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CARPATHIA NAMES
NEW VP & CMO
(Gawkwire.com) Carpathia Hosting, the leading provider
of enterprise managed hosting services for government
agencies and businesses, announced today the addition of
Brian Winter to the Carpathia management team as Vice
President and Chief Marketing Officer.
In his new role, Winter will be responsible for the
company’s overall marketing strategy with a focus on
growing awareness of the company, expanding its
presence in the federal sector and maximizing the recent
acquisition of ServerVault. Winter will report directly to
Carpathia Hosting CEO, Peter Weber.
“It is an exciting time to join the management team at
Carpathia Hosting,” said Winter. “Strong, profitable, organic
growth over the last five years, coupled with the recent
acquisition of ServerVault, puts Carpathia Hosting in a
strong industry position. I look forward to partnering with
the rest of the Carpathia Hosting management team to
build on our success and accelerate our growth.”
An experienced sales and marketing executive, Winter
has led global sales and marketing teams inside Fortune
500 companies as well as built successful sales and
marketing teams for high-growth technology firms such as
SevenSpace and USWeb.
“Brian’s extensive experience and long track record of
delivering results within the high-tech industry make him
uniquely qualified to lead Carpathia Hosting’s marketing
initiatives. His addition to the team further reinforces
our commitment to establishing ourselves as one of the
leaders in the hosting industry,” said Weber. “Beyond his
marketing expertise, Brian will be a key member of the
Carpathia management team and will play an active role as
we continue to build on our extraordinary growth.”
Prior to joining Carpathia Hosting, Winter served as Vice
President, Global Virtualization Software Sales at Sun
Microsystems and as Vice President of Marketing for the
Services business unit. Winter’s responsibilities included
the overall strategic direction and day-to-day management
of the global services marketing organization including
product marketing, go-to-market programs, field marketing
and marketing communications for the $5 billion Services
division.
Winter is an active member of the technology community,
acting as a spokesperson in the industry and has
presented on a wide variety of information technologyrelated
topics in over 20 countries worldwide.
CODERO TO OPEN
NEW DATA CENTER
(Gawkwire.com) Featuring high-performance connectivity,
advanced power systems, and multi-layered security, Codero’s
newest data center promises to take server and hosting reliability
to the next level. Located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, the
22,000-square-foot facility will house 8900 dedicated servers
-- along with space for offices and provisioning -- upon its
completion in November 2009. The Phoenix data center also
places a premium on physical security, power conditioning and
backup, staff expertise, critical systems monitoring, and best-inclass
network technology to ensure uptime and a fully redundant
IT infrastructure.
“As our customers’ hosting and server demands continue to
grow, we welcome the challenge of staying ahead of the curve to
meet their needs through our data centers,” says Shawn Hashmi,
Director, Operations for Codero. “That means complete power
redundancy, on-site security, SAS 70 certification-- whatever
it takes to fully support small- and -medium-sized businesses
online.”
Codero’s Phoenix data center features advanced technology,
power, security and networking capabilities:
24/7 staffing by experienced data center technicians and
engineers
Card access control at all interior/exterior doors and round-theclock
interior surveillance
All utility power backed by uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
systems in the event of outages, with every server receiving
conditioned UPS power
On-site diesel generator backup should extended power outages
occur
HVAC systems are redundant -- remaining units will absorb the
additional load in the event of a primary system failure
Only fully redundant, enterprise-class routing equipment
Dry-pipe, pre-action double interlock fire suppression system with
a Pre-Action Sprinkler backup system
Regular facilities monitoring, testing and servicing for all critical
electrical components, environmental systems, and security to
ensure high availability and reliability
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