Violin adds Pure sales heft to bow with strings of new senior folk

In what almost looks like a tit-for-tat exercise, Violin Memory has gone and raided Pure Storage’s sales exec cupboard to recruit Carlo Wolf as VP sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Wolf was formerly regional director of central Europe for Pure Storage, which has just IPO’d. Ironically, Violin’s former VP EMEA, …

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Utterly perplexing that anyone would look at Violin and see any form of long term viability. Best guess, these guys didn't have significant equity and Violin dangled a bunch of cash in front of them. It can't be the technology or long term prospects, as there are none.