Frank Harbist to Lead ProStor Systems as CEO
supplier of removable disk storage solutions for business backup and
archiving, announced today that
and chief executive officer. The addition of Harbist to the executive
management team will enable ProStor to focus on continuing to grow worldwide
acceptance and proliferation of RDX(R) removable disk technology, and
delivering leading storage software and systems through ProStor InfiniVault(R)
to intelligently manage and cost effectively retain data for long-term
business use.
Harbist joins ProStor after a stellar 21 year career at Hewlett-Packard
(HP). Most recently, he was vice president of strategy and operations for
HP’s Business Critical Systems organization. Previously, as vice president
and general manager of HP’s Nearline Storage Division, he successfully grew
the tape drive, automation and media businesses and extended its market
leadership. Harbist repeated his success with HP’s Storage Software Division
by creating new revenue streams for the company via new product entries and
acquisitions, and by entering markets for information life cycle management
and unified infrastructure management. During his tenure at HP, Harbist as
general manager also initiated and led the Server Appliances Operation and
headed the pre-Compaq merger Industry Standard Server Division. Harbist has an
MBA from
from the
“The Board is enthusiastic to bring in
visionary leader who has successfully guided organizations through product,
market, organizational and economic transitions,” said
Enterprise Associates (NEA) general partner. “His executive experience in the
storage market and customer-driven focus on growing businesses makes Frank the
ideal choice to lead ProStor to its next stage of growth as a dominant player
in removable disk and long-term storage solutions.”
“I’m thrilled to join ProStor and look forward to leveraging my industry
experience and passion to drive its business growth and market success,”
asserted
economic challenges confronting all businesses, the creation of data and the
need to properly retain information for longer periods of time continues to
increase at an extraordinary pace. In ProStor, I see the opportunity to build
on its increasing market position by continuing to drive customer-centric
innovation while further establishing our technological leadership to better
serve our customers.”
Expanding the executive team,
will lead the RDX drive and media business as general manager reporting to
Harbist.
About ProStor Systems
ProStor Systems is the leader in enterprise-class removable disk storage
systems for backup and data preservation, providing the benefits of online
storage with the economics of offline storage. ProStor InfiniVault(R) provides
long-term data preservation and management including the archive of medical
images and compliant retention of scanned and electronic business documents.
ProStor Systems is also the developer of RDX(R) technology, the defacto
standard in removable disk with more than 90 percent of the market for
business server and workstation backup and over 100,000 customers and 40
petabytes of disk capacity shipped. RDX solutions are available worldwide
through a variety of OEMs.
For more information about ProStor Systems, visit
http://www.prostorsystems.com or contact the company at
info@prostorsystems.com or 303-565-3100. Visit http://www.rdxstorage.com to
learn more about RDX removable disk technology.
ProStor, RDX and InfiniVault are registered trademarks of ProStor Systems,
Inc. The ProStor logo is a trademark of ProStor Systems, Inc. All other
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