3ware Names Dave McAllister as Director of Software Marketing.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Industry Linux "Evangelist" Brings Strategic Vision and Expertise to Drive Marketing of Innovative Storage Solution Architectures 3ware Inc., a pre-IPO company founded to architect innovative storage solutions, today announced the appointment of Dave McAllister as director of software marketing. McAllister is an industry-recognized thought leader in Linux technology, having served as a representative to the Linux International Linux International, also known simply as LI, is a worldwide, non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of growth of Linux and FOSS. It is headed by Jon "maddog" Hall. External links
McAllister comes to 3ware from Maxspeed Corp., where he served as CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , driving and defining Linux design for desktop and thin/client systems. Prior to Maxspeed, he was director of strategic technologies for Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. ), acting as an "evangelist" for Linux acceptance, and defining SGI's Linux and open source strategy for servers and desktops. Prior to SGI, McAllister served in engineering management and marketing management positions with companies including Ingres Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp. "We're very pleased to have Dave on our team," said Beau Vrolyk, president and 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. of 3ware. "Dave is a respected industry leader in the advancing of Linux technology for desktop and network applications. His vision and experience are a perfect fit with 3ware's innovative architecture, integrating software, hardware and firmware to meet the storage needs of business users in leading industries." "3ware's unique approach meets the massive storage requirements created by the intensive demand for data and graphics for e-business and other applications on the Web," said McAllister. "I look forward to helping 3ware gain the industry recognition it deserves for its new storage architecture, which provides scalable storage solutions at radically new price points, enabling a new class of information based applications. This technology will change the shape of storage as dramatically as Linux changed the shape of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. ." About 3ware 3ware is a pre-IPO company that architects innovative storage solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of Internet e-business, including its Escalade es·ca·lade n. The act of scaling a fortified wall or rampart. [French, from Italian scalata, ultimately from Latin sc (TM) line of storage controllers. 3ware leverages gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. technology in new ways along with packet switching A network technology that breaks up a message into small packets for transmission. Unlike circuit switching, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address. technology and proprietary algorithms to create scalable, reliable, high-speed storage solutions. These solutions address the fundamental issues of data storage, access, back-up, security and management -- without requiring that customers adopt new standards or deal with unfamiliar technologies. Located in Palo Alto, the company has a seasoned management team and a roster of established industry partners. For more information about 3ware, call 650/327-8600 or visit www.3ware.com. Copyright (c) 2000 3ware Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. 3ware is a registered trademark and Escalade, DiskSwitch and TwinStor are trademarks of 3ware Inc. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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