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"Increasingly, marketing is delivering the sale too – right there online—essentially becoming a digital revenue engine. The notable aspect is we are moving Marketing away from just being a cost-center, we’re actually contributing to the company’s bottom-line." James, please tell us about your experience as a CMO of a global tech company through the COVID-19 crisis. My career path has taken me through several different types of roles, each of which brought their own challenges. COVID-19 has been one of those challenges,…

The fully managed, turnkey cloud solution enables businesses to deploy high demand websites and applications quickly and easily scale as business needs change. Liquid Web, LLC, the market leader in managed hosting and digital commerce cloud services to SMBs and entrepreneurs, today announced the launch of the company's new Managed Cloud Server offering, which enables businesses to deploy a cloud environment in minutes. Marketing Technology News: Moz To Update Proprietary Page Authority Metric to Better Predict…

The FY’21 program enables partners to build a NetApp focused services practice, to expand margin opportunity, and to offer the best return on their partnership with NetApp. Supported by a leading portfolio of hybrid cloud data services and data management solutions, NetApp enables partners to address their customers’ most pressing digital transformation needs. NetApp, the leader in cloud data services, announced new updates to its industry-leading Unified Partner Program to complement and align with its partners’…

New Solution Improves Salesforce Productivity and Operational Efficiency Validity, the most trusted name in customer data quality, announced the launch of its new GridBuddy Cloud solution. In the current business environment, companies find themselves competing to grab the attention of their customers and prospects in every way possible – and digital has become the cornerstone of those efforts. But to be successful, businesses and Salesforce end users alike need up-to-date data that is both easily managed and accessible,…

Spot by NetApp establishes leadership in application-driven infrastructure NetApp, the leader in cloud data services, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Spot, a leader in compute management and cost optimization in the public clouds. “Cloud infrastructure gives application developers the ability to develop and deploy applications faster by providing resources almost instantly at any time” Spot by NetApp® delivers application-driven infrastructures (ADIs), cloud infrastructures that use analytics and …

Former NetApp Executive Joins 7.ai to Help Guide Next Phase of Financial Growth 7.ai, a global leader in conversational AI solutions, announced the appointment of Larry Vertin as Chief Financial Officer. Vertin joins 7.ai from NetApp, where he served as vice president of Finance, FP&A. He will be responsible for leading the Global Finance team, reporting to Chief Executive Officer PV Kannan. “As we guide the company through the next phase of growth, it’s critical that we have leaders with the type of experience…

As enterprises concentrate on virtual B2B events to drive their sales pipeline due to canceled face-to-face events caused by the pandemic, Jifflenow’s cloud-based solution fills a critical need by automating the scheduling of complex, multi-person virtual customer meetings When COVID-19 hit the US and Europe in February, the bottom fell out of the trade show industry. Almost immediately, thousands of enterprises whose sales pipelines relied heavily on multi-day industry and corporate events for in-person customer…

Cloud data services provider NetApp has named Cesar Cernuda as president, reporting to CEO George Kurian, effective in July. Cernuda will lead the company's global go-to-market operations spanning sales, marketing, services and support. Cernuda brings with him extensive experience in leading business transformation, building diverse, high-performing teams and driving a successful cloud business. In his role as president, Cernuda will continue to evolve the NetApp go-to-market strategy and organization to accelerate growth…

Today, major Cloud data service provider NetApp has announced its interest to acquire Cloud Computing and Cost Optimization platform - Spot. Spot, which was recently rebranded from Spotist, is a leading provider of computing management and cost optimization solutions for the public Clouds. Getting Bold with Public Clouds When the risks grow, agility and flexibility are the key factors that customers look in their service providers. Public Cloud business is no different. Today, speed is the new benchmark for Public Cloud…

Company improves and accelerates public cloud virtual desktops for work from home, branch offices and enterprise deployments NetApp, the leader in cloud data services, announced that it acquired CloudJumper, a leading cloud software company in the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and remote desktop services (RDS) markets. As a result of the acquisition, the new NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS) will solve the most challenging problems of virtual desktop services and application management, allowing customers to…

Commvault, a recognized global enterprise software leader in the management of data across cloud and on-premises environments, announced the launch of NetApp Scale-out Data Protection (SDP), to offer expanded rapid recovery support for critical data across NetApp's hybrid-enabled storage systems. NetApp SDP takes advantage of the NetApp portfolio and is powered by Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery software to provide snapshot management, backup, and disaster recovery functionality. Businesses today are highly…

NetApp introduces vision for enterprise-class data services for stateful, cloud-native applications with any Kubernetes distribution on any cloud NetApp, the leader in cloud data services, introduced Project Astra, a vision for a software-defined platform that is currently in development with the Kubernetes community. Project Astra will deliver the industry's most robust, easy-to-consume, enterprise-class storage and data services platform for Kubernetes that enables both application and data portability for stateful…

Cohesity Inc. announces the appointment of Junichi Iwakami as President and Representative Director of Cohesity Japan, effective on March 16, 2020. Under his leadership, Cohesity Japan will continue delivering modern data management software that enables businesses to easily back up, store, manage, and derive insights from their data — on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge — through the Cohesity DataPlatform. Hiromasa Ebi, who previously served as President and Representative Director, will now serve as an advisor and…

NetApp, Inc. announced that Deepak Ahuja, CFO of Verily, has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Ahuja’s appointment brings the number of directors on the NetApp board to eight, seven of whom are independent. Marketing Technology News: LinkedIn Veteran Doug Camplejohn Joins as EVP & GM of Salesforce Sales Cloud “I am pleased to welcome Deepak to our Board,” said George Kurian, chief executive officer. “His extensive strategic and operational expertise will provide valuable perspectives as we continue to execute our…

Cloud veteran promoted to CMO after successful interim leadership NetApp the data authority for hybrid cloud, announced the appointment of James Whitemore as senior vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO) at NetApp, reporting to CEO George Kurian. Whitemore has been a key team member of the marketing organization since 2016 and served as interim CMO since July of 2019. His focus on increasing digital engagement will advance NetApp’s global marketing strategy to reach new customers and new buyers and strengthen…

Company Introduces New Simplified Cloud Experience for the Enterprise, on and off the Premises, with Consumption Models as Easy as 1-2-3 NetApp, the data authority for hybrid cloud, announced its reinvention of the customer experience with NetApp Keystone, a program that offers a range of flexible solutions for customers whether they choose to build or buy their cloud infrastructure. “In introducing flexible consumption models and automation-focused products, NetApp is making it significantly simpler not only to use its…

NetApp MAX Data Combined with Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Turbocharges Enterprise Applications by Using Persistent Memory in Servers NetApp, the data authority for hybrid cloud, announced NetApp Memory Accelerated Data (MAX Data) 1.3 supporting the Intel Optane DC persistent memory. The combination of MAX Data and Intel Optane DC persistent memory enables organizations to stay competitive by doing more with their data so they can do more for their customers. “Customers can unlock the value of their data stockpiles…

Veteran HR Executive with Experience Supporting Global Organizations Through Growth and Transformation Joins NetApp’s Leadership Team NetApp, the data authority for hybrid cloud, announced the appointment of Debra McCowan as senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO) at NetApp, reporting to CEO George Kurian. “I look forward to partnering with the executive team to develop a progressive and aligned global HR strategy and to creating an environment where talent and culture continue to be foundational…

Cynthia Stoddard Would Lead IDCA Through Progressive Evolution Of The Information Technology, Cloud, Big Data, And Data Center Community The Chief Information Officer of Adobe, Cynthia Stoddard, has joined the Advisory Council of the International Data Center Authority (IDCA). At the time of this announcement, Mehdi Paryavi, Chairman of IDCA, said, "It is the unhindered vision, inspiring passion and just expertise of veterans like Cynthia Stoddard that pave way and architect the roadmap for transforming our industry…