Cloud Computing: Joyent has a new product and new CEO

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Stacey Higginbotham.

Joyent has named a new CEO and announced the altest generation of its infrastructure as a service software. The moves are in preparation for a big play in the coming months as the company looks to build the right computing platform for data and cloud applications.

Joyent, the private cloud infrastructure service provider, has named Henry Wasik as chief executive officer and unveiled a new version of its infrastructure management software called Joyent7. Wasik fills the role left vacant by David Young when he left earlier this year. In the interim, Joyent co-founder and CTO Jason Hoffman had filled the role…

Wasik most recently served as the president and CEO of Force10 Networks, which he sold to Dell at a 50 percent premium to the projected IPO range just prior to launching the road show, according to the Joyent release. Prior to Force10, Wasik held roles at Alcatel and DSC Communications. With a new CEO in place and the upgrade to its platform, Joyent is setting itself up for a big play in the infrastructure market in the months ahead, according to Hoffman…

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