Application networking solution provider A10 Networks (ATEN) has hired Gunter Reiss, a 21-year Ericsson veteran versed in business development, strategic alliances, business partnerships and OEM relationships, to oversee its activities in those areas.
A10 officials said Reiss will be able to capitalize on momentum the company has built for its Thunder portfolio, which features its application […]
RSA, storage giant EMC’s (EMC) security unit, has promoted its Products senior vice president Amit Yoran to president and tasked him with delivering a unified customer experience across the division’s products and services and its marketing and sales initiatives.
Art Coviello, RSA’s executive chairman, will collaborate with Yoran to formulate and advance the security division’s […]
Sundar Pichai, head of Google’s (GOOG) Android, Apps and Chrome business, now is boss of all the company’s core products, including commerce and ads, Google+, infrastructure, maps, research and search, in an executive reorganization spearheaded by chief executive Larry Page.
According to Re/code, which first reported the shakeup, the six Google executives heading product groups […]
While Sundar Pichai’s star at Google (GOOG) rises, Andy Rubin’s is falling, as the former Android founder and guru is leaving the company to launch an incubator for hardware product startups.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Rubin’s exit, which subsequently was confirmed by chief executive Larry Page.
“I want to wish Andy all the best […]
Enterprise data security provider Vormetric has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) Program as a Sales Teaming Partner, the company announced during the McAfee FOCUS 2014 conference in Las Vegas. The addition of Vormetric’s solutions to the McAfee security portfolio aims to improve organizational compliance and regulatory issues while creating an added layer […]
Ex-Cisco Systems (CSCO) executive Chris Young has made the leap to Intel Security, where he has taken on the role of senior vice president and general manager. Young took to the stage at last week’s McAfee FOCUS 2014 conference in Las Vegas to discuss his plans to change the state of enterprise security.
Young said […]
Storage provider Diablo Technologies has appointed former IBM veteran Alex Yost as its new president, the company announced Nov. 10. Yost will report to CEO and co-founder Riccardo Badalone, and will be tasked with managing the company’s product portfolio and marketing as Diablo looks to strengthen its management team.
“Memory channel storage is gaining wide […]
Juniper Networks (JNPR) has dumped its second chief executive in a year’s time as Shaygan Kheradpir, who replaced Kevin Johnson almost exactly a year ago, resigned his post and his board seat in a disagreement over how he handled negotiations with an undisclosed customer.
The networking equipment maker quickly ascended Rami Rahim, a 17-year company […]
Symantec (SYMC) has axed chief operating officer (COO) Stephen Gillett and eliminated his former position altogether, in a move suggesting the company already is taking initial steps to split itself into separate security and storage operations.
In an 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Nov. 13, Symantec said Gillett would remain with the […]
Talari Networks, a San Jose, California-based WAN reliability and application performance specialist, has hired Randy Schirman, a former Riverbed Technology (RVBD) channel chief and 25-year industry veteran, to head its worldwide sales and channel programs.
Schirman, who reports to Emerick Woods, Talari president, is tasked with building relationships with customers, solution providers, distributors and resellers […]
