Tony Tomkys comes to BridgeHead Software from CommVault,
where he was Business Director for Public Sector
Ashtead, UK – Tuesday August 17 2010 – BridgeHead Software,
the
Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) company, today
announced the appointment of Tony Tomkys to head up their sales
operation in EMEA. In his new role as Director of Sales for EMEA,
Tomkys aims to further increase BridgeHead’s UK customer
footprint in the NHS and private healthcare sector as well as
driving pan-European initiatives.
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Tomkys joins BridgeHead Software from CommVault, where he was
Business Director for Public Sector. Before that, he held a range
of positions from direct sales through to channel management and
marketing at companies such as Steria, Morse, HP, Unisys and
Apple.
A seasoned sales professional with over 27 years of experience
in IT, Tomkys plans to harness his expertise in healthcare data and
storage management to maximise BridgeHead’s company growth
objectives.
Tomkys said, “I have been working in the public sector
for some time, but I was really attracted by BridgeHead’s
specialisation in healthcare, particularly their Healthcare Storage
Virtualization (HSV) architecture. HSV is fast becoming recognised
by healthcare IT professionals as an intuitive, future-proof
technology platform that solves one of the most urgent problems
facing hospitals today: that of the security, protection,
management and storage of terabytes of patient and administrative
data in a flexible, efficient and cost-effective
way.”
Tony Cotterill, Chief Executive of BridgeHead Software, added,
“We are pleased to welcome Tony Tomkys to the BridgeHead
Software team. His experience and knowledge of public sector
healthcare in particular will be invaluable to us as we increase
the uptake of our data and storage management solutions throughout
the UK, mainland Europe and further afield.”
In his spare time, Tomkys enjoys sport – especially
football and cricket – and he is a keen cook. He lives in
Oxford, where he spends most of his free time with his wife, five
children and one grandchild.
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About BridgeHead Software
BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV)
company, offers a scalable, future-proof platform to overcome
rising data volumes and increasing storage costs while delivering
peace of mind around the access, availability and protection of
critical electronic patient data.
Trusted by more than 1,000 hospitals worldwide, BridgeHead
Software solves healthcare organisations’ backup, recovery
and archiving challenges. BridgeHead’s HSV solutions are
designed to operate with any hospital’s chosen software
applications and storage hardware, regardless of vendor. This
presents healthcare organisations with more choice, flexibility and
control over the way data is accessed, protected and managed. The
net effect – better utilisation of hardware resources and,
more importantly, the efficient distribution, availability and use
of vital healthcare data.
To learn more about BridgeHead Software, visit www.bridgeheadsoftware.com
To follow BridgeHead Software on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BridgeHeadHSV
About Healthcare Storage Virtualization
(HSV)
Healthcare Storage Virtualization is a technology platform that
decouples software applications from the physical storage hardware
on which the application data resides. By separating these
applications from the storage device/s, healthcare organisations
have a lot more choice, flexibility and control over the way data
is accessed, protected and managed. The net effect – better
utilisation of hardware resources and, more importantly, the
efficient access and use of critical electronic patient data.
HSV allows healthcare organisations to take ownership of their
data even though it may reside on disparate software and hardware
systems. Being vendor-agnostic, BridgeHead HSV has the ability to
interface with any storage platform intelligently, creating better
and broader availability of content as well as prohibiting unwanted
access and providing comprehensive disaster recovery
capability.
In addition, BridgeHead HSV technology offers powerful
connectivity to all storage media types. As part of its advanced
data protection and archiving features, HSV allows files to be
transformed (e.g. compressed and de-duplicated) invisibly in the
background, irrespective of media type and functionality, vastly
reducing the capacity required across the storage real estate and
often delaying the need for hardware upgrades.
Finally, BridgeHead’s focus on healthcare lies at the
heart of HSV. Consequently, all of the common native standards
found within healthcare IT are supported e.g. HL7, DICOM XDS style
interfaces etc. This support allows speedy integration of the HSV
solution resulting in a more rapid return on investment.
