New addition to analyst team offers EMA clients meaningful insights and guidance in the area of data storage.
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 17, 2008 – Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT management research and consulting firm, today announced that Curtis Breville has joined the firm as a senior analyst focused on tracking and interpreting market trends for storage and storage management technologies. Breville has been a part of implementing solutions in some of the largest data centers in the world and has extensive knowledge of database architecture, backup/recovery strategies, tiered storage and archiving solutions.
“Curtis’ many years of hands-on experience, mixed with his strong analytical and dynamic presentation skills will be an asset to the company,” said Dan Twing, COO at EMA. “We look forward to the great value he will provide to EMA and our clients as he shares his expertise in storage management.”
Curtis brings 20 years of high-tech experience in the data storage arena to EMA. During the course of his career, he has worked on both the client and vendor side of the storage technology industry. Previously, he was the North American sales manager for Hi-Stor Technologies, where he successfully improved sales, developed marketing strategies, built the firm’s brand image and managed customer and partner relations for Hi-Stor’s tape drive and cartridge monitoring tool, StorSentry. Previously, Breville worked as a UNIX and Oracle administrator for New York Life Insurance; a senior Oracle consultant and trainer at Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group; a systems engineer for both EMC and StorageTek; a product manager at Imation; an engineering manager for Vangard Technologies; and a solutions architect at Forsysthe Solutions Group.
“I’ve spent the majority of my career in the storage technology industry and I look forward to sharing the knowledge I’ve gained over the years with IT vendors and enterprise IT leaders,” said Breville. “I’ve always appreciated the data and insight that EMA provides its clients and I’m honored to have the opportunity to use my expertise on behalf of EMA.”
About Enterprise Management Associates
Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst and consulting firm dedicated to the IT management market. The firm provides IT vendors and enterprise IT professionals with objective insight into the real-world business value of long-established and emerging technologies, ranging from security, storage and IT Service Management (ITSM) to the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), virtualization and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Even with its rapid growth, EMA has never lost sight of the client, and continues to offer personalized support and convenient access to its analysts. For more information on the firm’s extensive library of IT management research, free online IT Management Solutions Center and IT consulting offerings, visit www.www.enterprisemanagement.com.