Atempo Appoints Francois Gauthier as Chief Technology Officer.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. and PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Atempo Inc., a leader in information lifecycle strategies for data protection, today announced the appointment of Francois Gauthier as the company's chief technology officer (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ). In his capacity as CTO, Gauthier will have oversight of Atempo's product marketing, research and development and customer service. Gauthier will play an active role in strategy and management of the company and will report directly to Rick Wojcik, Atempo's chief executive officer. Gauthier brings to Atempo a proven track record of high technology company management, both in large public company and start-up settings. Gauthier was vice president of Bull's storage solutions business unit where he successfully increased revenue and returned the business unit to profitability. While at Bull Gauthier also served as director of global alliances in charge of relationships with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Motorola, 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. , and StorageTek, among others. Gauthier was also senior vice president and general manager of international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. for tape virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. storage software company, Neartek, where he successfully led the company's transition from system integrator to ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. . He also served as chief executive officer of web accessibility start-up Visual Friendly. "Francois is an excellent addition to Atempo's management team. His technological expertise, industry experience and broad business relationships fit precisely with our aggressive business goals to grow market share worldwide," said Rick Wojcik, chief executive officer, Atempo. "Francois's leadership capabilities will enable Atempo to deliver the solutions customers demand in the enterprise data protection environment. With this type of company leadership Atempo is poised to continue to be first to market with best-of-breed solutions." "Atempo is the gold standard for data protection solutions in many European markets. I am excited to join the Atempo team and look forward to helping the company grow the business globally and help define the industry benchmark for data protection in enabling successful ILM strategies," said Francois Gauthier. Atempo is a leading provider of data protection solutions to 2000 Global 1000 and medium-sized firms. Atempo's customers include Airbus, Capgemini, Credit Agricole, France Telecom, Novartis, Orange, Renault and Virgin.net. Atempo's Time Navigator(TM) is a highly scalable and feature-rich software product that offers performance and features grouped around today's more complex enterprise challenges including disaster recovery, compliance, security and rapid data growth. About Atempo Founded in 1992, Atempo enables practical, comprehensive and flexible information life cycle management strategies with a suite of business continuity and compliance solutions based on Atempo's Time Navigator platform. With an established network of value-added resellers and strategic alliances, Atempo empowers 2000 companies and partners worldwide with the fastest backup and restore, disaster recovery, archiving, and regulatory compliance solutions in this time of unrelenting data growth. For more information please visit www.atempo.com or call (866) 417-0200. Atempo and the Atempo logo are trademarks, and Time Navigator is a registered trademark of Atempo S.A. and Atempo, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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