Start-Up SageCloud Expands Exec Team …

SageCloud, Inc., an early-stage software company developing energy-efficient solutions at disruptive price points for cold storage, announced the addition of three new members to the executive team:

•  John Hogan, a software executive with over 20 years of experience managing engineering, product management, and R&D teams at organizations including IBM, Unica, Plumtree Software, and Oracle, has joined SageCloud as VP engineering and product management to drive product delivery and future roadmap.
•  Marni Hoyle, a software marketing veteran who has led strategic marketing direction and execution at successful start-ups including NewsEDGE, ProfitLogic, and Newforma, will assume the role of VP marketing.
•  Yaron Naor, a senior business development executive with global experience driving strategic partnerships for telecommunications innovators Comverse and Telcordia, has joined as VP business development to spearhead the company’s go-to-market growth via OEM relationships.

Storage is estimated to grow at 60% per year – fueled by archive regulations, big data analytics, expanding video file size, and more – but IT budgets, growing at 5%, are struggling to keep up. Industry experts estimate that as much as 80% of that data growth qualifies as cold data – data that is written once and infrequently accessed. The company is developing energy-efficient, software-driven solutions designed to lower the cost of storing this accumulating backup and archival data.

"Our core development team has deep domain expertise in storage as a result of our shared previous experience at Carbonite," said Jeff Flowers, CEO of SageCloud. "Our goal was to round out our company strength with go-to-market leadship, and we have found three veterans who completely fill the bill."