3Par gets sales VP

3Par, a global provider of utility storage, has appointed Whitney Tomlin as the company's vice-president of North American sales, states Market Wire.

Tomlin will oversee 3Par's North American sales organisation and will lead the company's efforts to grow its revenues, customer base, and sales organisation.

Tomlin brings to 3Par over 25 years of sales experience in the hi-tech industry. He has worked for SunPower, where he was responsible for sales, marketing and financial analysis.

Palm has appointed former Apple heavyweight Jon Rubinstein to replace Ed Colligan as chairman and CEO after 16 years at the helm, reports Telecoms.com.

Rubinstein was instrumental in turning Apple's fortunes around in the late 90s, and was also the visionary behind the original iPod, which Apple is now using as a platform to carve out a niche in the mobile space.

Colligan, who has led Palm for the last 16 years, plans to take some time off before joining Elevation Partners, a private equity fund at which Rubinstein also holds a position, which invested in Palm in 2007.

Patrick Stingley has returned to his role as chief technology officer (CTO) of the Bureau of Land Management with the General Services Administration, saying the creation of the new role came too early, says InformationWeek.

Stingley is reported to have been thinking about how the GSA might build out a federal cloud that agencies could easily tap into.

GSA CIO Casey Coleman, says: "Once it becomes an ongoing initiative, it might be a suitable time to look at roles such as a federal cloud CTO, but it's just a little premature.”