Chaparral Network Storage Appoints New Corporate Treasurer.Business Editors BOULDER Boulder, city, United States Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876). , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2003 Chaparral chaparral (chăpərăl`), type of plant community in which shrubs are dominant. It occurs usually in regions having from 10 to 20 in. (25–50 cm) of rainfall annually and with a Mediterranean-type climate. Network Storage, a developer of specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. appliances that deliver data across global storage networks, today announced the creation of a Corporate Treasury position to assist in the growth of the company. Eileen M. Jonikas was recently appointed as Corporate Treasurer, reporting to Theodore V. Niemann, chief financial officer and vice president of finance. As Corporate Treasurer, Ms. Jonikas will be responsible for investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , financial analysis and cash management. With over 18 years of experience in finance and investor relations, Jonikas will be instrumental in helping the Company achieve its financial objectives. Jonikas joins Chaparral from ChannelPoint, Inc. where she was Vice President and Corporate Treasurer. From 1984 to 1999, Jonikas was with StorageTek where she held various financial management positions. Prior to leaving StorageTek in 1999, she held the position of Vice President, Investor Relations. "We are pleased to announce Ms. Jonikas to our team," said Theodore V. Niemann, Chaparral's chief financial officer and vice president of finance. "With Eileen's background in finance and investor relations, Chaparral is positioning itself for strong growth over the next year." "Over the past year, Chaparral has proven their ability to succeed in a tough economic climate," said Eileen Jonikas. "I welcomed the opportunity to work with a strong management team and with a company who has an exciting future in front of them." About Chaparral (www.chaparralnet.com) Chaparral Network Storage, Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Boulder, Colo., designs and markets storage appliances that provide simple solutions to common storage networking problems. Chaparral specializes in advanced performance devices that deliver data efficiently within the network, and sells protocol bridges, data routers, RAID controllers A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. and disk array appliances that are network ready. Chaparral's storage networking appliances feature SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. and FC connectivity, easy device configuration and management tools, and tested interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. with leading SAN products and storage resource management software. Chaparral's family of 2Gb/s Fibre Channel appliances allows any system administrator to build high performance storage networks on a manageable budget. Chaparral's solutions are available through select storage OEMs, resellers, and distributors worldwide. |
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