Moshe Yanai Board’s Director, Axxana

Axxana announced that storage visionary Moshe Yanai has joined its Board of Directors.

 Mr. Yanai has served on Axxana’s Advisory Board since it was founded in 2007. In his new position, Mr. Yanai will play a role in the strategic and technological direction of Axxana.

"I’ve been impressed with Axxana’s novel Disaster Recovery technology since its earliest days, and I’m looking forward to working more closely with the company to accelerate its adoption in the marketplace," said Moshe Yanai. "Many companies claim to have developed a ‘ground-breaking storage technology,’ but Axxana has really done it."

Mr. Yanai has been instrumental in the development of many storage technologies in the history of the industry. He began his career in the 1970s, building IBM-compatible mainframe storage based on minicomputer disks. He went on to develop high-end storage systems for Nixdorf and in the late 1980s, joined EMC, leading the team that developed EMC’s Symmetrix Storage systems. As Vice President of EMC’s Symmetrix group, Mr. Yanai was responsible for design and development of all hardware and software products for EMC’s enterprise storage systems. EMC’s Symmetrix group grew from only one employee in 1987 to more than 3,500 under Yanai’s leadership. Before leaving EMC, Mr. Yanai became an EMC Fellow.

Mr. Yanai later founded and led XIV Information Systems, a storage technology company which was acquired by IBM in January 2008. Moshe Yanai became an IBM Fellow and continued leading XIV until his departure in 2010. He holds over 40 patents for various innovative storage hardware and software-related technologies.

"Moshe Yanai’s increased involvement with Axxana is a significant endorsement of our technology and its market potential," said Eli Efrat, Axxana’s CEO. "His unparalleled expertise and reputation in the storage industry will be a welcome addition to our well-rounded leadership team."