AXENT Technologies announces the formation of two new strategic business units.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 1996--AXENT(TM) Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AXNT), has announced the new organization of its operations division into two strategic business units: Security Management and Resource Management. "Strategic business units provide dedicated teaming of product management with development, which is necessary for focusing on customer needs and quickly responding to a dynamic marketplace," said Rich Lefebvre, AXENT's chairman and chief executive officer. "They will also allow for easier communication between the critical development and selling components at AXENT, which is mandatory for staying competitive and taking advantage of the many growth opportunities available in the business of securing information." James R. Bowerman has been appointed vice president and general manager of the Resource Management unit. He will be responsible for AXENT's development lab in Nashua, N.H., and product management of its OmniGuard/Enterprise Access Control(R)(EAC EAC an abbreviation used in studies of complement, in which E represents erythrocyte, A antibody, and C complement. ) for 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). , EAC for the PC, EAC for Windows 95, and OmniGuard/Enterprise SignOn(R) products. With over 20 years of engineering experience, Bowerman has served as vice president in charge of product engineering, vice president and general manager of the company's storage division, and director and general manager of the company's former Unitech products group. Before joining AXENT, he was director of software products at Systems Center Inc. Robert A. Clyde has been named vice president and general manager of AXENT's Security Management unit. Clyde will be responsible for AXENT's development lab in Provo, Utah. He will also oversee product management of its OmniGuard/Enterprise Security Manager(R), OmniGuard/Intruder Alert(R), and Classic products. Clyde has served as vice president of client services and sales support and as vice president of the company responsible for product management at AXENT. He brings over 20 years of information security experience to the Security Management unit. Clyde's leadership and vision provided the foundation for forming AXENT two years ago. "The formation of the strategic business units will enable us to better meet the challenges facing AXENT in the future," said Pete Privateer privateer Privately owned vessel commissioned by a state at war to attack enemy ships, usually merchant vessels. All nations engaged in privateering from the earliest times until the 19th century. , senior vice president of operations at AXENT. "The Resource Management business unit requires a very strong engineering focus at this time. "Jim Bowerman has done an excellent job in bringing a mature engineering discipline to our development labs. Organizing around SBUs allows Jim to bring his strengths to bear on enhancing EAC for UNIX and EAC/PC, as well as on the very considerable task of commerically launching ESO ESO European Southern Observatory ESO Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (Spain: compulsory secondary education) ESO European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere ESO Edmonton Symphony Orchestra . Both of these product lines represent great future potential for the company. "The formation of the Security Management business unit will provide the appropriate platform to take ESM (1) (Enterprise Storage Management) Managing the online, nearline and offline storage within a large organization. It includes analysis of storage requirements as well as making routine copies of files and databases for backup, archiving, disaster recovery, and ITA ITA abbr. initial teaching alphabet ITA initial teaching alphabet: a partly phonetic alphabet used to teach reading ITA n abbr (BRIT) (= initial teaching alphabet) → , as well as related new or acquired products, to their next level of strategic growth. Rob Clyde, with his vast experience in the security business, is the ideal person to lead this team," said Privateer. AXENT provides enterprise-wide information security solutions for client/server computing computing - computer environments. AXENT's OmniGuard product suite enables organizations to centrally manage information security across a variety of client/server platforms, and provides enhanced data confidentiality, access control, user administration and intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. for PCs, PC-LANs, UNIX, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and OpenVMS systems. Contact AXENT via Email (info@axent.com) or visit AXENT's World Wide Web site (http://www.axent.com). Headquartered in Rockville, AXENT's security offerings are used by Fortune 1000 and government worldwide to effectively secure and protect information systems in heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). computing environments. -0- All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: AXENT Technologies Inc., Rockville Jennifer Whipp, 301/670-3653, fax: 301/670-3586 |
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