SimpliVity appoints regional leader for ANZ in response to increased growth for hyperconvergence
Announcement posted by SimpliVity 20 Jul 2016
Regional investment continues with new hire Patrick Devlin appointed to drive enterprise and mid market growth and partner success
Sydney, Australia — July 20th, 2016 — SimpliVity, a leader in hyperconverged infrastructure that’s revolutionising enterprise IT, today announced Patrick Devlin as its new Regional Sales Director Australia New Zealand (ANZ). Devlin joins the SimpliVity team, in the newly created role, as the company further expands it presence to support the ongoing demand for hyperconvergence from enterprise and mid-tier Australian and New Zealand businesses.
Devlin has been appointed to the role of ANZ lead to drive SimpliVity’s continued growth in the region. Following a strong first half to 2016, which saw the company grow its year over year bookings by 2.5x, he will be responsible for continuing the company’s expansion into the enterprise sector. Devlin will spearhead the team dedicated to identifying new business opportunities, supporting existing customers and partnerships, as well as expanding SimpliVity’s presence across Australia and New Zealand. Devlin will be based in the Sydney office and report directly to Scott Morris, Vice President APJ.
Scott Morris says Devlin’s appointment demonstrates the significant investment SimpliVity is continuing to make in expanding its growth across Australia and New Zealand.
“SimpliVity’s network of partners has been integral to the company’s strong growth since launching in 2014. Patrick’s long history of working with the channel in ANZ, and with SimpliVity’s key Alliance Partners including Cisco and Dell, represents a significant strengthening of our capabilities in the ANZ market.”
“Patrick brings extensive experience in working with rapid-growth companies and leading edge technology, as well as industry and partner relationships to support the next stage in our local momentum and growth. SimpliVity continues to invest in strategic hires locally, and Patrick will work closely with the team to deliver further strong results this year,” said Morris.
Devlin will be responsible for helping established partners to continue to grow their hyperconvergence business and offerings to their customers. With a strong background in unified computing, virtualisation, software, storage, security and networking, Devlin will further add to SimpliVity’s team of technology experts.
An industry veteran, Devlin brings to SimpliVity over 15 years’ experience in the IT industry. Devlin has held various senior management roles within leading organisations in Australia and Asia Pacific, including WatchGuard Technologies and Brocade Australia.
Prior to joining SimpliVity, Devlin was the Managing Director, ANZ & Pacific Islands at Ruckus Wireless where he grew the local presence significantly and opened new market opportunities in the Higher Education sector and location analytics. Devlin’s experience in the IT sector includes time with major industry icons Hewlett Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, Cisco and Memorex Telex.
Devlin added, “All the customers and partners I talk to are facing the same sorts of challenges around the cost and complexity of their IT infrastructure. Cloud offers a new commercial model but brings with it new challenges. I’m excited to join this successful and rapidly growing company that is revolutionising enterprise IT infrastructure. Industry analysts predict hyperconvergence to be the next logical phase of IT development and the economics of this prediction are solving real issues right now. Organisations of all sizes are battling with the cost of IT infrastructure and data management, and I look forward to working with our partners to solve this technology challenge for their customers and working with my new team dedicated to providing our customers with a rapid return on their IT investments.
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Founded with a mission to simplify IT, SimpliVity is a pioneer in the hyperconverged infrastructure market, disrupting the status quo of complex and cumbersome legacy IT systems. SimpliVity’s hyperconverged IT platform delivers enterprise-class performance and availability that today’s IT leaders require, with the cloud economics their business demands. No other company has taken on the mega task of assimilating all IT elements below the hypervisor (8 to 12 disparate functions) into a simple 2U building block of x86 sharable resources to deliver unmatched IT simplicity, operational efficiency, and 3x TCO savings. The company’s unique data virtualisation architecture improves performance, protection and data efficiency, while also enabling global unified management from a single console. SimpliVity has revolutionised IT systems for hundreds of enterprises around the world. Headquartered in Westborough, Mass., the company has raised $276 million in venture capital and employs about 750 worldwide. SimpliVity’s business model is 100 per cent indirect, and its solutions and professional services are available worldwide through its network of resellers and distributors. For more information, visit http://www.simplivity.com.
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Devlin has been appointed to the role of ANZ lead to drive SimpliVity’s continued growth in the region. Following a strong first half to 2016, which saw the company grow its year over year bookings by 2.5x, he will be responsible for continuing the company’s expansion into the enterprise sector. Devlin will spearhead the team dedicated to identifying new business opportunities, supporting existing customers and partnerships, as well as expanding SimpliVity’s presence across Australia and New Zealand. Devlin will be based in the Sydney office and report directly to Scott Morris, Vice President APJ.
Scott Morris says Devlin’s appointment demonstrates the significant investment SimpliVity is continuing to make in expanding its growth across Australia and New Zealand.
“SimpliVity’s network of partners has been integral to the company’s strong growth since launching in 2014. Patrick’s long history of working with the channel in ANZ, and with SimpliVity’s key Alliance Partners including Cisco and Dell, represents a significant strengthening of our capabilities in the ANZ market.”
“Patrick brings extensive experience in working with rapid-growth companies and leading edge technology, as well as industry and partner relationships to support the next stage in our local momentum and growth. SimpliVity continues to invest in strategic hires locally, and Patrick will work closely with the team to deliver further strong results this year,” said Morris.
Devlin will be responsible for helping established partners to continue to grow their hyperconvergence business and offerings to their customers. With a strong background in unified computing, virtualisation, software, storage, security and networking, Devlin will further add to SimpliVity’s team of technology experts.
An industry veteran, Devlin brings to SimpliVity over 15 years’ experience in the IT industry. Devlin has held various senior management roles within leading organisations in Australia and Asia Pacific, including WatchGuard Technologies and Brocade Australia.
Prior to joining SimpliVity, Devlin was the Managing Director, ANZ & Pacific Islands at Ruckus Wireless where he grew the local presence significantly and opened new market opportunities in the Higher Education sector and location analytics. Devlin’s experience in the IT sector includes time with major industry icons Hewlett Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, Cisco and Memorex Telex.
Devlin added, “All the customers and partners I talk to are facing the same sorts of challenges around the cost and complexity of their IT infrastructure. Cloud offers a new commercial model but brings with it new challenges. I’m excited to join this successful and rapidly growing company that is revolutionising enterprise IT infrastructure. Industry analysts predict hyperconvergence to be the next logical phase of IT development and the economics of this prediction are solving real issues right now. Organisations of all sizes are battling with the cost of IT infrastructure and data management, and I look forward to working with our partners to solve this technology challenge for their customers and working with my new team dedicated to providing our customers with a rapid return on their IT investments.
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About SimpliVity
Founded with a mission to simplify IT, SimpliVity is a pioneer in the hyperconverged infrastructure market, disrupting the status quo of complex and cumbersome legacy IT systems. SimpliVity’s hyperconverged IT platform delivers enterprise-class performance and availability that today’s IT leaders require, with the cloud economics their business demands. No other company has taken on the mega task of assimilating all IT elements below the hypervisor (8 to 12 disparate functions) into a simple 2U building block of x86 sharable resources to deliver unmatched IT simplicity, operational efficiency, and 3x TCO savings. The company’s unique data virtualisation architecture improves performance, protection and data efficiency, while also enabling global unified management from a single console. SimpliVity has revolutionised IT systems for hundreds of enterprises around the world. Headquartered in Westborough, Mass., the company has raised $276 million in venture capital and employs about 750 worldwide. SimpliVity’s business model is 100 per cent indirect, and its solutions and professional services are available worldwide through its network of resellers and distributors. For more information, visit http://www.simplivity.com.
Media Contacts
Amanda Conroy
Espresso Communications
amanda@espressocomms.com.au
+61 2 8016 2200
+61 422 472 883
Dan Silburn
Espresso Communications
daniel@espressocomms.com.au
+61 2 8016 2200
+61 430 190 755
® 2016, SimpliVity. All rights reserved. Information described herein is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice. SimpliVity, the SimpliVity logo, OmniCube, OmniStack, and Data Virtualization Platform are trademarks or registered trademarks of SimpliVity Corporation in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.