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Virident Systems has appointed industry veteran Bob DeMartino to drive the growth of its GreenCloud server platforms in Web 2.0 data centers.
DeMartino joins Virident from Sun Microsystems bringing over twenty years of sales and market development experience with both large, established enterprise and start-up technology firms.

Cloud Storage service provider Nirvanix has announced three new appointments to its management team.
Stephen Foskett joins the company as Director of Consulting, Arvind Gidwani as Director of Solutions Services and Brian Schwarzentruber as Solutions Architect.

Hifn has named storage pioneer John Matze as its Vice President and Chief Technical Officer.
Matze first joined the storage and networking company in 2007 as its Vice President of Business Development after the acquisition of Siafu Software, where he served as CEO.

StarWind Software has appointed Zorian Rotenberg as chief executive officer and announced the opening of its US headquarters.
The storage software provider's move to its new HQ near Boston, Massachusetts, comes shortly after the announcement of its spin-off from Rocket Division Inc and the investment, led by ABRT Venture Fund, meant to accelerate sales and assist in marketing efforts.