Atempo Names Karim Toubba Vice President of Marketing and Product Management


PALO ALTO, 12/5/2007 - Atempo, Inc., a leading provider of cross-platform data protection and archiving solutions, today announced the appointment of Karim Toubba as vice president of marketing and product management.

Mr. Toubba brings over 12 years of experience in building and marketing technology and managed services solutions to both enterprise and mid-market companies. He was most recently vice president of marketing and business development at Redseal Systems, a leader in the security risk management space. Previously he was vice president of product management and marketing with Ingrian Networks where he helped drive the organization to a leadership position in the database and application encryption market. Mr. Toubba has also held management positions at Exodus, Digital Island, Whistle Communications and NetManage. At Atempo, Mr. Toubba will be responsible for leading Atempo's global marketing strategies as Atempo continues a strong period of extending its global presence.

"Karim's strong background in mid-market and enterprise technology as a product marketing leader will prove vital in this exciting period of Atempo's worldwide expansion," said Neal Ater, Atempo CEO. "We look forward to Karim leading the drive in exploring new markets and growth opportunities for marketing Atempo's established portfolio of enterprise data protection and archiving solutions."

"Atempo is recognized for its product innovations in the backup, restoration and archiving industry, which presents a great opportunity to aim high on a brand with a proven record," said Toubba. "I look forward to playing a key role in bringing Atempo's unique cross-platform solutions to new markets and continuing the company's growth as a global leader."

Mr. Toubba holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Davis.

About Atempo

Atempo allows companies and organizations around the world to preserve vital intellectual property and digital information, and to access that information at any time with extraordinary reliability. Digital assets are now the life blood of any business and reliable data protection and archiving solutions must be implemented in order to preserve these assets. From large, centralized data centers and distributed enterprises to small remote offices, Atempo provides highly-scalable backup and recovery, archiving and security solutions for Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX, iSeries and all major databases and applications. For real-time data protection of laptops and desktops, Atempo's award-winning continuous data protection technology captures changes as they occur, allowing information to be recovered up to the moment of data loss or hardware failure. Atempo has more than 3,000 customers worldwide, with a sales and support network of global resellers. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., and has operations in Europe and Asia. Learn more about Atempo at: www.atempo.com.

Contacts:
Laurent Fanichet (Europe)
33.1.64.86.83.00
laurent.fanichet@atempo.com

Contact:
Turan Apakay (United States)
Phone: 650.433.4155

All Topics