As I mentioned a few weeks back, I was preparing to depart EnterpriseDB and I outlined the reasons in this blog post. Word has gotten out and my departure was mentioned along with the new CEO at EnterpriseDB by Matt Aslett and The 451 Group yesterday.
Well, without further ado, I wanted to announce where I have landed... The company is called PERFMAN. But, don't go looking for the site yet. Let me provide you with a bit of an explanation first.
PERFMAN is what I like to call a 20 year-old startup. Why? Well, PERFMAN has been in business since 1987. They have hundreds of customers who are very happy with their product and they have had 100% implementation success. They are also profitable. But, they have no sales and marketing organization. Their business is word of mouth and a couple of trade shows. So, what makes them a start-up? The difference is that now the company is focusing on growth and the pieces are being assembled to enable that growth.
What does PERFMAN do? PERFMAN is a pioneer in the performance and capacity management space. Their product suite works across multiple platforms form mainframes (z/OS) to Unix (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris) to Windows and Linux and even manages VMware! It is very robust and powerful.
So, I have joined the team as the VP of Marketing and will be helping to reshape and expand their presence in the market. My first job...a new corporate presence and new product positioning.
Go ahead and look at it now (www.perfman.com). It will look dramatically different in a few weeks.
I am very excited about this opportunity and will be posting a lot more about this space as I blog. But, for those of you who rely on me for open source and database banter, especially my unrelenting attacks on Oracle and MySQL, have no fear. I have no intention of stopping that.
