Atempo Appoints Storage Industry Veteran, Neal Ater, as CEO; New CEO Brings Over 25 Years' Experience to Atempo.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., the leader in data protection and storage security for trusted 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. (ILM), today announced the appointment of Neal Ater as 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. . Ater, a 25-year veteran of the storage industry, was most recently CEO of software start-up Storactive, where his achievements included guiding Storactive to a leading position in the continuous data protection market and directing the company through a successful merger with Atempo. Prior to Storactive, Ater held executive level positions at Veritas, where he was responsible for the engineering and product management of Veritas' data protection businesses, and Seagate Software Seagate Software was an international software corporation headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. It was a majority owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, the largest independent disc drive and related components company in the world. , where he was responsible for all product development for the Network and Storage Management Group. In addition to Storactive, Ater's entrepreneurial expertise also includes two highly successful startup ventures, Goal Systems International, a leading mainframe systems management company, and OnDemand Software, an industry-leading developer of software distribution products. "We are very pleased to bring on a seasoned storage veteran of Neal's caliber to lead the Atempo management team and help shape the future of this fast-growing company," said Dag Dag(h)da great god of Celts; father of Danu. [Celtic Myth.: Parrinder, 68; Jobes, 405] See : Fatherhood Dag (h)da god of abundance, war, healing. [Celtic Myth. Syrrist, general partner at Vision Capital and Atempo board member. "Neal's depth of knowledge in the storage industry, business relationships, technical expertise and demonstrated leadership will prove invaluable in delivering on Atempo's long-term strategic vision." "This is a tremendous opportunity, and I am honored to join Atempo at this exciting time in the company's expansion," said Ater. "I look forward to working with the Atempo team to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the company's unique opportunities in the worldwide enterprise data protection market." Ater is chairman of Atempo's board of directors and also sits on the board of Data Domain, a leading provider of capacity optimized storage systems, and MindLeaders, an employee performance-improvement e-learning company. About Atempo Atempo is the leader in trusted information lifecycle management (ILM), a data management framework that automatically matches the level of data protection and security to information's value over its lifecycle. Atempo enables customers to meet critical business requirements from the desktop to the enterprise with innovative, award-winning products that encompass data recovery management, storage security, continuous data protection (CDP CDP (cytidine diphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Certificate in Data Processing) An earlier award for the successful completion of an examination in hardware, software, systems analysis, programming, management and accounting, ), non-repudiated long-term archiving and regulatory compliance. Founded in 1992, Atempo has more than 2,700 customers worldwide, with a sales and support network exceeding 100 resellers. The company's dual headquarters are in Palo Alto, Calif., and Paris, France. Learn more about Atempo and its "Trusted ILM" vision at www.atempo.com. Atempo, the Atempo logo, Time Navigator See Netscape Navigator, Netscape and Norton Navigator. Navigator - Netscape Navigator , LiveBackup and LiveServ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Atempo, Inc. |
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