Mary Esther, Florida - QStar Technologies, Inc., a global leader in archiving, data protection and compliance solutions, has announced that Dave Thomson recently joined the company as Senior VP of Sales and Marketing and Steve Tongish has taken on the role of Global Marketing Director. Thomson and Tongish most recently held senior positions at Plasmon and both come to QStar with more than 20 years of experience in the storage industry. The announcement of these latest appointments comes on the back of recent QStar global sales force expansion.

As Senior VP of Sales and Marketing, Dave Thomson's focus with be on the further development of QStar's sales channel and support of new and existing OEM partners. One region of particular focus will be the expansion of QStar's partner network in North America. Steve Tongish is working closely with Thomson and his sales team as Global Marketing Director to drive visibility for the QStar name in target markets and proactively support channel partners to grow their archiving and data management business.

"QStar continues to make investments in key personnel despite difficult market conditions." explains Riccardo Finotti, QStar CEO. "This period actually presents an excellent opportunity to bring experienced talent into our organization to strengthen our growing business. Dave and Steve's professional skills and in-depth knowledge of the archive and storage market means that they have already made significant contributions. While customers are being very cautious about IT spend, we have a compelling message with our 3-2-1 Archiving Best Practice*. With Dave and Steve's help, we will be communicating to the market and our partners exactly how a QStar archive solution cuts IT costs through an optimize storage strategy."
"Now is a great time to join QStar," commented Dave Thomson, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing. "The market for professional archive solutions remains strong and QStar is well positioned to address this demand. We have a solid channel structure with excellent growth potential in the enterprise storage, broadcast and healthcare industries, and market consolidation is creating new OEM opportunities.

QStar will also be announcing a very exciting new solution in the upcoming weeks. Leveraging the company's decades of experience, this solution will provide QStar customers with an impressive enterprise class storage platform."

"The growth of QStar's global business operations creates some exciting challenges," said Steve Tongish, Global Marketing Director. "QStar has recently established new sales offices in Europe and Asia, placing additional demands on marketing infrastructure. To respond effectively, we've kicked off a number of new corporate initiatives and partner programs. We will be working hard to take our vision to the market. I'm confident that the industry will be seeing much more of QStar in the future."

The QStar website provides more detailed information about the 3-2-1 Archiving and Data Protection Best Practice. www.qstar.com/321_bestpractice.html

About QStar Technologies, Inc.

For more than 20 years QStar has delivered enterprise class archival storage and data management solutions to customers around the world. QStar consistently meets increasingly sophisticated business needs through industry eading technology and unmatched flexibility. Building solutions that are hardware and system independent gives QStar a unique advantage, allowing companies to optimize their existing IT infrastructure without major disruption and capital expense. QStar provides organizations with the strategies and solutions to manage a changing technology landscape while protecting their valuable digital assets for the future.

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