DataCore Software Adds Virtualization Veterans to Spearhead Asia
Pacific Expansion and Meet Rising Global Demand from Emerging
Markets
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,
Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/
-- DataCore Software, the storage hypervisor leader and
premier provider of storage virtualization software, today named
two well-recognized sales and operations executives with exemplary
track records in the virtualization industry to spearhead the
company's business in Asia Pacific
(APAC) and to develop sales in other rapidly emerging markets
across the globe. The appointments facilitate DataCore's continued
worldwide growth, driven by high demand for its SANsymphony™-V
Storage Hypervisor and the pivotal role it plays in
software-defined data centers and cloud solutions.
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Former VMware Managing Director/GM of APAC and Japan Joins
DataCore
Manish Sharma's
extensive domain expertise and intimate familiarity with the region
will be instrumental in the role of general manager (GM) and VP for
APAC. He adds more than two decades of continuous sales and
management experience to DataCore's established presence throughout
the territory. Sharma was VP and GM for Appirio Inc., a
technology-enabled services company, leading the organization to 85
percent year-over-year growth while helping enterprise customers
adopt cloud solutions.
Prior to that, Sharma spent six years in executive management
posts within VMware's APAC and Japan (APJ) market. He was largely responsible
for managing and building out the VMware virtualization partner
network, overseeing enterprise product sales and integration,
channel enablement and field operations. He started at
VMware as GM of the APJ Partner Organization and progressed
rapidly to become the Managing Director and GM of Emerging Products
for all of APJ. Sharma is also very familiar with the countries
within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), having
served as managing director for BEA, as well as director of sales
and business development in Australia and New
Zealand. His earlier sales management tenure took him
regularly to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and India. He will be strategically based in
Singapore.
New Emerging Markets Position
Assuming DataCore's
newly created role of VP Emerging Markets is Peter Thompson. He will focus on driving the
business expansion, key programs and partnerships needed within
high-growth areas in APAC and the Americas regions, with a major
emphasis on developing the Chinese marketplace. In addition,
Thompson, who is based in Silicon Valley, will work with major
industry partners, technology alliances and their global teams both
locally and overseas to develop joint business opportunities and
programs focused on emerging markets.
Thompson possesses more than two decades of expertise in APAC
markets and was instrumental in developing DataCore's storage
virtualization business throughout the region, as well as its
presence, partner network and offices in Japan, China
and Australia. Formerly DataCore's
Managing Director, Asia Pacific,
Thompson oversaw all sales, marketing and operations activities and
was based in Japan for a number of
years. He joined DataCore in 2000 to help develop the company's
APAC market strategy after a decade with Inabata & Co., a 200
year old trading company based in Osaka, where he led sales and new business
efforts, mainly for the semiconductor industry.
"We see tremendous global demand for our solutions and are
investing in an executive team with the proven experience to drive
and significantly grow our market share in APAC and other emerging
regions," said Steve Houck, COO,
DataCore Software. "Manish and Peter have proven records of success
and they understand the challenges of growing virtualization
companies in these markets. Furthermore, the IT industry is rife
with businesses looking for cost-effective solutions to overcome
the storage challenges related to virtualizing Tier 1
business-critical applications, transitioning to cloud computing,
and taking on Big Data. Bottom-line, there's growing demand for the
powerful software-defined storage infrastructure that our
SANsymphony-V Storage Hypervisor can provide."
Priorities for the new leaders include channel expansion,
partner enablement and closer alignment with the adjacent server
and desktop virtualization ISVs and hardware suppliers (e.g.,
SSD/Flash) critical to modern datacenters. Their proven instincts
for building rich relationships throughout APAC and the worldwide
virtualization and storage community will immediately be put to use
in enabling customers and partners to maximize the performance,
availability and utilization of their IT environments.
VARs, system builders, managed service providers and cloud
hosters operating in APAC and other emerging markets can learn how
to extend their product and services portfolios with complementary
storage virtualization solutions from DataCore by contacting
sanvantage@datacore.com.
About DataCore Software
DataCore Software develops
storage virtualization software for high availability, fast
performance and maximum utilization from storage in virtual and
physical IT environments. DataCore SANsymphony™-V storage
hypervisor is a comprehensive, hardware-independent solution that
fundamentally changes the economics of provisioning, replicating
and protecting storage in large enterprises and small to midsize
businesses. For additional information, visit the DataCore website
at http://www.datacore.com or call (877) 780-5111.
DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANsymphony are trademarks or
registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other
DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are
trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products,
services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of
their respective owners.
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