Brocade Expands FAN Team In EMEA

According to recent studies, files account for more than 80 per cent of all organization-generated information (source: Gartner, 2007), and 62 per cent of IT administrators believe that their data is growing at a rate of 16 per cent to 75 per cent per year (source: Taneja Group, 2007). To meet the growing market demand for dynamic file virtualization solutions based on File Area Networking (FAN) technologies, Brocade is expanding its File Solutions team across EMEA.

Timm Hoyt, Director of File Solutions – Europe, Middle East, Africa, manages the regional team, which now constitutes a separate strategic division within the Brocade organisation. In addition to Timm Hoyt, the File Solutions management team in EMEA includes:

• Pierre Eluere, Sales Manager France and Roman Switzerland;
• Achim Schfer, Sales Manager DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland);
• and Iain Malins, Sales Manager, UK and Nordics.

These managers are supported by the many years of specialist experience of Marco DeLuca, EMEA Lead Solution Architect File Solutions, and Josua Braun, EMEA Marketing Manager File Solutions.

The Brocade team is focused on solving file data management challenges within the EMEA market – from SMBs to Fortune 100 enterprises. A portion of this team is also building an elite community of Value Added Resellers (VARs) to further enhance customer experiences with the Brocade file management portfolio. 

"In recent years, businesses have been deluged by an exponential increase in unstructured data, and file management has quickly become a key concern for IT professionals," commented Ulrich Plechschmidt, Brocade Vice President EMEA. "By investing in a dedicated team of file management specialists, Brocade is ideally positioned to address the needs of the modern business. Under the leadership of Timm Hoyt, I expect great things from our Files Solutions team and look forward to seeing our EMEA market penetration grow."

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.