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Cloudian Names Former Hortonworks Executive Brian Burns as Vice President, Asia PacificSAN MATEO, Calif., May 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloudian®, the most widely deployed independent provider of object storage systems, today announced that Brian Burns has joined the company as vice president, Asia Pacific. Based in Tokyo, Burns brings more than 20 years of executive experience in leading APAC sales, market entry and strategic relationships for high-growth North American technology companies. In this new role, he is responsible for further expanding Cloudian’s presence in the region, helping customers overcome the challenges of managing and protecting ever-growing data volumes on-premises and across hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments. Deep APAC Business Scaling Experience “Business in APAC is uniquely challenging due to the multitude of cultures, languages, solution ecosytems and customer expectations,” said Michael Tso, CEO of Cloudian. “Brian’s deep APAC experience and history of success will drive our growth beyond the U.S. and Europe and extend the benefits of Cloudian’s limitless scalability, industry-best S3 compatibility and seamless on-prem and multi-cloud integration to more users.” Building on Cloudian’s APAC Roots Now spanning industries such as financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, government, and media and entertainment, Cloudian’s customer base in the region includes NTT (Cloudian’s very first customer), Continental Automotive of Singapore, one of the fastest growing TV stations in Southeast Asia and a national health agency. “Nearly eight years ago, Cloudian predicted that the S3 API would become the industry standard and made the strategic decision to build the world’s first and best native S3-compatible on-premise object storage product,” said Burns. “That vision has paid off, as Cloudian Hyperstore® is now the most widely deployed independent object storage worldwide. I’m excited to introduce APAC customers to this remarkable company with visionary management, superb technical talent and an extraordinary corporate culture.” About Cloudian Media Contact
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