A major manufacturer of disk storage based on flash memory Pure Storage reported the change of CEO. The former top manager of Cisco Charles Giancarlo.

He replaced Scott Dietzen, who resigns for unnamed reasons. The company refrained from comments on the request of the publication CRN.

Dietzen called Giancarlo "an extraordinarily talented leader", behind him a lot of experience in terms of business growth and innovation development in the world's leading IT companies. In addition to Cisco, the new head of Pure Storage worked in the investment firm Silver Lake Partners.

"We see Charlie as the best candidate to lead the rise of Pure and turn the company into a multi-billion dollar global leader in storage solutions and infrastructure," said Scott Dietzen.

Pure Storage produces storage systems consisting exclusively of solid-state drives (all-flash). In the second fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2017, the company's revenue was $ 224.5 million, an increase of 38% compared to the same period last year. At the same time, net losses rose from 59.6 to 61.7 million dollars.