Cirrus Data Migrates Over 1EB of Block Data
FY22 bookings doubled from FY21, new appointments
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on February 23, 2023 at 2:02 pmCirrus Data Solutions, Inc. (CDS) announced that organizations globally have trusted it to migrate over an exabyte of mission-critical block data.
Additionally, it reported that 2022 was a record year for the company, with bookings nearly doubling for the full year and profitability reaching new levels.
“2022 was a tremendous year for Cirrus Data. We delivered important new technology, expanded our market share, grew our team, and bolstered the company’s financial strength,” said Wayne Lam, chairman and CEO. “Organizations WW are taking advantage of the efficiencies and performance delivered by new storage architectures. Cirrus Data is honored that these businesses entrust our solutions to migrate their mission-critical block data. Our patented solutions make it seamless for even the world’s largest enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation by unlocking data mobility, which drives meaningful business outcomes for our customers.“
2022 company highlights:
- Data Mobility Milestone of Over an Exabyte of Data Migrated: Businesses started taking advantage of advanced storage architectures like hybrid cloud for their data. As these technologies have evolved, more businesses have migrated their mission-critical block data. Cirrus Data have migrated over an exabyte of block data to new storage platforms.
- New Data Mobility as-a-Service Offerings: Cirrus Migrate Cloud integrates with major public clouds. Businesses can purchase data migration capacity directly through the AWS marketplace. A similar offering will be available soon from the Azure, and Oracle Cloud marketplaces.
- Record Level Business Activity: Fiscal 2022 bookings nearly doubled from the 2021 level. The company also reached a new record for profitability further increasing its financial strength.
- Acceleration from the European Region: Order activity from the region was a meaningful contributor to 2022 overall bookings, with new customers and channel partners contributing to growth. Additionally, one of the world’s largest financial institutions selected the company as part of their permanent storage infrastructure. With the new Cirrus Data Migration-as-a-Service solution, the WW organization will have access to data mobility.
- New Customer Support Center: The firm introduced its new customer center in response to the growth of its global customer base. The new online center provides basic and premium support services to customers 24x7x365.
In addition, the company made several key appointments during the year to support its continued growth.
Alan Sharpe was promoted to VP of sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He joined the firm in 2019 with experience leading regional sales operations. He was instrumental in building the team and driving the revenue growth of the EMEA region in 2022.
Stephen Pelletier joined to lead its cloud business development. As the new executive director of cloud business development, he brings over 20 years of experience building successful technology businesses.
Alan Chen was named senior director of customer support. He has more than 30 years of senior global experience running enterprise support operations.
- Gareth Donald was promoted to director of sales for AsiaPac, Japan, South Africa, and India. He joined Cirrus Data in 2019, helping expand the market in AsiaPac, South Africa, and India.
- Mark Johnston joined as the executive director of global alliances. He has a distinguished career working with global systems integrators and technology companies.
- Jocelyn Philbrook was appointed VP of marketing. She has nearly 25 years of experience assisting global technology organizations to capitalize on their innovation leadership.
“As a leader in a rapidly expanding market, it’s important for us to continue to expand our leadership team with innovative and experienced leaders that have a strong track record of building successful organizations,” said Ron Croce, CRO and EVP of WW sales and marketing. “We believe this combination of talent, product innovation, and opportunity will enable Cirrus Data to continue to lead this explosive market.“