[August 25, 2010] Smart Device Security Firm Mocana Taps Cloud Expert Mike Sherman for VP Engineering and Datacenter Operations Tweet Aug 25, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Mocana, a company that focuses on smart device security, expanded its leadership team with the hire of Mike Sherman as Mocana's new vice president of engineering and datacenter operations. Mr. Sherman, an expert in data center management, service delivery and technical execution on cloud strategies, is expected to play a key role in building out Mocana's cloud-based device security services, whereby disparate devices like smartphones, medical devices, cars, industrial equipment and Internet-tv's can run the same device-independent Universal Security Client, enabling them to be provided with customized and context-intelligent security services from the cloud. This has been a busy quarter for Mocana, which just received a major investment (http://mocana.com/press2010-05-27.html) from security giant Symantec, and saw enterprise smartphone software provider Good Technology standardize on Mocana to secure the Good smartphone client across their Android, Apple iOS and Windows mobile offerings. The category that Mocana pioneered - smart device security - received significant validation last week with Intel's record-breaking $7.7B acquisition of McAfee. Intel spoke of the need for 'securing a device-dominated Internet (http://mocana.com/blog/2010/08/18/mocanas-ceo-adrian-turner-on-the-intel-mcafee-deal/)' as the key rationalization for the deal. The need to secure non-PC devices is increasingly demanding the attention of IT staffs worldwide, as evidenced in Mocana's just-published Summer 2010 Device Security Survey (http://mocana.com/pdfs/mocana-summer-2010-dir_v8.pdf). The addition of Mike Sherman to the executive team is expected to be the first of several strategic hires as Mocana brings new resources and partnerships to bear. "Mike brings the expertise that will enable Mocana to deliver an entirely new generation of cloud-based security services to hundreds of different device types, including - and beyond - the smartphone," said Adrian Turner, CEO of Mocana. "Current best-in-class approaches simply won't scale across the heterogeneous device types that are fast becoming commonplace across the consumer, enterprise and federal markets." As vice president of engineering and datacenter operations, Mr. Sherman will be responsible for the development, testing and support of Mocana's complete line of software and services. He is a serial entrepreneur with a winning track record and over 20 years of experience leading engineering teams, delivering global scale and secure network services in very high transaction volume environments. Mr. Sherman played leadership roles in taking two companies - Vantive and Kana - through successful IPOs. Mr. Sherman's experience is not limited to startups. Most recently he was VP Engineering and responsible for overall data center operations for SaaS giant DemandTec, a company that is focused on price optimization and analytics for the retail sector, that counts some of the largest retail and consumer product organizations in the world among its customers. He has a BS in Computer Science from Rutgers University, and was Phi Beta Kappa. "I am thrilled to be a part of the Mocana team," said Mike Sherman. "It was an easy decision. Mocana has significant traction with blue-chip customers and partners, clarity of vision, and a proven track record for executing. The problems Mocana is solving are fundamental to the future of the Internet of Things. It's technically difficult but tremendously exciting and intriguing work, and I think Mocana's exactly in the right place at the right time to do it." About Mocana Mocana is developing the industry's only device-independent Smart Device Security platform that secures all aspects of IP addressable devices as well as the information, applications and services that run on them. Mocana's solutions dramatically increase confidence, trust and compliance among OEMs, service providers and their customers. Every day, millions of people use products sold by over 150 companies that leverage Mocana's Device Security solutions, including Cisco, Honeywell, Dell, General Electric, General Dynamics, Avaya and Harris, among others. Mocana won Frost & Sullivan's Technology Innovation of the Year award for 2008 for Device Security, and was named to the Red Herring Global 100 as one of the "top 100 privately-held technology companies in the world" in January 2009. Contacts: Mat Small Bite Communications 415-894-2765 # # # Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4425764.htm. PRWeb.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]