Steve Garrison joined Infoblox as new vice president of marketing. Steve has more than 20 years experience in the networking management software industry and holds a variety of marketing roles where he developed and implemented multi-level global strategies to drive substantial revenue and market share growth.

Officials with Infoblox (News - Alert) said that in his new role, Steve will be responsible for spearheading the evolution of the company’s global brand and positioning as the leading provider of network infrastructure automation, control and management solutions.

He will do this through effectively driving all strategic marketing programs and managing the corporate communications, creative services, events, marketing operations and web teams.

“The networking industry is on the cusp of some radical changes; to truly take advantage of today’s biggest IT initiatives, like cloud computing and virtualization, and eliminate ensuing IT chaos, I believe automating critical functions and tasks in the network is a necessity,” said Steve Garrison, in a statement.

Garrison said that with its platforms already serving at the core of the network, unique real-time technologies and management tools, and its excellent customer base, Infoblox is well positioned to help enterprises harness the evolving dynamic and complex network infrastructure.

“I am excited to help articulate the company’s vision and evolve the brand to achieve continued revenue and market share growth,” he said.

“I am thrilled to welcome Steve Garrison to the company. His proven brand management, collaboration, messaging, marketing program execution and team leadership experience will be instrumental to distinguishing Infoblox as the leading global provider of network infrastructure automation and control solutions,” said Steve Nye, executive vice president of product strategy and corporate development at Infoblox.

Steve Garrison also has held similar positions at Riverstone Networks, Cabletron Systems and Conductus. He received a B.S. in Ceramic Science from Alfred University and an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from M.I.T. He also holds four patents and was one of the founding members of the Ethernet Alliance.

Infoblox is a developer of network infrastructure control solutions.

TMCnet in May reported that Infoblox has acquired Netcordia (News - Alert), the independent provider of Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) solutions.

This acquisition, with unrevealed financial conditions, includes complete absorption of Netcordia employees, assets and products.

The Netcordia acquisition helps Infoblox to extend its expertise in DNS, DHCP and IPAM automation into change and configuration management.