Univa Customer Growth Accelerates By 600%
Record Sales Powers Company into 2012
Markham, ON, February 21, 2012 — Univa, the data center automation
company, today announced it set sales records in 2011 on the heels of
accelerating customer acquisition.
"In 2011 Univa got down to the hard work of delivering against the
future path Grid Engine users need,” said Gary Tyreman, President and
CEO of Univa. “We created the future for Grid Engine through substantial
investment in people and infrastructure to enable users to have a place
to go for features, expertise and support.”
Customer Acquisition
In January, 2011, Univa announced it had hired the principal Sun Grid
Engine development team. This was followed by two product deliveries of
Univa Grid Engine in 2011 representing nearly 1 million lines of code
changes, hundreds of fixes and dozens of new features. Univa Grid Engine
customer acquisition grew above 600%.
Strengthened Board
Univa added Dale Quayle, CEO of FileTrek, to the Board of Directors
as Executive Chairman. Mr. Quayle has 25 years experience in high tech
and data center software companies and previously served as CEO of
Integrien, which he sold to VMware in 2010.
"Univa has greatly simplified the delivery of complex HPC and Big
Data software,” said Dale Quayle, Executive Chairman at Univa. “By
creating a frictionless, low-cost model the company is able to offer Sun
Grid Engine users unsurpassed expertise and unbeatable services and
support at an affordable price.”
New Toronto Area (Markham, Ontario) Office
Univa also announced it has opened an office in the Greater Toronto
Area (Markham), Ontario to take advantage of a strong resource pool and
tax incentives as it continues to grow its engineering and sales
presence.
Company Financing
To further fuel and strengthen this dynamic growth, Univa has secured
additional financing to support its market strategy. Incumbent
investors include Core Capital Partners, River Cities Capital Funds,
ARCH Venture Partners and Hatteras Funds.
"The investors in Univa believe in the plan that the management team
has laid out," said Rik Vandevenne, director, River Cities Capital
Funds. “We look forward to another year of milestones and growth.”
About Univa Corporation
Univa, the Data Center Automation Company, is the leading provider of
automation andmanagement software for compute and big data
infrastructures. Our products and global, enterprise support give our
customers the power to manage their entire computational space, no
matter how big or where it is deployed. Many of the leading brands in
the world depend on Univa’s unsurpassed expertise and premier services
and support. Univa is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA;
with offices in Markham, ON, Canada; Austin, Texas, USA and Munich,
Germany.
