Cloud Computing: Former Nicira VP Alan Cohen Joins Stealthy Security Startup Illumio
July 29, 2013
Grazed from AllThingsD. Author: Arik Hesseldahl.
Alan Cohen, one of the early executives of the software-defined networking company Nicira, has joined the stealthy security startup Illumio. Cohen left Cisco Systems to join Nicira in 2011, before it was acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion last summer. Over the weekend, he changed his LinkedIn profile. His new title is chief commercial officer at Illumio.
Beyond confirming the change, he didn’t have anything to say about the new company. Also joining Illumio is Ben Verghese, a former VP and chief management architect at VMware. His title at the new company is VP of engineering…
Details about what Illumio intends to do are kind of sketchy. Its founding CEO is Andrew Rubin, a former CEO of Cymtec Systems. Its VP of product is Alan Stokol, a former exec at Juniper and Hewlett-Packard. It is based in Santa Clara, Calif…
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