Mike Coney Board’s Director at Unitrends

Unitrends, a leading provider of innovative, integrated solutions that protect and restore critical data and systems, today announced the appointment of Mike Coney, a former VERITAS executive, to its seven-member Board of Directors.

Coney has held various executive and management positions at high-growth companies including VERITAS, Sun Microsystems, Ingres, and Monster.com. An expert at achieving world-class operational performance, Coney brings significant experience in data protection and disaster recovery, as well as expertise in driving business expansion, strategic alliances, and in building high-performance sales and marketing organizations.

Coney joins the Board at a time when Unitrends is growing at a rapid pace and strengthening its leadership position in business continuity and disaster recovery. With a recent capital infusion of $9 million that is funding additional research and development, and expanded partner marketing, sales and support, Unitrends is meeting the strong and persistent demand for its integrated, easy to manage solutions for data backup and protection, disaster recovery and business continuity.

“We are very pleased that Mike has joined our Board of Directors,” said Duncan McPherson, Unitrends’ CEO. “We’ve entered a new phase of growth, and want to capitalize on our many opportunities for expansion. These include strategic alliances, additions to our product portfolio, and new business models for new market segments. Mike brings a wealth of experience, as well as proven skills in directing and managing fast-paced growth companies within the technology arena. We look forward to his contributions and insights.”

With more than 1,500 customers and over 100 channel partners worldwide, Unitrends continues to deliver innovative Rapid Recovery solutions that enable businesses to protect their data and to quickly restore both information and systems in the event of a failure or a natural disaster. With business continuity solutions that are affordable and easy to deploy and manage, Unitrends delivers unprecedented reliability, efficiency and simplicity – all in a single, fully integrated appliance.