Virtual Iron Expands Market Development Efforts with New Vice President of Business Development; Matthew Connon Brings Proven Track Record in Developing and Expanding Strategic Relationships to Fast Growing Virtualization Software Company.LOWELL, Mass. -- Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), a provider of software solutions for creating and managing virtual infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Matthew Connon as vice president of business development. Connon will be responsible for overseeing and expanding the company's strategic partner relationships. Connon joins Virtual Iron from Fast Search & Transfer Inc., a $100 million, publicly-traded, enterprise search software company, where he was most recently vice president of 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 sales. At Virtual Iron, Connon will lead the company's efforts to expand its OEM and reseller relationships with strategic global partners and global consulting firms. He'll also focus on developing strategic partnerships in emerging markets. Prior to Fast Search, Connon was director of business development for Giant Loop Networks. Before that, he practiced business and civil law. Connon is a graduate of Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing , Suffolk University Law School The law school currently has both day and evening (part-time) divisions. The school is located in the newly built Sargent Hall on Tremont Street in downtown Boston. There are over 200 upper level electives offered at the law school, and the school is consistently ranked one of the most and The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (zoned as "Babson Park," ZIP code 02457),[1] is a private business school that grants all undergraduates a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. The F. W. . "Early customer and partner demand are driving expansion across all aspects of the company," said John C. Thibault, 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 Virtual Iron. "Matt brings deep knowledge and a history of developing mutually successful strategic relationships in the enterprise software market. His ability to expand these relationships for Virtual Iron will be a tremendous asset in our development as a company. We look forward to Matt's contribution in bringing Virtual Iron to a position of market leadership." Virtual Iron delivers advanced virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and management software solutions and is designed for production-class performance and scalability. The platform can support hundreds of industry-standard (x86) physical servers and thousands of virtual servers. The software partitions servers to run multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. simultaneously and increases utilization by managing the pooling and sharing of large numbers of server, storage and network elements. This enables users to automate many time-intensive manual tasks such as provisioning new servers and moving capacity to handle dynamic workloads. It also monitors physical systems and automatically responds to availability issues. About Virtual Iron Software, Inc. Virtual Iron provides software solutions for creating and managing virtual infrastructure. Its software enables companies to dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of managing and operating their enterprise data center. The company delivers advanced capabilities that exploit industry standards, open source economics and processors with virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. built-in. Organizations use Virtual Iron's software for consolidation, rapid provisioning, business continuity, workload management and policy-based automation to deliver significant improvements in utilization, manageability and agility. Virtual Iron is privately held and based in Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 105,167. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County. . For more information, visit www.virtualiron.com or email info@virtualiron.com. |
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