Menlo Park, CA — February 6, 2006 — Gear6, creator of a powerful technology base to accelerate storage and deliver real time performance for the enterprise data center, today announced Gary Orenstein has joined the management team as vice president of marketing. Active in the storage networking industry since its inception with a career spanning multiple network storage companies and industry efforts, Orenstein brings deep experience in technical marketing knowledge to the Gear6 marketing team. His track record for marketing innovations in storage networking will lend historical vision and strategic focus to Gear6 marketing efforts.
“Gary has the right experience for our technology entry. His strong technical knowledge and industry awareness, combined with his ability to usher new storage networking solutions to market success gives Gear6 a powerful market driver,” said Tom Shea, president and CEO of Gear6. “The executive team is pleased to have Gary onboard to support our advance into the marketplace.”
Orenstein has been involved in numerous growth companies. Prior to Gear6, he served as vice president of marketing for Compellent, a modular enterprise storage provider, where he helped launch the company and product resulting in widespread channel and customer adoption. Before Compellent, Orenstein was a co-founder of Nishan Systems, a company that led the IP storage market and was acquired by McDATA. He is the author of “IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core” &mdash a book that outlines the business value of enterprise storage technology, and has also authored numerous articles on storage networking.
“Gear6 is forging new solutions to alleviate storage networking problems that are barriers to real time performance in the data center,” said Orenstein. “Gear6 is in the right place, at the right time with new technology. I'm excited to join the company and help introduce the storage acceleration solutions and products required to move the mainstream enterprise towards the next frontier, real time performance in the data center.”
Founded in 2002 as Engineered Intelligence, the company developed high-performance computing solutions using distributed, clustered architectures, which were deployed in conjunction with top-tier OEM partners.
In 2005, based on the widening gap between the increasing processing power of servers and lagging mechanical storage devices, the company invented additional technology that delivers scalable and transparent storage acceleration to mainstream enterprises. Gear6 solutions accelerate existing storage infrastructure for real time performance, eliminate bottlenecks, and guarantee transaction response times. These real time capabilities speed up applications, provide protection from peak load disruptions, and improve quality of service.
For more information call 877-GEAR-SIX (432-7749), email info@gear6.com or visit www.gear6.com.
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