Silver Peak Systems Appoints Arturo Cazares as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Santa Clara, Calif., April  29, 2010 – Silver Peak Systems, the leader in data center class Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization, today announced that Arturo Cazares has joined the company as senior vice president of sales.

Cazares has more than 18 years of executive management experience. Prior to joining Silver Peak, he led sales, channels, and business development functions at several leading networking and technology companies, including 3Com, Packeteer, Firetide, and Intermec.

“Arturo is an industry veteran with a proven track record building and managing world class sales organizations,” said Rick Tinsley, CEO of Silver Peak. “With his extensive sales and management experience, Silver Peak will continue to grow our global field and channel capabilities and extend our position as the leader in data center class WAN optimization.”

About Silver Peak Systems, Inc.
Silver Peak develops data center class network appliances that maximize WAN performance while minimizing WAN costs.  The company’s unique network approach to WAN optimization delivers unprecedented scalability and flexibility, enabling enterprises to rapidly move large amounts of data across long distances.  Silver Peak’s WAN optimization solution is a strategic enabler for large IT initiatives, including data center consolidation, data migration, disaster recovery, server centralization, and global application / desktop virtualization.

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