Zetta Announces Ali Jenab as New CEO

 

Cloud Storage Company Continues Rapid Market Adoption; Signs 100th Customer

 

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October 19, 2010 – SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Enterprise cloud storage service provider Zetta announced today that it has appointed Ali Jenab as chief executive officer. An industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, Jenab was the CEO and president of SourceForge. Prior to that, he was with VA Linux and played a key role in transforming the company from a Linux hardware server company into a software, services and media company that included SourceForge. Jenab also spent 17 years at Amdahl Corporation, rising to group president of Amdahl's Technology Division. Jeff Treuhaft, founding CEO, will remain a member of the board and focus on product strategy, as well as key customer and partner relationships.

 

“We are very excited to welcome Ali to our team,” said Treuhaft. “His leadership qualities and broad track record as a world-class technology executive will enable us to continue to exceed expectations as we ramp up through our next phase of growth and beyond.”

 

“I am pleased to join a company that is changing the way enterprise data is being stored and protected,” said Ali Jenab. “Zetta is already seeing tremendous customer traction with its recently released Zetta Data Protect solution, and has signed its 100th customer in less than a year. I will be focused on helping the team accelerate this market momentum.”

 

About the Zetta Storage Service

The Zetta Storage Service is compatible with existing on-premise storage systems and integrates with existing IT workflows. It delivers better data availability, integrity, security protections than the most expensive on-premise enterprise storage systems on the market today. Zetta's enterprise-class architecture includes RAIN-6 N+3, which guarantees availability and integrity even in the event of multiple complete node failure from any cause, whether network, power supply, memory, or disk failure. Enterprise customers from a variety of industries such as legal services, education, business services, financial services, media and entertainment, as well as software and technology are using the Zetta Storage Service for on-demand data protection and online archiving.

 

About Zetta

Zetta Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise cloud storage services. With headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Zetta was established in 2007 by successful serial entrepreneurs and technology executives from companies such as Netscape, VeriSign, Symantec, EMC, and Shutterfly. The company is backed by Sigma Partners, Foundation Capital, and its founders. For more information, please visit www.zetta.net.

 

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