Violin Memory appoints Vince Blackall as Vice President of Channels for EMEA

Violin Memory, Inc., provider of memory-based storage systems, has announced Vince Blackall as Violin Memory’s Vice President (VP) of Channels for EMEA. A highly successful executive in his field, Blackall has a strong technology and storage sales background. Prior to Violin, he held various channel management roles in Europe, Asia and the Americas for companies like Dell Software, CommVault Systems and Veritas (now Symantec). At Violin, Blackall will be responsible for overseeing and aggressively growing the EMEA channel.

  • 11 years ago Posted in

“Blackall’s proven track record of success speaks for itself,” said Steven Rose, SVP of EMEA and LATAM. “As the demand for unprecedented levels of storage speed continues to fuel Violin’s growth, our global partner network is becoming increasingly pivotal to our overall expansion strategy and I can think of no better person to drive our renewed channel efforts than Vince.”

Prior to joining Violin Memory, Blackall was the Director of Channel and Alliances at Dell Software. He has also operated as Managing Director of EMEA channels at CommVault Systems, and was VP EMEA channel at Veritas (now Symantec), where he significantly exceeded his targets. Blackall also served as the VP North American channel at CA Technologies, where he achieved a channel revenue objective of $220 million.


"I'm very pleased to part of the Violin Memory team. The channel is vital for the company and I’m amazed by the positive growth the company has seen,” said Blackall. “I look forward to building on relationships with Violin Memory’s valued partners, as well as finding new opportunities in the channel."

ATTO Technology has published the findings of an independent survey of IT decision-makers from...
NetApp extends its collaboration to accelerate Ducati Corse’s digital transformation and deliver...
Delivering on the promise of SSDs that address future enterprise infrastructure requirements KIOXIA...
FlashBlade at Equinix with Azure for EDA: industry first validated solution to leverage...
Infinidat says that Richard Bradbury has been appointed SVP, EMEA & APJ. Leveraging his extensive...
New storage automation and delivery platform and cloud native Database-as-a-Service offering bring...
Leveraging its strength and leadership in flash, Western Digital has launched the new WD Red SN700...
Nutanix has added new capabilities to the Nutanix® Cloud Platform that make it easier for...