ATM Forum announces 1995 board of directors; New board reflects diversity of membership.FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 1995--The ATM Forum A membership organization founded in 1991 to promote ATM networking technology. It worked with ANSI and the ITU to set standards. Its first specification in 1992 defined the User-Network Interface (UNI). In 2004, the Forum merged with the MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance. today announced its 1995 board of directors. The new board, which will take office on May 1, includes representatives from the international community, end users and a diverse group of communications vendors. The board is elected annually by the 213 principal members of the Forum. The position of VP, User Activities is elected annually by the members of the ENR ENR Enrolled (bill, resolution, etc. passed by both houses of Congress and re-typed) ENR Engineering News Record EnR Énergies Renouvelables (French) enr Enregistrement (French) committee. The board consists of the following officers: Steve Walters, Bellcore President and Chairman of the Board Ken-ichi Aihara, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform VP, Asia-Pacific Management Walter Gould, Computer Sciences Corp. VP, User Activities Tim Kwok, Microsoft VP, Business Development Strategies Falk Sass, Siemens VP, European Operations Dean Skidmore, 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) VP and Corporate Operations Officer and Treasurer John Swenson, AT&T VP, Industry Liaisons and Secretary Kathy Szot, Bell Atlantic VP, Committee Operations and Management Formed in October, 1991, the ATM Forum membership currently includes more than 700 companies representing all sectors of the computer and communications industries, as well as a number of government agencies, research organizations and users. The Forum's charter is to speed the development and deployment of ATM products and services. Activities include the development and recommendation of interoperability specifications and the promotion of industry cooperation and awareness. CONTACT: NAMAC NAMAC National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture Committee Drusie Demopoulos, 415/969-6700 x 136 drusie@centillion cen·til·lion n. 1. The cardinal number equal to 10303. 2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10600. .com |
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