3Tera Attracts Proven Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales.20-Year Industry Veteran Nick Blozan to Drive Strategic Initiatives and Global Market Adoption of Grid and Utility Computing (1) Pay-per-usage processing provided by a service organization that uses its own computers and facilities. Customers access the computers via a private network or over the Internet and are charged according to how much computing time they use, such as CPU seconds, minutes or hours. Services ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- 3Tera, Inc., the innovator of grid and utility computing services for online applications, today announced the appointment of Nick Blozan to the position of senior vice president, Worldwide Sales. A 20-year industry veteran, Blozan will utilize his deep knowledge of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market and on-demand delivery platforms to lead 3Tera's strategic sales and business development initiatives. A proven sales and IT executive with a history of achieving aggressive sales growth, Blozan comes to 3Tera from OpSource[TM] where he served as senior vice president of Sales and Marketing, and played a significant role in establishing the company as the leader in the SaaS delivery market in less than two years. Blozan will now work closely with 3Tera's management team, and the company's partners, to drive adoption of 3Tera's new grid and utility services by SaaS companies, enterprises and hosting providers worldwide. "Software-as-a-Service companies are moving away from costly and restrictive managed hosting, and are looking to leverage completely virtualized data centers to efficiently and cost-effectively deploy, manage and scale Web applications according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. demand," said Vlad Miloushev, president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , 3Tera, Inc. "Nick shares our vision for SaaS, and his extensive experience in sales, strategic alliances and business development will be a strong addition to 3Tera's executive team." "I've worked closely with Nick as the chairman of the SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property SaaS Executive Council," said David Thomas, executive director, Software Division, Software & Information Industry Association. "The SIIA is very active in educating the industry about Software-as-a-Service and how it is affecting the traditional software business model. As the chair, Nick was very efficient in driving that effort for the benefit of the entire industry, and continues to play a key role in defining SIIA's overall SaaS strategy. I'm confident his leadership will also be a strategic asset to 3Tera." "I am excited to be joining 3Tera at this time because the world is moving away from the traditional software model to a services-centric model," said Nick Blozan, senior vice president, Worldwide Sales, 3Tera, Inc. "3Tera's AppLogic platform provides SaaS, Web 2.0 and even enterprise companies the ability to rapidly deploy, scale and manage Web applications without having to own or operate hardware infrastructure, and to pay only for the resources they actually use." About Nick Blozan Nick has over 20 years of experience in high technology sales and marketing including various positions in product management and engineering. He brings to 3Tera a wealth of sales experience both in direct and channel sales for software and services companies. Prior to joining 3Tera, Nick served as senior vice president of Sales and Marketing at OpSource, an infrastructure service provider that helps companies move to a SaaS model, where he had a significant role in establishing the company as the leader in the SaaS delivery market in less than two years. Before OpSource, he was vice president of Marketing for Allocity, a storage management company, where he led all aspects of marketing and product management. He helped build Allocity until it was acquired by EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. [R] in October, 2004. Prior to Allocity, Nick held various positions at VERITAS for over eight years, and most recently was responsible for developing and driving the Microsoft[R] Windows[R] strategy for the company. While at VERITAS, he spent over three years in Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , where he was responsible for all channel sales, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and business as well as managing strategic alliances with significant partners including Microsoft[R], Oracle[R], Brocade brocade (brōkād`), fabric, originally silk, generally reputed to have been developed to a high state of perfection in the 16th and 17th cent. in France, Italy, and Spain. [R] and Cisco[R]. About 3Tera, Inc. 3Tera, Inc. is the innovator of grid and utility computing services that simplify the deployment and scaling of Web applications. The company's AppLogic grid operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. enables hosting providers to offer the first true utility computing services that completely remove the cost and complexity associated with hardware infrastructure. Software-as-a-Service providers, enterprises, and open source developers can now get new online services to market quickly by utilizing resources from commodity hosting providers on a pay-as-you-go basis Pay-as-you-go basis A method of paying income tax in which the employer deducts a portion of an employee's monthly salary to remit to the IRS. , while maintaining complete control of applications including visual operation, scaling, and on-demand resource provisioning. 3Tera is a privately-held company headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, Aliso Viejo population was 40,166. Aliso Viejo became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, and has been the only city in Orange County to incorporate since 2000. with R&D facilities in Silicon Valley, Israel and Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . For more information about 3Tera and its solutions, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.3tera.com. 3Tera, the 3Tera logo, and AppLogic are trademarks, or registered trademarks, of 3Tera, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. Other marks belong to their respective owners. |
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