbuster year that saw triple-digit growth, strong global customer acquisition and industry recognition of our innovative solutions. Jeff will strengthen our management team as we build on these successes.”