DataBank Appoints William Pratt as Vice President, Channel and Managed Services Sales

Dallas, TX – February 13, 2019 – DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, connectivity and managed services, announces the appointment of William Pratt as Vice President, Channel and Managed Services Sales. The newly created position bolsters DataBank’s Channel Partner program and further ensures that its solutions suite is optimized to complement the Channel’s offerings and meet end-user requirements. Pratt is responsible for the Channel Partner program’s strategic vision and overall growth. In addition, Pratt will oversee the company’s go-to-market strategy for Managed Services and supporting hybrid solutions across all platforms.

Pratt brings two decades of experience to DataBank from other senior level roles such as Senior Vice President of Colocation for Datapipe and Vice President of Enterprise and Channel Sales at Datapipe (now RackSpace).

“With DataBank, I am looking forward to strengthening relationships in the channel ecosystem, developing the brand, and helping to drive sales for our Channel Partners,” comments Pratt. “My team and I will also focus on new training and tools to ensure Channel Partners are armed with the necessary resources for success. With DataBank, Channel Partners have high quality, secure colocation options they can blend with other services for a true hybrid solution.”

“We’re excited to have Bill on the team. He joins DataBank at an incredible time of growth for the company and an increaseddemand for hybrid solutions from our partners, prospects and customers,” comments Stephen Callahan, Senior Vice President of Sales for DataBank. “Bill’s industry track record and expertise will allow him to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact on our Channel and Managed Services initiatives.

For more information on DataBank’s Managed Services and Channel Partner program, please visit www.databank.com.

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Recognized by Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing private U.S. companies in 2023, DataBank helps the world’s largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Our edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 65+ “HPC-ready” data centers in 27+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

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