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Zerto Strengthens Its Go-to-Market Execution with Enhanced DACH Team to Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Preparedness
Strategic Appointments to Meet Increasing Demand for BC/DR Software and Adoption of Best Practices to Prevent and Quickly Recover from Unplanned IT Data Center Outages
MUNICH, July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Zerto [http://www.zerto.com ], setting the standard for protection, recovery and
migration of data in cloud and virtualized data centers, today announced it has
strengthened its go-to-market execution with an enhanced Deutschland Austria and
Switzerland (DACH) team to support business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness.
The strategic appointments will meet the increasing demand for BC/DR software, and help
organizations adopt best practices to prevent and quickly recover from unplanned IT data
center outages.
Highlighting the significance of achieving uninterrupted IT operations to support
critical business objectives such as maintaining regulatory compliance, MarketsandMarkets'
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Global Forecast
[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/disaster-recovery-as-a-service-market-worth-1192-billion-in-2020-2015-06-11-62033127 ]
is projected to grow to approximately $12 billion (USD) by
2020 with a 53 percent CAGR.
Further evidencing the importance of business continuity, DACH region survey
respondents from Business Continuity Institute's 2014 Horizon Scan
[http://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/iso-22301/resources/BSI-ISO-22301-Horizon-Scan-2014-UK-EN.pdf ]
noted increased concern over unplanned IT or telecommunications outages, and
security issues such as cyber-attacks and data breaches impacting critical business
functions. Within this same survey it was noted that only 18 percent of IT budgets are
increasing to address these issues, stressing the importance of maximizing vital IT
investments. To help customers and channel partners rapidly and cost effectively deploy
BC/DR software and support DRaaS offerings, Zerto has appointed the following Zerto DACH
team members:
- Reinhard Zimmer - Regional Sales Manager for Germany. Zimmer is an experienced IT
professional and former IBM executive with a 20 year career including a role as Sales
Director at Syncsort where he helped establish a successful distribution network
across the region.
- Johan van den Boogaart - Regional Sales Manager for Southern Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. With over 15 years' experience, van den Boogaart joins Zerto following
successful sales positions at Nexenta and Acronis.
- Ben Geyer - Solutions Engineer. Geyer joins Zerto following internal roles with EMC
and working with reseller partners including Bechtle, PMCS and Unisys across projects
spanning financial services, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, energy and public
transportation.
- Andreas Mayer - Marketing Manager, DACH region. Prior to this role, Mayer was
Marketing Manager at CommVault responsible for the Central European Region and over
his career has worked in senior marketing and business development positions at
Fujitsu Siemens and Comparex Informationssysteme.
Supporting QuotesÂ
Peter Godden, VP EMEA, ZertoÂ
"We believe it is critical to support our channel partners and customers with local
expertise and the team we have assembled offers a great balance of sales and technical
experience to help us meet growing demand. As organizations endeavour to protect critical
business applications and in light of growing adoption of the ISO 22301 Business
Continuity Management standard, our investment will help support existing customers and
grow our business across the region."
Supporting ResourcesÂ
- MarketsandMarkets - Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Global Forecast to 2020
[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/disaster-recovery-as-a-service-market-worth-1192-billion-in-2020-2015-06-11-62033127 ]
- Business Continuity Institute - Horizon Scan 2014 Report
[http://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/iso-22301/resources/BSI-ISO-22301-Horizon-Scan-2014-UK-EN.pdf ]
About Zerto
Zerto is committed to keeping enterprise and cloud IT running 24/7 by providing innovative,
simple, reliable and scalable business continuity software solutions. Through the Zerto
Cloud Continuity Platform, organizations can seamlessly move and protect virtualized
workloads between public, private and hybrid clouds. The company's flagship product, Zerto
Virtual Replication, has become the standard for protection, recovery and migration of
applications in cloud and virtualized data centers, and won numerous awards, including
Best of Show at VMworld 2011, Best of VMworld Europe 2014, as well as 2011, 2012 and 2013
Product of the Year Awards for its innovative hypervisor-based replication approach. For
more information, go to http://www.zerto.com.
Â
Contacts:Â
Zerto, IncÂ
Erik MasonÂ
erik.mason@zerto.com Â
+1-617-379-3736Â
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The Message Machine for Zerto (EMEA)Â
Anne HardingÂ
Anne@themessagemachine.com Â
+44-1895-631-448Â
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Zerto
Zerto Strengthens Its Go-to-Market Execution with Enhanced DACH Team to Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Preparedness
Strategic Appointments to Meet Increasing Demand for BC/DR Software and Adoption of Best Practices to Prevent and Quickly Recover from Unplanned IT Data Center Outages
MUNICH, July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Zerto [http://www.zerto.com ], setting the standard for protection, recovery and
migration of data in cloud and virtualized data centers, today announced it has
strengthened its go-to-market execution with an enhanced Deutschland Austria and
Switzerland (DACH) team to support business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness.
The strategic appointments will meet the increasing demand for BC/DR software, and help
organizations adopt best practices to prevent and quickly recover from unplanned IT data
center outages.
Highlighting the significance of achieving uninterrupted IT operations to support
critical business objectives such as maintaining regulatory compliance, MarketsandMarkets'
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Global Forecast
[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/disaster-recovery-as-a-service-market-worth-1192-billion-in-2020-2015-06-11-62033127 ]
is projected to grow to approximately $12 billion (USD) by
2020 with a 53 percent CAGR.
Further evidencing the importance of business continuity, DACH region survey
respondents from Business Continuity Institute's 2014 Horizon Scan
[http://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/iso-22301/resources/BSI-ISO-22301-Horizon-Scan-2014-UK-EN.pdf ]
noted increased concern over unplanned IT or telecommunications outages, and
security issues such as cyber-attacks and data breaches impacting critical business
functions. Within this same survey it was noted that only 18 percent of IT budgets are
increasing to address these issues, stressing the importance of maximizing vital IT
investments. To help customers and channel partners rapidly and cost effectively deploy
BC/DR software and support DRaaS offerings, Zerto has appointed the following Zerto DACH
team members:
- Reinhard Zimmer - Regional Sales Manager for Germany. Zimmer is an experienced IT
professional and former IBM executive with a 20 year career including a role as Sales
Director at Syncsort where he helped establish a successful distribution network
across the region.
- Johan van den Boogaart - Regional Sales Manager for Southern Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. With over 15 years' experience, van den Boogaart joins Zerto following
successful sales positions at Nexenta and Acronis.
- Ben Geyer - Solutions Engineer. Geyer joins Zerto following internal roles with EMC
and working with reseller partners including Bechtle, PMCS and Unisys across projects
spanning financial services, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, energy and public
transportation.
- Andreas Mayer - Marketing Manager, DACH region. Prior to this role, Mayer was
Marketing Manager at CommVault responsible for the Central European Region and over
his career has worked in senior marketing and business development positions at
Fujitsu Siemens and Comparex Informationssysteme.
Supporting QuotesÂ
Peter Godden, VP EMEA, ZertoÂ
"We believe it is critical to support our channel partners and customers with local
expertise and the team we have assembled offers a great balance of sales and technical
experience to help us meet growing demand. As organizations endeavour to protect critical
business applications and in light of growing adoption of the ISO 22301 Business
Continuity Management standard, our investment will help support existing customers and
grow our business across the region."
Supporting ResourcesÂ
- MarketsandMarkets - Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Global Forecast to 2020
[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/disaster-recovery-as-a-service-market-worth-1192-billion-in-2020-2015-06-11-62033127 ]
- Business Continuity Institute - Horizon Scan 2014 Report
[http://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/iso-22301/resources/BSI-ISO-22301-Horizon-Scan-2014-UK-EN.pdf ]
About Zerto
Zerto is committed to keeping enterprise and cloud IT running 24/7 by providing innovative,
simple, reliable and scalable business continuity software solutions. Through the Zerto
Cloud Continuity Platform, organizations can seamlessly move and protect virtualized
workloads between public, private and hybrid clouds. The company's flagship product, Zerto
Virtual Replication, has become the standard for protection, recovery and migration of
applications in cloud and virtualized data centers, and won numerous awards, including
Best of Show at VMworld 2011, Best of VMworld Europe 2014, as well as 2011, 2012 and 2013
Product of the Year Awards for its innovative hypervisor-based replication approach. For
more information, go to http://www.zerto.com.
Â
Contacts:Â
Zerto, IncÂ
Erik MasonÂ
erik.mason@zerto.com Â
+1-617-379-3736Â
EmptyBreak:MARKERÂ
The Message Machine for Zerto (EMEA)Â
Anne HardingÂ
Anne@themessagemachine.com Â
+44-1895-631-448Â
Â
Zerto