Welcome to The I/O Storm – A Storage Performance Technology Forum

Hello, I am Eyal Markovich. I lead the performance team at Kaminario, a leading provider of DRAM storage appliances for accelerating critical business applications. I will be writing and accepting your articles on various storage performance topics such as storage I/O performance and other storage and database performance trends, practices, and techniques. A major emphasis will be given to the effect of storage performance on the application behavior and end-user experience and satisfaction. In addition, many of the topics will focus on RDBMS applications, mainly Oracle and SQL Server. This is an open forum and everyone is invited to participate, contribute and share your thoughts and experiences.  If you have any questions or comments that you would like to send to me prior to commenting on the blog, then please email me at TheIOStorm@kaminario.com.

The I/O Storm Blog Authors

Eyal Markovich

Eyal Markovich is a seasoned system, storage, and application performance subject matter expert. Today, Eyal leads the performance team for Kaminario. Before joining Kaminario, Eyal was the founder and president of Total APM Corporation, a company that specializes in application performance management for enterprise applications. The Total APM venture was born after Eyal had worked for more than fifteen years for Precise/Veritas/Symantec as a director of product line development. His past experience in developing Precise I3 and working with customers has given him a unique expertise in tuning application technologies (e.g. Siebel, Oracle, MSSQL, .Net, Java etc.), as well as understanding customers’ applications and requirements.

Dani Golan

Dani Golan oversees strategy, go-to-market and overall company operations. Previously, Dani served as President and General Manager of Performix Technologies, acquired by NICE Systems in 2006. Prior to Performix, Dani was an executive responsible for leading new ventures at EMC. Dani holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from the Technion Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Prior to his professional career, Dani served as a fighter pilot and an officer in the Israeli Air Force.

Gareth Taube

Gareth Taube is responsible for the company’s marketing strategy and execution. Gareth has 20 years of successful high technology marketing and management experience having been the CMO for five successful early stage companies, two of which became public companies. He has created successful brands for companies in the software tools, applications, networks and services markets, and has a track record of creating sustainable revenue growth through strong marketing execution. Prior to joining Kaminario, Mr. Taube ran Market Recognition; a marketing consulting firm specializing in developing market strategies for VC funded early stage companies. Previously, he was an SVP at Emulex, where he ran the IP Storage Networking Group. He was also SVP of sales and marketing at Giganet, an early stage networking company from its founding until its acquisition by Emulex. Mr. Taube was also CMO and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Seque Software, Peritus Software Services, and Praxis International. Prior to that Mr. Taube was a Global Corporate Sales Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Taube holds BS and MS degrees from the City University of New York.