Vaultas Names Rick Lenarz Director of Business Development

Minneapolis, Minn. (PRWEB) January 09, 2012

Vaultas (http://www.vaultas.com), a premier provider of collaborative, vendor-neutral data center, collocation and BCDR (business continuity and disaster recovery) facilities in the Upper Midwest, today announced the appointment of Rick Lenarz as the company?s new Director of Business Development. Mr. Lenarz will lead Vaultas? efforts to secure new accounts and create partnerships and relationships within the IT community in Central Minnesota, along with helping provide IT customers with solid primary and backup data center solutions throughout Minnesota.

?We are pleased to bring Rick on board to represent our growing team, and to foster collaborative and mutually beneficial relationships with telcos, IT organizations and managed service providers across the state? said John Unger, Vaultas CEO. ?His background, leadership capabilities and knowledge of technology integration and implementation make him well-suited for this position. We look forward to continued growth for our organization and delivering first-class data center and collocation solutions throughout the Upper Midwest.?

A long standing member of the community, Lenarz has extensive experience building community relationships and programs throughout Northwest Minnesota as Area Director with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Most recently, Lenarz was Implementation Consultant with St. Cloud, MN-based ProcessPro Software, a leading mid-market ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software solution for the process manufacturing industry.

?Vaultas? strategically located facilities and their affordable primary and backup data center solutions make this a distinct choice for the local IT community,? said Lenarz. ?This opportunity will allow me to expand upon the strong relationships I?ve built over the years, while leveraging my strong background in various technology and manufacturing sectors. I look forward to designing and building IT solutions and meeting our customers? ever-expanding technology and data needs with Vaultas? premier collocation and data center solutions.?

Vaultas develops, owns, and operates vendor-neutral collocation data centers and business continuity and disaster recovery facilities that provide customers with secure, strategically located, private and semiprivate data center solutions that meet even the most stringent strategic and technical requirements. Vaultas? vendor-neutral environments reduce TCO (total cost of ownership) for clients through effective use of infrastructure, vendor collaboration, network consolidation, energy conservation and strategic partnering.

Organizations and members of the Minnesota IT community interested in exploring partnering or agent opportunities with Vaultas are invited to contact Rick Lenarz at rick(at)vaultas(dot)com or 320-759-5803.

About Vaultas:

Vaultas is a leading-edge Minnesota data center company that develops, builds and operates collaborative, vendor-neutral, data centers and BCDR complexes to support the fast-growing demand placed on today?s data storage and IT application requirements, coupled with the complex disaster-recovery needs of any business. Vaultas has built a secure, high-capacity fiber-optic network from Minneapolis to Fargo, with plans to build multiple data centers along the route. Vaultas? data center and BCDR complex has completed construction of its most recent facility in Alexandria, Minnesota where the company is based. To learn more about Vaultas, visit http://www.vaultas.com.

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dbaDIRECT Names Steven A. Knight Chief Information Security and Risk Officer

Florence, KY and Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

dbaDIRECT, Inc. has named Steven A. Knight Chief Information Security and Risk Officer in charge of global information security, risk, and privacy. As dbaDIRECT's top information security executive, Knight will be responsible for ensuring the security of dbaDIRECT's information assets and services.

Bringing over 22 years of IT experience with him, Knight is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). He graduated magna cum laude from Thomas More College, completing his bachelor of business administration degree with a double major in finance and marketing. He is also a Gulf War veteran, having served in the United States Air Force.

Knight's CISSP and CISA certifications reflect his rigorous professional experience and ongoing education and proficiency in information security. They denote Knight's elite level of expertise in information security policies and standards, which will enable him to lead the development of information security strategies, architectures/infrastructures, awareness programs, regulatory compliance programs, and policies/standards that align with the critical business needs of dbaDIRECT and its clients.

"We're thrilled to be adding someone of Steve?s caliber to our executive team," said Ken Roth, Chief Operating Officer for dbaDIRECT. "His extensive experience in the areas of security, governance, and risk management along with his deep knowledge of audit services makes him a natural fit for dbaDIRECT. Steve has a proven track record of success when it comes to strategic and tactical security planning for some of the leading Fortune 1000 companies."

Knight will oversee information security, privacy and Internet safety across the company, coordinating closely with key headquarters groups and working in partnership with the information security community to bring the best ideas and approaches to dbaDIRECT. Knight has worked in and with the information security community for many years. He has held key security management positions for companies such as Jefferson Wells, Duke Energy, and Ohio National Financial Services.

?I?m excited to be joining the premier market leader of remote database and infrastructure services," said Knight. "Information security is without a doubt a central pillar to the services dbaDIRECT offers to its global customers, and I look forward to the exciting changes and growth that lay ahead.?

As the leader in intelligent remote database and operating system administration services since 1999, dbaDIRECT has enabled companies of all sizes to obtain professional, 24x365 IT system administration services for a fraction of the price of hiring full-time employees or consultants. dbaDIRECT provides complete support for all major OS platforms, including remote system administration for Windows, Linux system administration and Unix system administration. Its remote administration services for database platforms offer support for Oracle, DB2, Sybase, SQL Server, and MySQL.

The company manages thousands of infrastructure components for customers worldwide, many of which are Fortune 1000 and Forbes Private 500 firms. Its international Data Operations Center is headquartered in Greater Cincinnati. For more information, please visit http://www.dbadirect.com or call 877-687-3227, x238.

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Alternative Energy Pioneer DyneGroup Names General Wesley K. Clark to Board of Advisors

Little Rock, AR, USA (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

DyneGroup, Inc., a Dallas-based alternative energy products and services company, is honored to announce the appointment of General Wesley Clark to its Board of Advisors. During his 38 years of service with the United States Army, Clark rose to the rank of four-star general and served as NATO?s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. Since retiring from the military in 2000, he has taken on the roles of investment banker, cable network television military analyst, author, and alternative energy champion. Clark has chaired several public and private companies and is a progressive leader in pursuing energy solutions.

?We are very pleased that General Clark has joined our team. He will be a key advisor to our group,? said John Bickel, DyneGroup CEO. ?His understanding of strategic vulnerabilities related to foreign oil dependence and his belief that new, alternative engines and fuels will power the future is in line with our business plans and the technologies that we are actively taking into the alternative energy marketplace.?

DyneGroup was formed in 2009 to provide leadership to take new alternative energy technologies from laboratory to market. Its current brand portfolio includes the development of processes that will produce cost-effective anhydrous ammonia, the production of internal combustion engines that will operate on alternative fuels, and the provision of cost-effective, localized integrated solutions via private electrical power systems and micro-grids.

About Wesley Clark

General Wesley K. Clark is a businessman, educator, writer, commentator and

one of the nation?s most distinguished retired military officers. During his thirty-eight years of service in the United States Army, he held numerous staff and command positions, served in Vietnam, and rose to the rank of 4-star general and NATO Supreme Allied Commander. Now in the private sector, General Clark is chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic advisory and consulting firm, serves on the boards of several private corporations and non-profit organizations and comments regularly on politics, diplomacy, public affairs, national security and the environment.

ABOUT DYNEGROUP

DyneGroup provides alternative energy solutions by

developing combined services to

address and resolve issues in world-wide food, fuel and electricity vulnerabilities,

with the ultimate goal of localized control over commodities (fuel, fertilizer, and electricity) vital to national and international livelihood and sustainability.

DyneGroup provides the integration of multiple technologies that advance innovation across the alternative energy spectrum. The DyneGroup portfolio of new technologies works closely with the additional resources, knowledge base and talents provided by key professional associates. This collaboration allows DyneGroup brands to deliver the right distributed solutions - customized for each specific end-use, while having significant impact on local economic development efforts - with the ultimate goal of making alternative energy a viable reality in the world marketplace.

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