Westfield, New Jersey, July 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloud Partners, a consulting firm that provides enterprise users with innovative technology solutions, announces the appointment of Martin Colburn as managing partner.
Previously, Colburn was executive vice president and chief technology officer for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA). He provided strategic and operational oversight for all technology services and operations including application development and maintenance, architecture and operations.
Colburn brings significant experience from many successes involving big data and cloud technologies at large enterprises, including evaluating both the entry and exit costs associated with deploying new technologies.
"I am very excited to be joining Cloud Partners. The opportunity to address a growing gap in the enterprise space by leveraging leading edge technology platforms and processes is significant. Cloud Partners has unique insight and the agility to keep up with changing demand, and a scalable, cost-efficient technology foundation that brings new and innovative value to our customers."
"Marty brings a combination of business and technological acumen that is at the core of our value proposition," said Michael Stemmler, managing partner and co-founder of Cloud Partners. "His knowledge of the inner workings of how large enterprises consume technology, and then how it applies those solutions to business needs are tremendously valuable and critical for our firm and our customers."
Cloud Partners works in a consulting role with enterprises to address their specific business needs through application of emerging big data and cloud computing technologies. The firm specializes in understanding the rapidly-developing big data and enterprise cloud ecosystem and applying the right solution components to a particular business challenge or opportunity.
"There are many innovative, enterprise-class solutions on the market today designed for specific purposes," said Brett Rosely, executive vice president of business development and co-founder of Cloud Partners. "The trick is knowing which solutions are the right ones to deploy, which is not easy considering the rapid pace of change in big data and cloud computing. We help reduce the time and effort that enterprises normally spend assessing innovative technology solutions relative to their particular use-case or challenge."
Cloud Partners assists with introductions through the proposal phase and pilot proof-of-concept projects.
About Cloud Partners
Cloud Partners brokers and manages best-in-class big data and
enterprise cloud solutions through a process that drastically
reduces the cost and time-to-value for a global enterprise. Founded
in 2011, Cloud Partners is focused exclusively on finding and
enabling solutions for enterprises that are looking to unlock the
potential in their data without the time, cost and complexity
associated with traditional big data and cloud initiatives. The
firm is headquartered in N.J. with a satellite office in Washington
DC.
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