GroundWork Open Source Taps Tony Barbagallo as Vice President of Marketing; Moves Offices to San Francisco.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- IT Operations Management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. Software Provider Appoints Industry Veteran to Drive Product Management, Channel Marketing and Communications Strategies GroundWork Open Source, Inc. -- a leader in open source-based IT operations management solutions -- announced that it has named Tony Barbagallo as vice president of marketing. Barbagallo is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of global marketing, channel sales and product management experience. Named among CRN CRN Computer Reseller News CRN Crown CRN Council for Responsible Nutrition CRN Crane CRN Community Recycling Network CRN Course Reference Number CRN Center for Responsible Nanotechnology CRN Cornish (SIL code, UK) Magazine's "Top 50 Channel Chiefs" in 2003, Barbagallo will oversee GroundWork's product management, corporate marketing and channel marketing as well as expand the company's presence within the open source community and into new global markets. Barbagallo is the latest executive to join GroundWork's seasoned management team, following the appointment of Ranga Rangachari as 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. and Phil Bradley Previously, Barbagallo served as senior vice president of marketing at EVault, a provider of online backup Using the Web to store copies of data for backup. There are numerous providers on the Internet that charge for storage, and fees are typically based on capacity. Online backup services provide offsite backup, which is essential for disaster recovery. See backup types. and recovery systems, with responsibility for strategic marketing and product management initiatives. Prior to that, Barbagallo served as vice president of sales and marketing for Dantz Development, a storage provider, where he oversaw the return of the company to profitability and subsequent acquisition by EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. . Barbagallo has also served as group marketing manager at Microsoft and has held executive and management positions with Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. , Wind River, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. and General Electric. "In 2006, Groundwork's focus is on developing our channels, expanding our position in the open source community and continuing to offer industry-leading open source IT operations management solutions," said Ranga Rangachari, CEO of GroundWork. "Tony is uniquely qualified to play a pivotal role across all three of these strategic areas." "For years, companies have been forced to choose between functionality and cost when it comes to IT operations management -- and all but the largest companies had virtually no viable options. By leveraging the benefits of open source, GroundWork has completely disrupted this dynamic, which is why in just 18 months the company has more than 100 customers," said Barbagallo. "I'm excited to be with GroundWork during this time of rapid growth and expansion in the global marketplace." GroundWork's decision to move its headquarters to San Francisco follows a series of important milestones in 2005 -- from closing the company's 100th subscription of GroundWork Monitor and launching three open source projects, to inking partnerships with Novell and Palamida and raising $8.5 million in Series B financing from Mayfield and Canaan Partners. About GroundWork San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (www.itgroundwork.com) integrates and enhances leading open source software to deliver comprehensive open source IT operations management solutions. With GroundWork solutions, enterprises leverage the flexibility and low cost of open source tools to achieve enterprise-level availability, performance and operational efficiency at a fraction of the cost of commercial software. GroundWork customers represent a variety of industries, including manufacturing, government, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , education, and high technology. GroundWork investors are Mayfield and Canaan Partners. |
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