CrosStor Hires Joe Balazs to Head New Development Center.Business Editors COLUMBIA, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 Former NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers Business Unit CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Will Oversee New High-Availability Products CrosStor Software, Inc., developers of the intelligence behind serverless storage, today announced that Joe Balazs, a 20-year veteran of NCR Corporation, has been named Manager of High-Availability Products for its South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. Product Development Center. Balazs was the former CTO of NCR's Server System Business Unit, with responsibility for all NCR UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NT operating systems, as well as NCR's chief I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output architect. Balazs will oversee the architecture, design and release of new high-availability products for CrosStor NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular and CrosStor SAN, CrosStor's storage-centric operating system products. He will also assume responsibility to manage and grow CrosStor's newly established Columbia, SC office, which is expected to double in size within the year. "Balazs' proven ability to lead and manage complex projects will be critical as we continue to enhance the technology of our core storage networking products for the storage 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 market," said CrosStor Vice President of Development and CTO, Gordon Harris. "He and his team will strengthen CrosStor's ability to advance CrosStor NAS and CrosStor SAN products in clustered file systems, remote mirroring and other high-availability areas." Balazs is a senior software development manager experienced in storage software management and system architecture and design projects. In addition to his clustered file system expertise, Balazs has UNIX and firmware development, SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. hardware and software development, and substantial networking experience. About CrosStor Software CrosStor provides the intelligence behind serverless storage. CrosStor's OEM software helps hardware manufacturers build products to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical, high-performance storage appliances--including NAS and intelligent SAN devices--that are independent of enterprise servers. With enterprise storage requirements doubling yearly, OEMs use CrosStor's modular, storage-centric operating system to rapidly create customized, high-availability storage solutions and speed time to market. CrosStor was founded in 1990 by former Bell Labs engineers and is privately held. The company is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ and can be contacted at 908-226-0100 or by visiting its Web site at www.crosstor.com. CrosStor NAS(TM) and CrosStor SAN(TM) are trademarks of CrosStor Software, Inc. |
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