VMware recruits former MS executive

VMware has hired Richard McAniff as its new executive vice-president and chief development officer, says Tech Flash.

There he joins former Microsoft executives including VMware CEO Paul Maritz and Tod Nielsen, VMware's chief operating officer.

McAniff spent much of his career in the Microsoft Office, most recently as a corporate vice-president. He was involved in products including Excel, Access, Office business intelligence, and Web components for SharePoint portal server.

John McCalpin, an internationally recognised expert in high performance computing (HPC) hardware architecture and analysis, has joined the Texas Advanced Computing Centre (TACC) as a research scientist to work in application performance on microprocessors, says The University of Texas.

With more than 25 years experience in academia and industry, McCalpin most recently led the technology strategy for accelerated computing and maintained comprehensive performance models for memory bandwidth at Advanced Micro Devices.

"We're excited to have John on board to help us understand how to get the maximum performance out of the current and next generation of microprocessors and accelerators, to evaluate application and algorithm performance characteristics, and to influence future generations of microprocessors to be more effective for science," says Bill Barth, TACC HPC team leader.

Gen2Media Corporation, a digital media, technology and marketing company, has appointed former A&E and NBC senior executive Michael Mohamad as executive vice-president of the Company, states PR Newswire.

In this capacity, Mohamad will be largely focused on the development and production of original video programming tied to advertising sales for delivery to Gen2's growing network of content distribution partners, including Microsoft Xbox, TiVo and Tribune, among others.

The company further revealed that Digital Interactive veteran Alan De Leon was named senior vice-president, and will lead the company's interactive business development, brand marketing and online advertising sales efforts.