Mezeo Software Appoints Vice President of Business Development


HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - February 3, 2010) - Mezeo Software™ (www.mezeo.com), the leading provider of a deployable cloud storage platform for service providers, today announced that Marty Fluke has been appointed Vice President of Business Development. Fluke will be responsible for developing, driving and managing Mezeo business partner relationships. He reports to President and CEO Steve Lesem.

Mezeo helps IT Service Providers quickly and cost-effectively enter the rapidly growing cloud storage market by deploying their own branded cloud storage solutions powered by the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform. Purpose-built for Service Providers, the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform is a deployable software-only solution. It features REST Web Services APIs for programmatic access to storage as well as integrated security features such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption for data in motion and 256-bit AES encryption for data at rest, ensuring maximum protection.

"As Mezeo continues to mature along with the cloud storage market, we expect that Marty's deep experience and proven leadership in storage services will contribute to our success and the success of our partners," said Steve Lesem, Mezeo President and CEO.

Most recently, Fluke was Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Arsenal Digital Solutions which was acquired by IBM in 2008. Previously he was in high technology venture capital with Austin Ventures and Murphree Venture Partners. He also served in executive positions at Vincera Software, Topaz Technologies, Altra Energy Technologies and Landmark Graphics Corporation.

Fluke holds a BS in Mathematics and MS in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University.

Since Mezeo's launch in late 2008 it has established a solid customer base in the IT Service Provider space. IT Service Providers using Mezeo to power their cloud storage solutions include CloudInside, iomart, KDDI, Layered Technologies, Mezolink, NaviSite, OpSource, SoftLayer and ThinkGrid.

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About Mezeo Software

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Mezeo is the industry's leading provider of a deployable platform for cloud storage that enables IT Hosting providers, Managed Service Providers, SaaS Providers, and converged Telcos to immediately monetize Storage as a Service. Our Cloud Storage Platform Solutions include Cloud Storage with Web services APIs, Access Cloud, SaaS Cloud and Personal Cloud Storage. These solutions feature secure file storage, advanced file sharing and collaboration, content tagging and true anywhere access from an integrated Windows desktop, rich Web 2.0 browsers and iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile native client access. Mezeo is easy to deploy, highly scalable and highly secure, with well-designed APIs for platform extensibility. Mezeo was named in CRN's list of the Top 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors of 2009. For more information about the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform visit www.mezeo.com.

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