What Analysts Say

Companies looking to get a jump on their competition in today's global economy rely on technology from innovative solution vendors. An example of a company addressing IT storage and management needs in a cost effective manner is Pillar Data Systems.

Many solution providers today are focused on storage capacity utilization to reduce costs at the risk of introducing application performance bottlenecks impacting user productivity. Pillar storage solutions enable IT organizations to establish an effective balance between improved storage capacity utilization while addressing performance needs with the flexibility of using NAS file based or iSCSI and Fibre Channel block based tiered access.

- Greg Schulz, Founder and Sr. Analyst The StorageIO Group, Author of "Resilient Storage Networks" (Elsevier Books)

Michael Workman
Chairman & CEO, Pillar Data Systems
Mike Workman has spent his career breaking new technical ground in the storage industry. In his 25+ years in the storage business, Mike's appointments have included vice president of worldwide development for IBM's storage technology division, senior vice president and CTO of Conner Peripherals, and vice president of OEM storage subsystems for IBM. He has a PhD and Masters from Stanford, a Bachelors degree from Berkeley and holds over fifteen technology patents.
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Nancy Holleran
President & COO, Pillar Data Systems
Pillar Data Systems Nancy Holleran has more than 25+ years of storage technology experience, including several executive management appointments in Fortune 500 companies. Before joining Pillar, Nancy was vice president of IBM's Worldwide Customer Engineering group, and vice president of technology development and product engineering at Conner Peripherals. Nancy received her Bachelors degree in Science of Commerce from Santa Clara University.

Arthur Laffer
Director
Arthur Laffer is the chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm that provides global investment-research services. Dr. Laffer was formerly a consultant to Secretary of the Treasury William Simon, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld and Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz. He was the first to hold the title of Chief Economist at the Office of Management and Budget under Mr. Shultz. Dr. Laffer was also the Distinguished University Professor at Pepperdine University and Professor of Business Economics at the University of Southern California. He currently sits on the board of directors of several public and private companies, including: Veolia Environment, Oxigene Inc., Provide Commerce, HNTB, The Mayfair Group, ValuBond, and Castle Creek Capital. Dr. Laffer received a B.A. in economics from Yale University, and an MBA and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.

Philip Simon
Director
Philip Simon is President of Lawrence Investments, LLC, a privately owned investment firm specializing in technology focused private equity investments. Lawrence Investments is the parent company of Pillar Data Systems’ primary investor, Tako Ventures, LLC. Mr. Simon serves on the board of directors of several private companies affiliated with Lawrence Investments, LLC. Mr. Simon is also a CPA and has more than 20 years experience consulting on tax and business matters. Prior to joining Lawrence Investments in 1997, Mr. Simon worked full time for 16 years as a partner in Howson & Simon LLP. Mr. Simon holds an A.B. from Yale University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. He is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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