Cluster File Systems Expands Management Team.BOULDER, Colo. & TAMPA, Fla. -- Cluster File Systems Cluster File Systems, Inc. (CFS) is the company that originally developed the Lustre distributed file system. CFS was a privately held company with offices in the United States, Canada, and China. CFS was founded in 2001 by Dr. Peter Braam. [TM], Inc. (CFS CFS abbr. chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, n.pr See syndrome, chronic fatigue. CFS Chronic fatigue syndrome, see there ), announced that it has expanded its management team significantly in concordance concordance /con·cor·dance/ (-kord´ins) in genetics, the occurrence of a given trait in both members of a twin pair.concor´dant con·cor·dance n. with the Company's growth. CFS develops and supports the Lustre lustre In mineralogy, the appearance of a mineral surface in terms of its light-reflecting qualities. Lustre depends on a mineral's refractivity (see refraction), transparency, and structure. [R] File System, a highly scalable, parallel file system for Linux clustered computing. The Lustre File System is open source software. It has seen strong acceptance in the Linux supercomputing community and currently supports many of the world's largest high-performance computer clusters. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. Peter Braam, President and 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. of Cluster File Systems, "Lustre has become the file system of choice for many Linux supercomputer users. Our user base has grown considerably, and we have formed numerous strategic partnerships with vendors and customers over the past 10 months. We are expanding our management team to better support this community, and to provide for future growth." New members of the CFS Management Team include: P. Kevin Canady, VP of Business Development Mr. Canady is charged with developing and executing the Company's long-range business strategy. He is responsible for creating new users and developing and managing strategic partnerships with customers and vendors. An 18-year technology veteran, he was vice president at Edison Group Inc., a leading product and market intelligence company, where he was responsible for managing competitive sales initiatives for HP, SUN, Oracle and Cisco. His experience also includes senior sales and marketing positions at Verity, Viador and Oracle Corporation. Thomas Tennessen, Chief Financial Officer Mr. Tennessen will oversee the Company's financial operations. He has extensive experience in finance, accounting and management at both private and publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , and at companies backed by venture capital. Over the past 20 years, he has served as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, VP of Finance, and Controller for technology and manufacturing organizations. His experience includes: Initial Public Offerings, the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on Small Capital market, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Tennessen earned his Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Business Administration. He received his CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. license in Colorado in 1986. Andy Rudoff, Director of Technology Mr. Rudoff is responsible for overseeing the Company's technology development effort. With 20 years of experience in the software industry, he has extensive knowledge of operating systems, networking, file systems and RAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Remote Access Service) A Windows NT/2000 Server feature that allows remote users access to the network from their Windows laptops or desktops via modem. See RRAS and network access server. . He worked at Sun Microsystems for more than a decade in a variety of engineering and management positions, most recently as a software architect in the field of fault management. For his work in this area he was recognized as one of InfoWorld's Innovators of the Year in 2005. Along with these additions to the management team, CFS is also announcing the appointment of Nicole Brown as Director of Operations and Serge Boyko as Director of Information Technology. About Cluster File Systems, Inc. Cluster File Systems, Inc. (CFS) is a recognized leader in high-performance, scalable cluster file system technology. Extensive experience, innovative insights, and proven engineering have enabled CFS to dramatically surpass the scalability limits of modern computing. The Company's Lustre File System currently powers clusters with tens of thousands of nodes and petabytes of data, delivering groundbreaking parallel I/O and metadata throughput on many of the world's largest Linux-based supercomputers. CFS provides technical support, training, and engineering services, and is actively working with storage and cluster vendors to develop the next generation of intelligent storage devices. The Lustre File System for Linux is open source software developed and maintained by CFS. For more information, visit www.clusterfs.com. Lustre, the Lustre logo, Cluster File Systems, and CFS are trademarks of Cluster File Systems, Inc. in the United States. All other names are property of their respective owners. |
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