Brocade has announced the appointment of Ari Bose to the position of Chief Information Officer. Responsible for the strategic transformation of the global Brocade IT organisation, Bose will report to Gale England, vice president of Customer Advocacy and Operational Effectiveness.
With more than 30 years of experience in the high tech industry, Bose has held a number of CIO positions at networking and other tech companies. Most recently at Polycom, he served as senior vice president and CIO where he led the transformation of the global IT organisation.
He was also responsible for overseeing the company's internal global visual communications network.
Prior to that, Bose was senior vice president and CIO at UTStarcom, and he has held senior IT positions at companies such as 3Com, Bay Networks and Apple.
In his new position, Bose will leverage Brocade's portfolio of data centre networking solutions and partner solutions to create an IT function that can drive the company forward and become a showcase for the industry.
Specifically, Bose is tasked with standardising the company's internal IT systems to support cross-functional collaboration and manage information security and risk.
One major initiative is to continue expanding the company's network-centric virtualisation strategy in which Brocade currently operates at more than 70 per cent virtual workloads.
"It is fair to say that the networking market is changing at an exponential pace, driven largely by user demands and fiscal pressures," said Bose. "Brocade has almost 20 years of experience in driving data centre innovation, and I am thrilled at the prospect of continuing this heritage. I am excited about how the data centre of the future can drive business transformation. I hope that by seeing how we are embracing fabrics and a highly virtualized architecture, other businesses will understand how Brocade can empower change within their own environments."