Network Appliance has appointed a new boss to run its European sales channels.

Juan de Zulueta left his post as director of southern Europe and Latin America at Brocade to take the NetApp job. Prior to that he was EU director of storage at IBM.

In a statement, NetApp said Zuletta will take responsibility for NetApp's channel strategy, the VIP reseller programme, which the company says has given it "the competitive edge".

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