ATALLA ESTABLISHES NEW INTERNET BUSINESS UNIT: GARY SABO NAMED VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--Atalla, a division of Tandem Computers (company) Tandem Computers - A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994). Incorporated, and a leader in ATM and EFT secure transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , announces today the formation of a new business unit to focus on security for electronic commerce over the Internet. Gary Sabo has been appointed as the Vice President and General Manager of the new group. Richard D'Angelo has been appointed as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Banking and Retail Business Units. "Customer inquiries and the opportunity to bring security to Internet transactions is a perfect fit for Atalla," stated Robert Gargus, President and General Manager for Atalla. "We have the experience and knowledge to bring security to electronic commerce. By organizing into two units we can achieve focus on the Internet opportunity while not losing sight of our rapidly growing banking and retail business," says Mr. Gargus. "Our core business organization will continue its success by focusing on providing security to the banking and retail industries, as they have for the past 23 years," Mr. Gargus continued. INTERNET BUSINESS GROUP "The exponential growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear. in interest in using the Internet for electronic commerce has been dampened by the concern about whether secure transactions are even possible. This is the area we will apply our ATM/EFT transaction security expertise in order to make the Internet safe for anyone concluding business," says Gary Sabo, newly appointed Vice-President and General Manager of Atalla's Internet Business Group. The Internet Business Group (IBG IBG Informatie Beheer Groep (Netherlands) IBG Institute of British Geographers IBG International Biometric Group IBG Interbank GIRO (General Interbank Recurring Order) IBG Inter-Block Gap IBG Interblock Gap ) will develop both server and client products to insure secure transaction processing for credit card, debit, and electronic cash transactions, as well as infrastructure products to support the security demands of the Internet: Certification authorities, payment mechanisms, privacy enhanced mail See PEM. Privacy Enhanced Mail - (PEM) Internet electronic mail which provides confidentiality, authentication and message integrity using various encryption methods. See also Pretty Good Privacy. , and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. . The IBG will also develop indirect sales channels via OEMs, VARs, and ISVs, and build strategic partnerships with leading suppliers of Internet infrastructure products to insure interoperability and end-to-end transaction security. For the past 2 years Mr. Sabo was Atalla's Vice-President for Product Management and Marketing for its banking and retail transaction security products. He came to the Atalla Division from Tandem Computers Inc. where he held various management positions in product marketing as Director for Client/Server and Open Systems Marketing; in international sales and marketing for Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. as General Manager for Tandem's S.E. Asia operations in Singapore; and in 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. . Prior to Tandem Mr. Sabo worked for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Procter and Gamble. He holds a B.S. from Purdue University and is a graduate of the University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. Executive Management Program. BANKING AND RETAIL BUSINESS UNITS Also recently appointed to Atalla is Richard D'Angelo, who will serve as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Banking and Retail. Mr. D'Angelo will manage Atalla's direct sales force whose main focus is on selling Atalla's banking and retail products. Mr. D'Angelo's responsibility includes North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and international sales, alliance marketing, field and technical support, product management and corporate communications for banking and retail products. "Atalla has a long history of delivering innovative products. I found their product marketing plan was what interested me most. I believe that the banking and retail sides of the business have the potential for tremendous growth, and that I could be part of a very exciting and dynamic team," stated Richard D'Angelo. Mr. D'Angelo brings more than 20 years of management experience in the computer industry to Atalla. His most recent position was Vice President of Indirect Channels and Solution Sales for Pyramid Technology Corporation. Prior to that Mr. D'Angelo held positions with MasPar Computer Corp., Sequent Computer Systems, Hewlett Packard and EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. . He holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University. Note: This corrects a previous release which implied that Mr. D'Angelo would be heading the Internet Business Group. Mr D'Angelo's organization will sell all Atalla products through Atalla's direct sales channel. Mr. Sabo's organization will be responsible for all indirect sales channels for the Internet Business Group. ABOUT ATALLA... Founded in 1972 and acquired in 1987 by Tandem Computers Incorporated, Atalla designs, manufactures and supports secure on-line transaction automation systems for financial, retail and business applications. Atalla's products include debit point-of-sale terminals, check readers, security processors for the Internet and other networks, PIN selection and encoding terminals for credit cards and smart cards, and secure enrollment products for banks, retailers and state EBTs. The company is headquartered at 2304 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95131. Phone: 408/435-8850, 800/523-9981. Fax: 408/435-1116. -0- Note to Editors: Tandem, Atalla and the Tandem logo are trademarks of Tandem Computers Incorporated. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. (C) 1996 Tandem Computers Incorporated. CONTACT: Atalla - A Tandem Company Kevin Jordan, 408/435-5342 |
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