Legato Names New Vice President, Consulting Services

Business Wire, March 9, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2001

Legato Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTO), a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management software, today announced that Greg Clock has been named vice president, consulting services.

Clock brings more than 18 years of IT sales, marketing and management experience to Legato, where he will oversee the delivery of storage management solutions across five continents.

"We're very fortunate to have Greg join our consulting services team," said Tom Panozzo, senior vice president, service and support, Legato. "Greg is committed to delivering innovative, best-in-class storage management consulting services to our customers."

Clock's career prior to joining Legato includes business development, sales, customer support and marketing positions with Hewlett Packard and Amdahl Corp. Most recently, he was vice president, area general manager for the Amdahl Services Division, with responsibility for sales and consulting services for 13 western states.

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Legato Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTO), the award winning software innovator, specializes in providing its customers with a seamless approach for protecting, moving and making available business-critical company information. Legato pioneered the industry standard for storage management software products. More than 6,000 customers and 60,000 licenses worldwide, including Fortune 1000 companies and 30 of the 50 Fortune "e-50" top businesses utilize Legato's software products and services. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA, Legato has an established global presence with offices in 23 countries to fully serve its customers.

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