SAN RAMON, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/23/13 -- WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, announced that Mark Schreiber has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. Reporting to Peter Scott, WANdisco's VP of Worldwide Sales, Schreiber will focus on developing new business, strategic relationships and partnerships.

"Mark has proven success with high-growth technology companies, extensive experience building strategic partnerships and leading corporate development," said David Richards, CEO for WANdisco. "As we launch our Big Data products and start investigating ALM partnerships, we look forward to the new strategic relationships he puts in place. We're pleased he chose to join our team."

"It's an exciting time to be joining WANdisco and I've hit the ground running," said Schreiber. "It's the same incredible opportunity I saw back when I was launching Fanplayr, only more robust because WANdisco is entering the Big Data market, which essentially touches every enterprise. I couldn't have found a better fit."

Schreiber joins WANdisco from Fanplayr, a startup focused on driving conversions on any website that offers an eCommerce component, where his launch strategy and execution acquired more than 1,000 eCommerce clients for the company in its first six months, making it the leader in eCommerce traffic analytics, insight and conversion. Prior, Schreiber was Cloud Services Executive with Hewlett-Packard, responsible for more than $65M in revenues at eBay, Intel, Wells Fargo, Chevron, Kaiser, Visa and Bechtel. Previous to HP, Schreiber held senior strategic management and business development positions with Wipro Technologies, SocialTwist, Extreme Networks and Cisco, among others.

Schreiber earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

About WANdisco
WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a provider of enterprise-ready, non-stop software solutions that enable globally distributed organizations to meet today's data challenges of secure storage, scalability and availability. WANdisco's products are differentiated by the company's patented, active-active data replication technology, serving crucial high availability (HA) requirements, including Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Fortune Global 1000 companies including AT&T, Motorola, Intel and Halliburton rely on WANdisco for performance, reliability, security and availability. For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.

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