IO Names Brent Wouters as Executive Vice President, Global Business Development

PHOENIX, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IO, the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services, today announced Brent Wouters as Executive Vice President, Global Business Development. Brent is responsible for building IO's worldwide partner network. Mr. Wouters brings substantial leadership experience and demonstrated success in expanding companies in global markets. He reports to IO CEO George Slessman.

IO's worldwide partner network consists of:

• IO Global Distribution Partners – providing worldwide product sales and support; including integration, installation, and maintenance for the IO.Anywhere™ product suite
• IO Domestic Support Partners – providing domestic product support; including integration, installation, and maintenance for the IO.Anywhere® product suite
• IO Global Finance Partners – providing worldwide purchase and lease financing for the IO.Anywhere® product suite
• "Powered By IO™" Global Partners – worldwide data center sites and operators certified by IO to host IO Products and provide DCaaS in exclusive markets worldwide

"The development of a worldwide partner network for our technology is critical to meeting the current demands of our global customer base," said Mr. Slessman. "I am excited by the experience and capability that Brent brings to IO and I have great expectations for him and his team."

Prior to joining IO, Mr. Wouters was the CEO of Cirrus Aircraft, a global aviation company and manufacturer of technologically advanced single-engine airplanes. Brent managed the global expansion of Cirrus Aircraft over the last 10 years and led Cirrus through its successful sale to a Chinese company in 2011. He spent six years as the CFO of Cirrus Aircraft after serving as the CFO of a private equity backed computer services organization. Mr. Wouters' background includes experience as an award-winning equity analyst, technology consultant, and aircraft engineer. 

"IO provides a great opportunity for our partners to drive new revenue sources by offering next-generation modular data center solutions. Developing a strong global partner network is strategic to our company growth plan and we are committed to helping our partners lead the Data Center 2.0 market in their regions," said Mr. Wouters.

Through the partner program, companies resell IO.Anywhere modular data centers which provide enterprise-class infrastructure that can be rapidly deployed to customer sites anywhere in the world. They can also offer IO.Anywhere delivered as Data Center as a Service (DCaaS™) from either the IO New Jersey or IO Phoenix data centers.

IO.Anywhere includes with the world's first secure data center infrastructure operating system, IO.OS®, which provides the intelligent control needed to maximize utilization, resiliency and energy efficiency. IO's data center technology positions partner companies to address customer needs in cloud computing services, data center consolidation, business continuity and much more.

About IO
IO designs, engineers and delivers data center infrastructure for the world's largest enterprises, governments and service providers. IO owns and operates data centers for hundreds of customers, and has leveraged this experience to build a next-generation Data Center 2.0 cloud enabling technology platform. IO.Anywhere modular data centers provide enterprise-class infrastructure that can be delivered as Data Center as a Service and rapidly deployed as a product to customer sites anywhere in the world. IO developed the first data center infrastructure operating system, IO.OS, to provide the intelligent control needed to maximize utilization, resiliency and energy efficiency. IO is a privately held company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information on IO, please visit us on the web at io.com.

IO and the IO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of IO. © 2012.

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