Overland Storage Appoints Storage Veteran to Board of Directors
February 16 2011 - 6:05AM
Marketwired
Overland Storage, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVRL), the trusted global provider
of effortless data management and data protection solutions across
the data lifecycle, today announced the appointment of Shmuel
Shottan to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Shottan is the CTO of BlueArc Corporation, a leading
enterprise NAS company, where he has served in such capacity since
September 2001. In this role, he successfully redefined the product
roadmap, led strategic elements of the Hitachi Data Systems OEM
deal and led the engineering organization. Prior to this he was a
General Partner at Quantum Technology Ventures where he made
multiple high visibility storage and networking investments. Mr.
Shottan has served as the chief strategy officer for Quantum
Corporation's Snap Appliance division and as the CTO at Snap
Appliances prior to its acquisition by Quantum. His previous
experiences include technical and strategic roles at Parallan
Computer, AST Research, Computer Consoles and TML. He is a graduate
of Technion Institute of Technology.
Eric Kelly, president and Chief Executive Officer of Overland
Storage, stated, "The Board and I are pleased to welcome Shmuel
Shottan to our Board of Directors. With over 25 years of experience
in developing innovative products, leading global engineering teams
and managing growing technology companies, Shmuel is widely
recognized as a technology leader in the storage industry." Kelly
added, "We have no doubt that his insight will benefit Overland
Storage as we continue to focus on our strategic priorities in
driving innovation and expanding our addressable markets."
About Overland Storage Overland Storage is
the trusted global provider of effortless data management and data
protection solutions across the data lifecycle. By providing an
integrated range of technologies and services for primary,
nearline, offline, archival, and cloud data storage, Overland makes
it easy and cost effective to manage different tiers of information
over time. Whether distributed data is across the hall or across
the globe, Overland enables companies to focus on building their
business instead of worrying about data growth. Overland
SnapServer®, SnapSAN®, NEO®, and REO® solutions are available
through a select network of value added resellers and system
integrators. For more information, visit
www.overlandstorage.com.
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