Acunu, the Eden and Pentech backed big-data start up have hired Michael Howard, a Global EMC Executive as a Non Executive Director.

Grass valley, the leading supplier of technology solutions to the broadcast media industry, has recently appointed Andrew Balcombe as VP EMEA Sales Operations, Michael Zabolitzki as Sales Director DACH and Michele Carvalho as EMEA Channel Sales Director. Andrew and Michele both join Grass Valley from IBM and Michael joins from Dell.

Virtual Instruments, the leader in IT infrastructure optimization solutions, has been ranked sixth on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising Companies. The list features 100 privately held up-and-comers with compelling business models, strong management teams, notable customers, strategic partners and precious investment capital. Over the last year, Virtual Instruments has continued to expand its market reach within the Global 2000 with sales increasing by over 200%. Erevena are assisting Virtual Instruments with the continued build out of the EMEA organisation.

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Workday, the leader in enterprise-class, SaaS solutions for managing global businesses have appointed Peter Gamble as their UK Sales Director. Peter joins Workday from Oracle where he held the position of Industry Sales Director.

IntraLinks Inc. a leading provider of critical information exchange solutions have appointed Andrew Watston as Head of Life Sciences Sales for the EMEA region. Andrew joins Intralinks from Oracle Corporation Health Sciences Global Business Unit where he held the position of Senior Sales Director.