{"id":652562,"date":"2013-04-16T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pehub.com\/?p=196367"},"modified":"2013-04-16T00:01:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T04:01:05","slug":"vc-backed-bti-systems-names-tod-nielsen-to-its-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652562","title":{"rendered":"VC-Backed BTI Systems Names Tod Nielsen To Its Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ottawa-based\u00a0BTI Systems Inc.<\/strong>\u00a0has named software industry veteran\u00a0Tod Nielsen<\/strong>\u00a0to the company’s board of directors. Nielsen recently helped establish the\u00a0EMC\/VMware<\/strong>\u00a0spin-off\u00a0Pivotal Initiative<\/strong>. Prior to that he was with\u00a0VMware, Borland<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Microsoft<\/strong>. BTI, a provider of\u00a0intelligent networking software and systems, has been venture-backed since 2000. Its investors include\u00a0Bain Capital Ventures, BDC Venture Capital, Covington Funds, Export Development Canada, GrowthWorks\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Kodiak Venture Partners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n

BTI Systems Adds Former VMware Executive Tod Nielsen to Board of Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Internationally Respected Industry Leader and Former VMware Co-President of Applications Platform Group Brings Significant Software, Cloud Computing and Big Data Market Expertise<\/p>\n

OTTAWA and BOSTON, April 16, 2013 \u2013 Following closely on BTI Systems\u2019 introduction ofIntelligent Cloud Connect \u2013 an open, software-rich platform designed to significantly improve cloud networking performance by combining network intelligence and application awareness with significantly expanded capacity and scale \u2013 the company today announced that software industry visionary Tod Nielsen is joining its board of directors.<\/p>\n

Based in Silicon Valley and globally recognized for his combination of strategic vision and operational capabilities, Nielsen most recently helped establish the Pivotal Initiative, the highly anticipated and closely watched EMC\/VMware spin-off focusing on cloud computing and Big Data. Prior to that he was with VMware, where he served as co-president of applications platform group and, earlier, as chief operating officer.<\/p>\n

With cloud network traffic expected to increase 6-fold by 2016, Nielsen brings world-class applications and software industry leadership to BTI\u2019s board. In February, the company expanded its portfolio with a first-of-its-kind platform, Intelligent Cloud Connect, which empowers content and service providers to capitalize more fully on opportunities in cloud services delivery. Combining software intelligence with the flexibility of routing and the capacity and scale of optical, BTI\u2019s new platform unlocks the bottleneck between and among data centers, peering points and users. Notably, it quadruples capacity and scale, reduces latency by half, and increases network applications performance by as much as 10 times. It does so while significantly improving operational efficiencies, network control and service innovation compared to legacy solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rapid adoption of cloud computing represents one of the most important and promising shifts for customers and vendors alike,\u201d said Nielsen. \u201cWith this comes the demand for new and better architectures to greatly improve the performance of the underlying network and to fuel current and new service offerings. I\u2019m excited to join the board at a time when BTI\u2019s vision, strategy, technology and partnerships are enabling the company to establish its role as a key player in this new ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nielsen has held a series of high-profile positions during the past two decades. Prior to the Pivotal Initiative and VMware, he served as the CEO of Borland Corporation. Earlier, he held the positions of senior vice president of marketing and global sales support for Oracle and executive vice president and chief marketing officer for BEA Systems. He is a member of the board of directors at CyrusOne Inc, MyEdu and Club Holdings LLC.<\/p>\n

\u201cBTI is making cloud computing a reality for our content and service provider customers \u2013 fueled by the vision, strategy and next-generation innovations required to fundamentally transform their businesses and the services they offer,\u201d said BTI President and CEO Steve Waszak. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have a proven thought leader of Tod\u2019s caliber and expertise join us at a time when BTI is entering our next phase of substantial expansion. It comes on the heels of announcing a new round of growth capital, an innovative SDN-enabled platform that represents a new market category for our industry, and expanding our established presence in Silicon Valley. Gaining Tod\u2019s contribution to our vision and direction is a significant competitive advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

About BTI Systems
\nBTI delivers solutions that transform the economics, performance and innovation of global networks through intelligent networking software and systems.\u00a0Leading content, cloud and service providers choose BTI to drive improved operational efficiencies and profitably deliver high-value services to businesses and consumers around the globe. With more than 350 customers, BTI is headquartered in North America, and operates regional sales, marketing, and R&D centers of excellence throughout the world. For more information, visitwww.btisystems.com.<\/p>\n

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Ottawa-based\u00a0BTI Systems Inc.\u00a0has named software industry veteran\u00a0Tod Nielsen\u00a0to the company’s board of directors. Nielsen recently helped establish the\u00a0EMC\/VMware\u00a0spin-off\u00a0Pivotal Initiative. Prior to that he was with\u00a0VMware, Borland\u00a0and\u00a0Microsoft. BTI, a provider of\u00a0intelligent networking software and systems, has been venture-backed since 2000. Its investors include\u00a0Bain Capital Ventures, BDC Venture Capital, Covington Funds, Export Development Canada, GrowthWorks\u00a0and\u00a0Kodiak Venture Partners. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7545,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7545"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}