Atempo Appoints John Meaney as General Manager for U.S. and Asia Pacific Operations.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. -- Atempo Inc., a leader in information lifecycle strategies for data protection, today announced the appointment of John Meaney John Meaney (b. 1957, London) is a British science fiction author. Biography Meaney grew up in London and Slough, England. He has been studying martial arts since childhood and has a black belt in shotokan karate. as general manager of Atempo's US and Asia Pacific operations. In his capacity as general manager, Meaney will manage and drive all facets of Atempo's US and Asia Pacific sales, marketing, and 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 operations. Meaney will report directly to Rick Wojcik, Atempo's president and chief executive officer. Meaney brings a proven track record of sales, marketing and business development successes in the storage industry to Atempo. Most recently Meaney was senior director strategic alliances and business development at Veritas. At Veritas he led the company's OEM strategy with server partners, negotiating and closing deals with major partners including Microsoft, Dell, Intel, Hitachi, 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. , Fujitsu and Fujitsu Siemens (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. (USA), Milpitas, CA, www.fujitsu-siemens.com) Fujitsu Siemens Computers USA is a wholly owned research and development subsidiary of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. . Meaney was also responsible for driving Veritas' expansion in Asia and Japan through OEMs, including the first OEM deal in China with Huawei. Prior to Veritas, Meaney was the executive director of OEM Sales for Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) where he was responsible for ADIC's OEM, Federal and Asia revenue channels. "John is a results-focused manager and team builder. He has a proven storage industry track record of developing and executing effective business strategies including building OEM relationships and cultivating new business," said Rick Wojcik, chief executive officer, Atempo. "John is a valuable addition to the Atempo team as we continue to build out our suite of data lifecycle infrastructure products based on Time Navigation that will advance the ILM initiatives of enterprises worldwide." "Atempo has the perfect technology and vision for helping companies protect and manage their multi-tiered data in compliance with the minefield of regulations," stated John Meaney. "I look forward to helping the company execute its vision and continue its rapid growth trajectory Trajectory The curve described by a body moving through space, as of a meteor through the atmosphere, a planet around the Sun, a projectile fired from a gun, or a rocket in flight. ." About Atempo Founded in 1992, Atempo enables practical, comprehensive and flexible information lifecycle management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. 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 A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. 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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