SANgate Systems Appoints New President and COO; Paul Feresten to Lead Company in Building Customer-centric Solutions.Business/Technology Editors SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 SANgate Systems today announced that Paul Feresten has been named President and COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. . A storage industry veteran, Feresten demonstrates both market expertise and a genuine appreciation for end-user issues. "SANgate is building an organization that has a customer-centric philosophy," said Alex Winokur, Vice President of Engineering for SANgate Systems. "Paul has spent his entire career working closely with customers and he understands what it takes to realize our mission." "The explosive growth of data is affecting the way companies do business with a direct impact on their top and bottom lines," added Feresten. "SANgate is focused on one thing3/4 making our customers' storage work better. This means protecting their current investment while bringing significant enhancements to their existing environments." Feresten brings proven business development, sales, marketing, and strategic partnership experience to SANgate, including over twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. in key management roles at Digital Equipment Corporation. Under Feresten's leadership, DEC's storage business unit grew to over $2 billion. Feresten created the highly successful StorageWorks brands which remain a key product line for Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. since their acquisition of DEC. Prior to joining SANgate Systems, Feresten was Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing for TRIMM TRIMM Transmit/Receive Integrated Microwave Module Technologies, Inc., a global supplier of storage subsystems The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. and enclosures. About SANgate Systems SANgate Systems is developing a ground-breaking enterprise storage appliance A stand-alone hardware device or software environment dedicated to a specific task. See hardware appliance and software appliance. that supports both mainframe and open storage environments. Implementing SANgate's solution will enable customers to dramatically increase storage capacity while lowering total cost of ownership and streamlining their data management process. SANgate Systems' pioneering product breaks down proprietary lines and enables seamless relationships between any two storage subsytems, any vendor, and any model. By supporting both mainframe (OS/390) and open systems with features such as remote mirroring, point-in-time copies and data, this unique and powerful hardware/software combination solves major 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. issues found in today's storage environments. SANgate Systems, founded in May 1999 and headquartered in Southborough, MA, is privately held, with funding from top tier venture capital organizations including Battery Ventures and JVP JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation Front, Sri Lanka) JVP Jewish Voice for Peace JVP Jugular Venous Pressure JVP Junge Volkspartei (Young Austrian People's Party) JVP Junior Vice President . |
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