SolidFire, an all-flash storage systems provider, announced the international expansion in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of a regional headquarters in Singapore. The regional office in Singapore SolidFire will be led by Kris Day, the new general manager for Asia Pacific.
Kris Day, an industry veteran with over 10 years of experience in the storage industry both in the UK and Asia Pacific, joined SolidFire in January 2014. Previously, he worked for a variety of companies including HP and EMC.
"robust infrastructure of Singapore and strong connectivity to the rest of the region makes it the optimal city the headquarters of the Asia-Pacific operation SolidFire" said Tim Pitcher, vice president international SolidFire to . "Through policies that welcome world affairs, Singapore has built a strong ecosystem of innovation that will benefit SolidFire to join. Our expansion in Asia and our growing European presence allows us to respond quickly to the growing demand for products in these regions. "
expansion of the EMEA staff
SolidFire also expanded its EMEA team with the appointment of industry veteran storage Ian Cooper. Based in the UK, Cooper serves as EMEA Director of SolidFire partnerships and channels, focusing on expanding the presence of the company in the EMEA region.
SolidFire regional office in Singapore will be led by Kris Day, the new general manager for Asia Pacific.
Asia Pacific SolidFire and expansion of the EMEA staff follows a year of great growth of the company, including strategic partnerships with VMware , OpenStack and Citrix and that wins customers continue to demonstrate widespread adoption and implementation of its all-flash arrays. In addition to its international market leadership, SolidFire also continues to vigorously expand the system engineering teams and technical support in all regions.
"strong customer response and demand of the growing business of predictable, high performance cloud storage infrastructure to accelerate our ability to expand our presence on a global scale," said Dave Wright, SolidFire founder and CEO . "We grew our teams nearly 80% in 2013 and expect continued growth throughout 2014 as enterprise IT continues to evolve. We appeal to the best in the storage industry to join our team this year. "
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