INDIANAPOLIS - (Business Wire) Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of ICSTM (Intelligent Clustered Storage) technology, announces Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob will help Scale celebrate the grand opening of its new Indianapolis corporate office with a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by a press conference and facility tour Friday, November 6, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST. Purdue Research Foundation COO Joseph Hornett also will help celebrate the grand opening by speaking about Scale Computing making its home in Indianapolis and what it means for the Purdue Research Park at AmeriPlex-Indianapolis. Master of Ceremonies and co-founder and VP of marketing for Scale, Peter Fuller, will host the event which will feature speeches from Greg Ballard, Mitch Roob, Joseph Hornett and Scale’s CEO and founder, Jeff Ready. Guests and members of the media are invited to the event, which will be held inside the Purdue Research Park facilities. Coffee and pastries will be offered at the event.
Recently named to Forbes Magazine’s America’s Most Promising Companies List for 2009, Scale Computing is relocating its headquarters and beginning building its operations in Indianapolis with the help of a $2 million grant from Indiana's 21st Century Research and Technology Fund. With plans to expand from its current 15 employees to about 50 by the end of 2010, Scale is looking to have about $1 million in revenue this year. The state of Indiana and the city of Indianapolis will obviously benefit from Scale’s relocation, as Scale is operating in an estimated $40 billion storage market.
What: Scale Computing ribbon cutting ceremony and press conference
When: November 6, 2009, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. EST
Who: (interviews available with all listed below)
▪ Greg Ballard, Indianapolis Mayor
▪ Mitch Roob, Indiana Secretary of Commerce
▪ Joseph Hornett, SVP, Treasurer and COO, Purdue Research Foundation
▪ Jeff Ready, CEO and founder, Scale Computing
▪ Peter Fuller, co-founder and VP of marketing, Scale Computing (Master of Ceremonies)
Where:
Scale Computing corporate office, Purdue Research Park at AmeriPlex-Indianapolis
5225 Exploration Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46241
About Scale Computing
Scale Computing is a data storage developer offering enterprise-class scalable and clustered storage solutions. Scale Computing’s enterprise storage solution, ICSTM, allows users to add storage hardware, known as storage nodes, as necessary without suspending services or migrating data. By combining commodity hardware with a clustered file system commonly found only in the world’s largest supercomputers, a Scale storage cluster grows seamlessly while reducing costs by up to seventy-five percent compared to traditional enterprise storage solutions. For more information, visit www.scalecomputing.com.
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