DiskSites Announces Appointment of Amir Shaked as CEO; Former Founder and CEO of CeLight and President of Accord Video Telecommunications Brings Strategic Leadership to Company.POTOMAC, Md. & TEL AVIV Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel -- DiskSites, an innovator in delivering network infrastructure optimization solutions to distributed organizations, today announced the appointment of Amir Shaked to its executive management team. Shaked brings to the company an extensive background that includes marketing a range of infrastructure solutions, most recently in optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. and wireless, for Global 2000 enterprises -- skills that will assist DiskSites in responding to its expansion and growth opportunities. Shaked was selected by Tamir Fishman Ventures (TFV TFV Trivalent Flu Vaccine ), DiskSites' primary backer and a key supporter of CeLight, Shaked's previous company. TFV is one of the leading venture capital groups in Israel with more than $200 million under management. Since its establishment in 1997, TFV has founded two funds and invested in over 30 companies including Expand Networks, NOVA (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 :NVMI), Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR RDWR Read and Write ), CeLight and DiskSites. Tamir Fishman and Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. co-led a $47.5 million financing round for CeLight, which Shaked raised. Prior to CeLight, Shaked founded the US subsidiary of Accord Video Telecom, Inc. which achieved dramatic market success and was subsequently acquired by Polycom for $350 million. "Amir Shaked is an executive with vast experience in sales, product marketing, business development and general management. As a result of his business acumen, leadership style and ability to raise significant funding for the companies he has founded and joined, Amir has an excellent track record for transforming early stage companies into market leaders," stated Ran Giladi, Chairman of the Board. "We look forward to his contribution to DiskSites." Shaked joins DiskSites as it has announced its next generation product framework -- which addresses wide area file services Wide Area File Services (WAFS) products allow remote office users to access and share files globally at LAN speeds over the WAN. Distributed enterprises that deploy WAFS solutions are able to consolidate storage to corporate datacenters, eliminating the need to backup and manage in conjunction with application acceleration. "DiskSites is entering an exciting new chapter in its history with a strong vision, world class technical team, innovative technology and strong investors. The company is superbly positioned to solve real customer problems -- and I am eager to help leverage DiskSites' successes and achieve its full potential," commented Shaked. About DiskSites DiskSites brings the resources of the data center to users at geographically distributed and remote offices. By providing remote users with direct access to centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. data, DiskSites eliminates the need to maintain and administer file, print and DHCP servers A server in the network or a service within a server that assigns IP addresses. See DHCP. , storage and tape sub-systems at remote locations. Available as an appliance-based product or through a software license, DiskSites dramatically reduces both the IT footprint and the total cost of ownership for global Fortune 2000 corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, and other distributed organizations. Without compromising performance, DiskSites enables global enterprises to maintain one dynamic global file system that eliminates the need for data replication, enhances disaster recovery capabilities and significantly improves collaboration. DiskSites simplifies network administration, increases data integrity and ensures that the right people have access to the right resources while continuing to protect the security of enterprise information. For more information about DiskSites, please call 760-438-3399 or email marketing@DiskSites.com or visit www.disksites.com. About Tamir Fishman Ventures Tamir Fishman Ventures (TFV) is one of the leading venture capital groups in Israel with a proven track record, solid partnerships and over $200 million under management. Since its establishment in 1997, the company has founded two funds: Eucalyptus eucalyptus (y  'kəlĭp`təs): see myrtle. eucalyptus Ventures and Tamir Fishman Ventures II, invested in over 30 companies to date and played an integral role in the development of several of Israel's most exciting next-generation companies. Tamir Fishman Ventures (TFV) is committed to building next-generation companies based on IP-intensive core technologies. The experienced team is proficient pro·fi·cient adj. Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning. n. An expert; an adept. at identifying innovative Israeli start-ups with the potential to succeed. TFV focuses primarily on the communications, IT and life sciences segments, investing in early-stage companies and selective seed and late-stage investments. For more information please visit www.tamirfishman.com. |
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