Arun has held various executive level positions in marketing and engineering with companies like Sun Microsystems, IBM, Data General, Vixel and Andataco. He specializes in identifying technologies that have disruptive market potential and assisting companies with market positioning and strategy. He works with a number of VC's in assessing technologies (FC, iSCSI, InfiniBand and others) and companies. He speaks often at trade shows, customer and industry events and writes on technology trends and implications for IT in the mid to large enterprises. He is frequently quoted in the press as an industry expert in storage networking. Arun holds a Bachelor’s in Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India and an MSEE and MBA from the University of New Hampshire.

Jeff Byrne, Senior Analyst & Consultant

Jeff brings to Taneja Group more than 20 years of marketing and operational experience at a variety of infrastructure software, systems and semiconductor companies. He focuses on server and desktop virtualization, and also covers the intersection of these technologies with various types of storage, including Fiber Channel and iSCSI based SANs. Jeff advises clients on issues ranging from product and competitive positioning to messaging and go-to-market initiatives, and helps companies to work through challenging product and technology transitions. Prior to joining Taneja Group, Jeff spent five years as Vice President of Marketing and later Vice President of Corporate Strategy at VMware, a leading provider of virtual infrastructure software acquired by EMC in 2004. Earlier in his career, Jeff held senior management positions at DG Systems, Dataquest, MIPS, and HP. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Math and Computational Sciences from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard.

Dave Bartoletti, Senior Analyst & Consultant

Dave has developed, delivered, and marketed emerging technologies for over 20 years at several high-profile infrastructure software and solutions companies. He was at the forefront of the virtualization, messaging middleware, web/SOA application, and data center automation technology waves as both vendor and consumer. Dave advises clients on server virtualization strategies and the automation of highly virtualized environments, and has deep knowledge of the unique requirements of the global financial services industry. He helps our clients bring emerging technologies to market through clear product messaging and positioning, focused industry launches, and effective solution differentiation and segmentation. Dave joined Taneja Group from Enigmatec, a leading virtualization automation vendor, where he was Vice President of Marketing. Earlier in his career, Dave held senior positions at TIBCO Software, Fidelity Investments, Capco, and IBM. He holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and an MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jeff Boles, Sr. Analyst / Director – Validation Services

Jeff joins Taneja Group from a broad background of hands-on operational IT management and infrastructure engineering, bringing to the group over 20 years of deep experience within the trenches of practicing IT. Jeff’s experience crosses the gamut of operational IT encompassing IT governance, operations management, project management, infrastructure architecture, SAN engineering, and process re-engineering in financial, healthcare, professional services, and government sectors. Following a position as a director of an infrastructure and application consulting practice at CIBER, Jeff most recently worked as an IT Manager with a special focus on storage management at the City of Mesa, near Phoenix, Arizona. Today, Jeff performs analyst work for the Taneja Group and coordinates the Technology Validation Service, designed to objectively evaluate storage solutions in the real world.

Christine Taylor, Analyst

Christine brings over a decade of industry and communications expertise to the Taneja Group. She has researched and written extensively on the role of technology in eDiscovery, compliance and governance, and information management. She specializes in taking complex technical concepts and clarifying them for technical and non-technical readers. Christine previously served as a systems administrator for Avery Dennison’s Scientific Computing division. From there she entered technical journalism as a senior editor for Computer Technology Review and served as editor-in-chief of Storage Management Solutions. As a marketing communications consultant, she worked with companies like EMC and CommVault. Christine received her BA from Westmont College and her MA from Fuller.

Tara Hassard, Research Assistant & Customer Relations Manager

Tara is a Research Assistant and Customer Relations Manager. She is the primary interface to clients and handles all scheduling for analysts. She also assists analysts with research projects. Tara has a BS in Business Administration from Mt. Ida College in Newton, MA. and has been with Taneja Group since early 2003.

Nevin Taneja, Research Assistant

Nevin is a Research Assistant with Taneja Group. He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BA degree in Environmental Studies specializing in Atmospheric Sciences. His duties include scheduling with clients and PR personnel, assisting with specific analyst projects, maintaining the Taneja Group website, and other administrative duties. Because of his environmental background, he has an interest in the evolution of green technology within the computer storage industry. He is engaged in several projects relating to the green data center.

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