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OneNeck IT Solutions Announces Strategic Partnership with Global Network as a Service Leader Megaport

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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MADISON, Wis., Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OneNeck® IT Solutions, a leading provider of hybrid IT and multi-cloud solutions and services, is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Megaport Limited ("Megaport"), the number one Global Network as a Service provider. This collaboration is set to transform the way OneNeck's customers connect to the cloud, offering unprecedented speed, flexibility, and security in cloud connectivity.

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  • MADISON, Wis., Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OneNeck® IT Solutions, a leading provider of hybrid IT and multi-cloud solutions and services, is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Megaport Limited ("Megaport"), the number one Global Network as a Service provider.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with OneNeck IT Solutions," said Matt Simpson, EVP Business Development and Global Channel, at Megaport.
  • "This partnership is not just about connecting data centers; it's about connecting people, businesses, and innovative cloud solutions.
  • Enhanced Network Efficiency: Optimal network efficiency and latency with diverse handoffs from redundant Megaport router ports and carriers.

PacketFabric Names Data Infrastructure Industry Leader Eric Troyer Chief Strategy Officer

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Internet, Growth, Equinix, Megaport, Microsoft, Executive, Fortune 1000, Network as a service, Network, Video game

CULVER CITY, Calif., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PacketFabric, a leading Network as a Service (NaaS) innovator and a Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC portfolio company, today announced Eric Troyer has been appointed as the company's Chief Strategy Officer. Most recently, Troyer was Chief Marketing Officer at Megaport, also a Network as a Service provider, where he was integral to the company's growth and steady global expansion from 2015 to 2023. He has also held leadership positions at Fortune 1000 giants Microsoft and Equinix.

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  • CULVER CITY, Calif., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PacketFabric , a leading Network as a Service (NaaS) innovator and a Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC portfolio company, today announced Eric Troyer has been appointed as the company's Chief Strategy Officer.
  • Most recently, Troyer was Chief Marketing Officer at Megaport, also a Network as a Service provider, where he was integral to the company's growth and steady global expansion from 2015 to 2023.
  • Troyer was Chief Marketing Officer at Megaport and has held leadership positions at Microsoft and Equinix.
  • "Eric will be essential to the Executive team as we redefine the company's growth strategy," said Vincent English, Chief Executive Officer at PacketFabric.

LightRiver Expands Leadership Team, Appoints Jim Brinksma as SVP of Software Solutions

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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CONCORD, Calif., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LightRiver, the premier productivity solutions provider for next generation, multi-vendor, Factory Built Networks® and netFLEX® Transport Domain Orchestration and Control Software, announces today the appointment of Jim Brinksma as Senior Vice President of Software Solutions. The appointment strengthens LightRiver's leadership team with a SaaS native, while maximizing market opportunities in the era of open optical networking and practical automation. This strategic move is set to further scale the company's services and magnify the impact of its platform in the industry. In his role at LightRiver, Brinksma will be instrumental in driving the expansion of LightRiver's portfolio globally, focusing on software automation and network monitoring, further enhancing fiber network operator efficiencies.

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  • CONCORD, Calif., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LightRiver , the premier productivity solutions provider for next generation, multi-vendor, Factory Built Networks® and netFLEX® Transport Domain Orchestration and Control Software, announces today the appointment of Jim Brinksma as Senior Vice President of Software Solutions.
  • In his role at LightRiver, Brinksma will be instrumental in driving the expansion of LightRiver's portfolio globally, focusing on software automation and network monitoring, further enhancing fiber network operator efficiencies.
  • "I look forward to leveraging my experience to drive innovation and growth across LightRiver's software automation and productivity solutions.
  • Brinksma will be based out of LightRiver's Holmdel Software Development Center in New Jersey.

PacketFabric Names Networking Industry Veteran Anna Tichborne Chief Operating Officer

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Artificial intelligence, Megaport, Aviation, General counsel, Employment, Cleanaway, Network, LMG, Network as a service, Telecommunications, Machine learning

CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PacketFabric, a leading Network as a Service (NaaS) innovator and a Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC portfolio company, today announced Anna Tichborne has been appointed the company's Chief Operating Officer. Tichborne was previously General Counsel at Megaport, also a Network as a Service provider, where she was instrumental in launching the company's global business operations into 25 countries and advising on employment issues in 13 nations.

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  • Tichborne has 20+ years of experience at publicly traded companies, such as Megaport and Transpacific Industries Group.
  • "I'm thrilled to add Anna to the executive team," said Vincent English, Chief Executive Officer at PacketFabric.
  • She has worked across multiple global industry sectors including IT, telecommunications, real estate, finance, franchising, entertainment, employment, and aviation.
  • "I am excited to join PacketFabric at this pivotal juncture in the company's growth journey," Tichborne said.

Kao Data Partners with Jisc to Accelerate UK Public Sector, Academia, and Scientific Research Computing

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Research, SLA, Government, Public sector, NREN, Science, Console Connect, Megaport, Partnership, AI

LONDON, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Data , the specialist developer and operator of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing, has formed a new commercial partnership with Jisc , the UK's digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation.

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  • LONDON, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Data , the specialist developer and operator of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing, has formed a new commercial partnership with Jisc , the UK's digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation.
  • We're proud to name Kao Data the first of our referral partners as we seek to bolster academic and scientific research efforts across the UK."
  • Kao Data and Jisc are exhibiting at Computing Insight UK (CIUK) alongside members of the UK research community, which takes place at the Manchester Central Convention Complex on the 7th and 8th December 2023.
  • To learn more about Kao Data's high performance data centre platform and its partnership with Jisc, speak to the Kao Data team at CIUK or visit the website .

Kao Data Partners with Jisc to Accelerate UK Public Sector, Academia, and Scientific Research Computing

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Research, SLA, Government, Public sector, NREN, Science, Console Connect, Megaport, Partnership, AI

LONDON, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Data , the specialist developer and operator of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing, has formed a new commercial partnership with Jisc , the UK's digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation.

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  • LONDON, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kao Data , the specialist developer and operator of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing, has formed a new commercial partnership with Jisc , the UK's digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation.
  • We're proud to name Kao Data the first of our referral partners as we seek to bolster academic and scientific research efforts across the UK."
  • Kao Data and Jisc are exhibiting at Computing Insight UK (CIUK) alongside members of the UK research community, which takes place at the Manchester Central Convention Complex on the 7th and 8th December 2023.
  • To learn more about Kao Data's high performance data centre platform and its partnership with Jisc, speak to the Kao Data team at CIUK or visit the website .

Vincent English Appointed as CEO of PacketFabric to Transform Go to Market Capabilities and Accelerate Growth

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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CULVER CITY, Calif., Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PacketFabric, a leading* Network as a Service (NaaS) innovator and a Digital Alpha Advisors, LLC portfolio company, today announced Vincent English has been appointed to lead the company as its Chief Executive Officer. Vincent was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Megaport where, in various roles, he was instrumental to growing the company's business – from the execution of a successful initial public offering to global expansion and consistent delivery of industry transformative products and services.         

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  • English's global leadership experience enables PacketFabric to innovate its service roadmap and transform its go to market capabilities to accelerate growth globally as a leading Network as a Service provider.
  • Of his new role, English said, "I am thrilled to join PacketFabric at such a crucial point in the company's growth.
  • We believe that Vincent's executive leadership experience will help to guide PacketFabric in this next stage of growth, as PacketFabric continues to transform the Network as a Service industry."
  • English's robust industry vision, strong industry expertise, and global leadership experience will provide significant upside opportunity to PacketFabric.

Tech Veteran to Join Sea Street as President, Drive Growth in Automated Edge Security

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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
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BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea Street Technologies, a leader in next generation, autonomous Cyber Security solutions, today announced the addition of Nick Balletta to its executive team. Nick will be responsible for market strategy, commercial operations, and corporate development. Most recently Nick was the EVP, Global Head of Corporate Development at Megaport (ASX:MP1). Nick stepped into that role after Megaport's acquisition of InnovoEdge Inc, where he was a Founder and CEO. Nick has over 30 years of experience in operating software and technology companies, and is a four- time tech founder with four public company exits.

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  • BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea Street Technologies , a leader in next generation, autonomous Cyber Security solutions, today announced the addition of Nick Balletta to its executive team.
  • Nick will be responsible for market strategy, commercial operations, and corporate development.
  • "We are extremely excited to have Nick join our leadership team, said Sea Street's Founder and CEO, Harley Stowell.
  • Nick's background and experience rounds out our executive team to scale customer engagement, channel development and strategic vendor partnerships," said Stowell.

EasyPark Group strengthens its Executive Team with key hires

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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STOCKHOLM, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To achieve EasyPark Group's vision to make cities more livable, the global leader in parking tech continues to grow with three strategic recruitments to the Executive Team

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  • STOCKHOLM, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To achieve EasyPark Group's vision to make cities more livable, the global leader in parking tech continues to grow with three strategic recruitments to the Executive Team
    "We're thrilled to announce three new additions to EasyPark Group's Executive Team.
  • They will all be powerful contributors as we continue to accelerate our growth and make cities more livable around the world," says Cameron Clayton, CEO of EasyPark Group.
  • Sandesh Bhat will be Chief Technology Officer, and Glen Braganza will assume the role as EasyPark Group's Chief Financial Officer.
  • Rebecka Holberg, Niklas Magnusson and René Bienz, who previously had the key positions, will step down from the Executive Team to assume other senior roles in the company.

Vapor IO Appoints Rodney Foreman Chief Revenue Officer

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
Software, Technology, Networks, IBM, Software as a service, IR, Network as a service, Foreman, Kinetic, Fortune 500, Growth, MSO, Rodney, Automation, Video game, Megaport, IO

Vapor IO , developers of the Kinetic Grid® platform , a global network of distributed and connected edge infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Rodney Foreman as Chief Revenue Officer.

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  • Vapor IO , developers of the Kinetic Grid® platform , a global network of distributed and connected edge infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Rodney Foreman as Chief Revenue Officer.
  • Foreman joins Vapor IO from Megaport, where, as CRO, he was widely known for consistently driving global sales strategies that delivered over 40% year-over-year growth.
  • “Rodney joins Vapor IO at the perfect time, as we accelerate our ability to meet the growing demand for our Kinetic Grid platform,” said Cole Crawford, CEO and founder of Vapor IO.
  • “I’m thrilled to join Vapor IO as they turn-up their thirty-seventh city, Barcelona, and cement their Kinetic Grid platform’s role as the leading way for cloud providers, telcos, cable MSOs, application developers and others to monetize edge services,” said Foreman.