Avamar Names Brian Anderson as New Chief Marketing Officer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2004 Avamar Technologies Inc., a leading provider of innovative data protection solutions, today announced the addition of Brian Anderson Brian Anderson may refer to:
See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). ). Anderson brings 20+ years experience in the enterprise software industry and an established track record in leading companies to marketing success. As CMO, Anderson will focus his creative and strategic expertise to drive Avamar's branding, web, communications and demand generation programs. His global perspective provides leadership in Avamar's corporate and product marketing functions to impact the company's growth in the eBusiness and Global 2000 markets. "In times marked by uncertainty and constant change, it is critical to have key leaders focused on each aspect of the business to ensure long term success. I am pleased that Brian's addition to the Avamar management team provides us with the necessary experience and leadership critical for achieving our business plan objectives," said Kevin Daly, Avamar chief executive officer. "Brian's accomplishments at 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) , Access360, HNC (HNC Software Inc., San Diego, CA) A software company that specialized in products that detect credit card fraud, manage merchant risk, automate lending decisions and home valuations and manage retail inventories. Founded in 1986 by Robert Hecht-Nielsen and Todd W. Software and FileNET make him uniquely qualified to lead the next phase of Avamar's success in the data protection market." "Avamar has demonstrated technological leadership with a unique and innovative disk-based approach to backup/restore and disaster recovery challenges facing companies today," said Anderson. "The next phase of our growth will come from an expanded focus on sales channels and market education on the value of replacing outdated tape-based solutions with a true disk-based solution." Prior to Avamar, Anderson was CMO of Access360, a leading provider of policy-based provisioning solutions which was acquired by IBM in October 2002. Post acquisition, he has been directing the global marketing for all IBM Tivoli Security and Linux solutions. Prior to Access360, Anderson was CMO of HNC Software Inc., the leading provider of intelligent decision management software. Before HNC he was with FileNET for over seven years where he led the web, corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. and demand generation programs as vice president of Worldwide Corporate Marketing. About Avamar Avamar (www.avamar.com) is leading a new wave of innovative solutions that deliver increased value for data backup, restore and disaster recovery. Founded in 1999, Avamar provides enterprises with data management solutions to control the information explosion. Avamar Axion ax·i·on n. A hypothetical boson having no charge or spin and small mass, proposed to explain the existence of certain symmetries of the strong nuclear force. [axi(al) + -on1.] is a scalable appliance that provides online accessibility, while storing and protecting data with maximum efficiency. Avamar, with headquarters in Irvine, has offices throughout 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 is privately held with leading international investors including CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) @Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon and Goldman Sachs. Note to Editors: Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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