Glassbeam Appoints Siki Giunta to Board of Advisors

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 1, 2015) - Glassbeam, Inc., the machine data analytics company, announced today that it has appointed Siki Giunta, a well-known expert in the IoT and M2M industry, to its Board of Advisors. Siki brings a wealth of expertise to Glassbeam with previous experience as SVP of Verizon's global cloud ecosystem and M2M connectivity platform as well as senior executive roles at CSC, Fortisphere, Novell, Managed Objects and Computer Associates. Siki will be joining the Glassbeam board with immediate effect.

Glassbeam's machine data analytics offering has numerous applications in the broad IoT space. These analytics are currently being used by companies in various verticals like Storage Networking, Medical Devices, WiFi and Data Centers for better capacity planning, to understand usage trends, and to offer value-added offerings to end-customers. More information on Glassbeam customers and use cases can be found on Glassbeam's Resources page.

Siki joins the Glassbeam board at a time that the company is rapidly expanding into new verticals including Smart Grid, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing. Glassbeam's versatile IoT platform has the ability to ingest, parse and analyze data from virtually any device, either directly or through partner platforms like ThingWorx (a PTC company). Siki's tremendous experience in the IoT industry is expected to propel Glassbeam's foray into these new business areas.

"Glassbeam is at the exciting intersection of IoT and Machine Data Analytics, and is fast emerging as a true visionary in this area," says Siki. "They are at the cusp of the next explosive trajectory in their company's history and I am thrilled to partner with their team at this critical juncture to bring next-generation Analytics to the IoT market."

"We're absolutely delighted to have Siki join our Advisory Board in the midst of the most important business expansion phase in our company's history," comments Kumar Malavalli, Chairman, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Glassbeam. "She brings strong pedigree and tremendous experience in the M2M connectivity and data analytics space to our team and we look forward to her presence catalyzing the next phase of growth at Glassbeam."

About Glassbeam
Glassbeam is the machine data analytics company. Bringing structure and meaning to data from any connected device, Glassbeam provides actionable intelligence around the Internet of Things. Glassbeam's next generation cloud-based analytics platform is designed to organize and analyze multi-structured data, delivering powerful product and customer intelligence for companies including IBM, Aruba Networks, Violin Memory and Meru Networks. For more information, visit www.glassbeam.com.