ACTIV-e Solutions Appoints New Chief Technology Officer; CTO Will Head Deployment of ACTIV-e's Technological Innovations.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 ACTIV-e Solutions, the area's fastest growing Application Service Provider (ASP) and Citrix(R) Platinum Partner, increases its ASP and Citrix expertise with the appointment of John Majeski as Chief Technology Officer (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ). Skilled in areas ranging from strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and data center design to Network Operations Centers (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) and Citrix integration and firewalls, Majeski brings over ten years of IT experience to ACTIV-e's executive management team. His Citrix experience also includes both MetaFrame and VideoFrame. A large part of Majeski's responsibilities include leading ACTIV-e's development of current and future ASP implementation. This includes its asp1source(TM) suite of services, which provides robust hosting services and software solutions, and its Zero Risk Computing, available later this quarter. Zero Risk Computing will enable ACTIV-e customers to deploy ASP solutions in a risk-free environment. This will be done through a rigorous Proof of Concept process and system integration testing System Integration Testing (SIT), in the context of software systems and software engineering, is a testing process that exercises a software system's coexistence with others. , coupled with ACTIV-e's commitment to ensure the best service level to all its clients. Majeski will also build ACTIV-e's business by developing client relationships and major strategic partnerships in order to provide clients with the best technology solutions to meet their specific needs. "Majeski's knowledge and strategic planning skills will greatly contribute to advancing our world class ASP and system integration solutions," said Tony DePaul Tony DePaul is the current writer of the Lee Falk created adventure comic strip The Phantom, which is read by millions of people every day in newspapers around the globe. DePaul has been writing the newspaper strip since Falk died in 1999. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ACTIV-e. "By continually developing our product offerings, we're able to help more independent software vendors Web-enable their applications." Prior to joining ACTIV-e, Majeski was the Chief Information Officer for Valley Forge Military Foundation where he was tasked with developing a network system that adequately handled the Foundation's technological needs. Some components of the successful installation were a 1,500-node network featuring a relational database, intranet information store and T3 Internet connectivity. He also implemented a routed Gigabit Fiberoptic Backplane with 100 megabit switched to the desktop service, which serves as the backbone of the network. Majeski also worked for Unity Mortgage as Director of Information Services See Information Systems. ; and was the Telecommunications Manager for Raytheon, where he managed their global telecommunications. About ACTIV-e Solutions ACTIV-e Solutions, headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, PA, co-locates with UUNET (UUNET Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA, www.uunet.net) Founded in 1987, UUNET was the first commercial Internet service provider. Originally offering e-mail and news, it became a full Internet service organization providing dial-up and leased line accounts as well as archive space for to host business and productivity software applications via the Internet. Its asp1source(TM) suite of managed services provides high availability hosting services and software solutions. A Citrix Authorized Platinum Reseller and Citrix Authorized Learning Center, ACTIV-e specializes in the use of Citrix technology for high-speed access to Windows NT(R) and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). business applications. ACTIV-e is a Microsoft(R) Certified Solution Provider and an authorized reseller for Cisco, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Exabyte, NetReality, Packeteer, Sun Microsystems, and Wyse. For more information visit www.activ-e.com or call Richard Huffman at 610/940-4700 ext. 3307. |
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