Hifn Names Storage Pioneer as Chief Technical Officer
February 18 2009 - 4:09PM
PR Newswire (US)
John Matze brings over 15-years storage experience, success to new
role within the company LOS GATOS, Calif., Feb. 18
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hifn (NASDAQ:HIFN), the catalyst behind
storage and networking innovation, today named storage pioneer John
Matze as its Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, further
strengthening the company's leadership as a storage innovator that
enables secure, optimized and efficient storage and networking
solutions. Matze first joined Hifn in 2007 as its Vice President of
Business Development after the acquisition of Siafu Software, where
he served as CEO. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070723/CLM036LOGO) At Siafu,
Matze developed iSCSI storage solutions that offered security and
enterprise-level functionality for small- to medium-sized
businesses, technology that was incorporated into Hifn's product
line to deliver superior storage solutions to its customers. Matze
previously served as Vice President and CTO at Overland Storage,
Director of Software at Veritas Software and the principal
architect at STAC Inc. Matze the author of several storage patents
is also credited as one of the original authors of the iSCSI
protocol. Over the past 15 years he has created a series of
successful products including the award winning Overland Storage
REO VTL appliances and the award winning STAC Replica Disaster
Recovery for NetWare. In 2003 he was named one of the "Top 25
Innovators" by Computer Reseller News, and is a frequent author and
speaker at storage industry events. "John's history of success in
the storage industry is an obvious attribute to his ability to stay
ahead of the curve and provide hands-on leadership in an
ever-evolving industry," said Albert E. Sisto, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Hifn. "He also has a keen ability to take
technologies and simplify them for broader deployment and
acceptance. We are pleased that John has agreed to take on the
important challenge of driving innovation at Hifn and we look
forward to his contributions across our entire product portfolio."
About Hifn Hifn (NASDAQ:HIFN) delivers the key OEM ingredients for
21st century storage and networking environments. Leveraging over a
decade of leadership and expertise in the development of
purpose-built Applied Services Processors (ASPs), we are a trusted
partner to industry leaders for whom infrastructure innovation in
storage and networking is critical to success. With the majority of
secure networked communications flowing through Hifn technology,
the 21st century convergence of storage and networking drives our
product roadmap forward. For more information, please visit:
http://www.hifn.com/. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the U.S.
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press
release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically,
statement regarding the Company's future financial performance
including, without limitation, statements related to appointing
John Matze as its Vice President and Chief Technical Officer,
further strengthens the company's leadership as a storage innovator
that enables secure, optimized and efficient storage and networking
solutions, Matze's ability to stay ahead of the curve and provide
hands-on leadership in an ever-evolving industry and Matze's
ability to simplify storage technologies for broader deployment and
acceptance, are all forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Safe Harbor that may cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those described herein include, but are not limited to: dependency
on a small number of customers; customer demand and customer
ordering patterns; and orders from Hifn's customers may be below
the company's current expectations. These and other risks are
detailed from time to time in Hifn's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Hifn expressly disclaims any obligation to
update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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