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SANgate Gets New CEO: Page 2 of 3

"It's in the best interest of EMC and its investors to protect its intellectual capital by enforcing employee agreements," says a spokesperson. "We don't choose specific employees or companies. But when an employee agreement is broken, we take action."

SANgate, stung by the judgment against Kempel, is obviously happy to put the problem in the past. "EMC put this company in a very difficult position," Courtin says. "A startup can't lose a leader without some emotional strain. Fortunately, I was available. Doron is moving on with his life, and so are we."

Not being from EMC, Courtin is safe from that company's litigiousness, and he makes it clear he's ready to tackle SANgate's cause.

"I look at this as a great opportunity... The storage business is more and more interesting," he says. "I was attracted by the story SANgate's weaving. If we can put product in the street in the right way, we have a very bright future."

SANgate hasn't been specific about its product plans, and Courtin isn't giving away any more information. But he acknowledges that if the engineering team is on track, SANgate should be able to introduce product in 2002.