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Scality has already proven itself to be a very active player in the storage market

Technology veteran and recognized expert joins Scality, bringing valuable insights to Product Development and Market Adoption

San Francisco, CA – April 2nd, 2012

Scality, a storage innovator and the developer of RING, today announced that Philippe Nicolas has joined the company as Director of Product Strategy. During his 20 years of experience, Nicolas occupied multiple technology marketing and technical positions, most recently with Brocade (2 years), and previously with Symantec and Veritas Software (almost 10 years), SGI (4 years) and Compaq. He is also the founder and co-organizer of the popular “IT Press Tour”.

In parallel, Nicolas started the SNIA France committee in 2001 and served as Chairman for almost 10 years. He also served two, two year terms as director to the board of SNIA Europe. He was responsible for the creation of 4 SNIA Tutorials around Data Sharing, File Storage, Massive Scalability and Cloud Storage since 2002. He received in 2005 the “Outstanding Service Award”, from SNIA Europe, for his industry and association contributions and he is a founding member of SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative.

2011 was a ground breaking year for Scality, with 120% growth, a range of new partnerships and impressive deployments. Scality has already proven itself to be a very active player in the storage market, and 2012 will certainly confirm that trend. To sustain and cultivate the market demand, Nicolas will drive product direction and lead the product management effort. Nicolas reports directly to the Scality CTO, Giorgio Regni.

“Scality is a real innovator with a radical new approach to solving the storage and IT challenges of today and the future. I have been watching the company for a few quarters and was curious about the technology,” said Nicolas. “Learning about Scality’s RING I came to understand its significance for petabyte scale storage environments. Getting to know the team I am continually impressed by their talent and motivation. Their tremendous R&D department has produced what I believe to be an important and powerful product, and I am certain that 2012 will bring a new growth phase for Scality.”

“We’re pleased to have Philippe on board at Scality, his background and experience will help the company to grow and penetrate new markets. With the momentum and customer adoption we have enjoyed in recent quarters, we wished to add experienced and talented people to our team and Philippe is perfectly aligned with our values,” said Jérôme Lecat, Scality CEO. “2012 and beyond promise to be pivotal years for Scality as we harness the burgeoning market in front of us, I’m confident that Philippe’s industry recognized expertise and market knowledge will provide a valuable edge for the company.”