Michael Norwood Joins Solix Technologies as Vice President of Global Channel Sales and Partner Programs

Santa Clara, CA (July 20, 2011) – Solix Technologies today announced that Michael Norwood has joined Solix as vice president of global channel sales Norwood will be responsible for driving revenue organically through the Solix partner ecosystem. He brings 20 years of leadership experience in channel sales, alliances, and business development from leading technology companies.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Mike to our growing team. He brings his unique expertise in building future business relationships and developing earnings opportunities.” said Sai Gundavelli, Founder and CEO of Solix Technologies.

Norwood joins Solix from Tumbleweed Communications where he was vice president of global channel sales leading and developing the overall strategy, direction, and vision for the alliances and channels organization. Previously, Norwood was vice president overseeing business development at Savvion and Worksoft, leading the efforts with global resellers, channels, and developing partner strategy with system integrators and solution partners. He also spent many years at Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP), where he managed ERP and CRM sales for strategic partners including Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, and Siebel.

“Solix has been successful in working with its partners to offer complete data management solutions for key vertical markets, from financial services to public sector to manufacturing,” said Michael Norwood. “There is tremendous opportunity for Solix and its partners to build on their success in these markets and to expand into new high-growth areas. I am pleased to be joining a company that has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to serving its customer and partner communities.”

Norwood earned an MBA degree from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and is a graduate from the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles.

About Solix Technologies

Solix Technologies, Inc., a leader in empowering data-driven enterprises, helps businesses organize their Enterprise Information with optimized infrastructure, data security and advanced analytics by achieving Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) goals. Solix Big Data Suite offers an ILM framework for Enterprise Archiving and Enterprise Data Lake applications with Apache Hadoop as an enterprise data repository. The Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (Solix EDMS) enables organizations to implement Database Archiving, Test Data Management (Data Subsetting), Data Masking and Application Retirement across all enterprise data. Solix Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and operates worldwide through an established network of value added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators. To learn more, please visit https://www.solix.com

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