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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- "Cloud storage" platform provider Nirvanix (www.nirvanix.com) has appointed IT veteran Jim Zierick president and chief executive officer, where he will lead the company in aggressively growing and expanding the company's position in the cloud storage market.
With more than 25 years experience building technology companies in operations and sales roles, Zierick succeeds company founder Patrick Harr, who is leaving to pursue a new business endevor.
Highlights of Harr's legacy include the launches of the global Nirvanix SDN and CloudNAS services, storage solutions that are set apart from others like Amazon's S3 (aw.amazon.com/3) by not requiring API integration between applications and the cloud.
"The sky's the limit as far as cloud storage is concerned and I am eager to continue Nirvanix's leadership in this marketplace as companies facing today's economic realities look for alternatives to building and maintaining in-house storage resources," Zierick said in a statement. "It is a real pleasure to join a company with such a compelling value proposition and impressive future."
In coming to Nirvanix, Zierick will be leaving his post as CEO of Aspyra (www.aspyra.com), a provider of information solutions for the healthcare industry, where he will still be serving on the company's board of directors. Prior to Aspyra, he was CEO of enterprise-oriented embedded control software developer LogicalApps, before its sale to Oracle (www.oracle.com).
Before working at LogicalApps, Zierick was executive vice president of Peregrine Systems's worldwide field operations, where he oversaw a staff of 350 including sales, alliance, customer support and professional services organization, and was responsible for generating $200 million of new license, support and service revenue before the sale of the company to Hewlett Packard (www.hp.com).
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