Garden City, N.Y. – March 2, 2011 – Data Storage Corporation (DSC), a provider of data protection and business continuity solutions, today announced that it has appointed Richard Rebetti to Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Mr. Rebetti has more than 20 years of operational management and merger and acquisition experience at technology and telecommunications organizations, including one year with DSC. As COO, he will be responsible for managing the company’s day-to-day operations, as well as overseeing its marketing and information systems functions.
“We are delighted to have Rich back on board at DSC. His experience and industry expertise are a perfect complement to the skill-sets of the rest of our management team,” said Chuck Piluso, Chairman and CEO of Data Storage Corporation. “With his wealth of industry knowledge, proven track record and strong leadership capabilities, we expect that Rich will be a significant contributor on our management team in driving the company’s performance and profitability.”
Prior to joining DSC, Mr. Rebetti was the Chief Technology Officer for STi Prepaid, LLC, a $300 million division of Leucadia National Corp. and also held the position of COO for Telco Group Inc./STi Prepaid, Inc. He was a leader in streamlining customer facing and back office systems and processes through technology enhancements and automation.
“I look forward to the opportunity of working with the seasoned management team of Data Storage Corporation in expanding our market presence and making Data Storage Corporation synonymous with disaster recovery and high availability,” said Mr. Rebetti.
About Data Storage Corporation
DSC provides professional services focused on data protection and business continuity solutions that help organizations protect their data, minimize downtime, ensure regulatory compliance and recover and restore data quickly. Through its four data centers and by leveraging leading technologies, DSC delivers and supports a broad range of premium solutions for both Windows and IBM environments that help its clients save time and money, gain more control of and better access to data and enable the highest level of security for that data. The company’s solutions include: offsite data protection and recovery services, High Availability (HA) replication services, email compliance solutions for e-discovery, continuous data protection, data de-duplication, virtualized system recovery and telecom recovery services. Headquartered in Garden City, N.Y., DSC offers its solutions and services to healthcare, banking and finance, distribution services, manufacturing, construction, education, and government industries by leveraging leading technologies, such as virtualization, cloud computing and cloud storage. For more information on DSC, visit www.dscorp.net.
Cautionary Statement on Risks Associated with Data Storage Corporation – Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 by Data Storage Corporation that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “may,” “should,” “could,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are to be interpreted only as of the date on which they are made. Data Storage Corporation undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement except as required by law. Data Storage Corporation advises investors that it discusses risk factors and uncertainties that could cause Data Storage Corporation’s actual results to differ from forward-looking statements in its periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Data Storage Corporation’s SEC filings can be accessed through the SEC’s EDGAR Database at www.sec.gov (Data Storage Corporation has EDGAR CIK No. 0001419951).
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