MANCHESTER, U.K. — February 18, 2010 — Virtensys™, Ltd, a leader in next-generation I/O solutions for data centers, today announced the appointment of John Nicholson as chairman of the board. John has been with the company since 2006 as member of the board of directors.
John Nicholson has a track record in advising emerging and high-growth technology companies as a non-executive director and chairman over the last 10 years. He has more than 25 years of international experience at a senior level in the information technology industry, including serving as a vice president of Compaq Computer Corporation and as a vice president of Digital Equipment Corporation.
"We are very pleased to have a high-caliber individual such as John take on a bigger role with the company," said Ahmet Houssein, president and CEO at Virtensys. "His expertise in helping companies accelerate their development and growth is extremely important to us, and he will play a pivotal role in bringing our I/O virtualization products to worldwide enterprise customers."
"I am very pleased to be part of this world-class team and help the company build on the success it has achieved to date," said John Nicholson. "The potential of the Virtensys solution is enormous and I am very impressed by the strong market demand. The company I/O virtualization switches offer the industry's best price/performance and lowest energy usage for accessing the corporate networks and storage infrastructures, and are quickly becoming a catalyst to the next-generation green IT data centers."
About Virtensys Ltd
Virtensys develops industry-leading, patented PCI Express®-based I/O virtualization technologies for servers and storage platforms, revolutionizing the way I/O infrastructures are deployed and used in data centers, and delivering significant improvements in I/O utilization, cost, performance, power consumption, and management. The deployment of the IOV switches is totally non-disruptive and dramatically reduces IT complexity and expenses. The company was founded in December 2005 by leading technologists in the fields of high-performance switching, networking, and systems design, and is backed by several premier technology venture capital firms. For more information, visit www.virtensys.com.
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