SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2010) - Violin Memory, Inc., provider of the world's fastest and most scalable memory appliances, today announced that Silicon Valley executive Larry Lang has joined the company's Board of Directors. Lang is a key addition to the board as Violin expands its global presence as the leading flash memory array solution for the adoption of virtualization and cloud computing in the world's most advanced data centers.
"Violin's flash memory arrays will have a dramatic impact in virtualizing today's data centers," said Larry Lang. "I look forward to lending my global business experience to assist Don Basile and his team to reach the company's growth potential. Violin's flash technology offers the first true enterprise-grade silicon storage device that will enable fully optimized data center virtualization and pave the way to enterprise cloud computing in data centers around the world."
"We are pleased and honored to have Larry Lang's expertise and guidance. He brings tremendous experience to Violin's board with his knowledge in growing multi-billion dollar businesses, leading international operations and delivering solutions to the largest and most sophisticated customers," said Don Basile, CEO of Violin Memory. "Larry is a seasoned Silicon Valley executive and we welcome his leadership and experience that will be a valuable asset to our company's strategic direction."
As vice president and general manager of the mobile service provider business at Cisco, Lang lead a team of several hundred engineers and business professionals to grow the mobile internet business from near-zero to several hundred million in annual bookings. Lang also turned around the Cisco service provider voice-over-IP business, bringing profitability through quality improvements, increased bookings and expense reductions. Prior to joining Cisco, Larry was vice president of product management at start-up company Ipsilon Networks, where he helped pioneer IP switching, predecessor to Mutiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). Ipsilon was acquired by Nokia.
About Violin Memory, Inc.
Violin Memory is pioneering the future of enterprise solid state systems, with appliances that deliver unprecedented sustainability and low spike-free latency for the company seeking to accelerate its business critical applications and to virtualize and optimize their IT infrastructure. Specifically designed for extreme sustained performance with high reliability and serviceability, Violin's flash-based appliances scale to tens of terabytes of capacity, millions of IOPs per second, gigabytes per second of bandwidth at low latency. Founded in 2005, Violin Memory is headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information on Violin Memory products, visit www.vmem.com.
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Amy Jackson
650-480-4032
amy@eastwick.com