Accent expands European operations; Paul Beard is Appointed V.P. and General Manager of Accent Software Europe Ltd.JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1996--Accent Software International Ltd. (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 : ACNTF) today announced that Paul Beard Paul Beard (October 14, 1904 - June 9, 2002) was an author and was the president of the College of Psychic Studies[1] based in London, England for sixteen years. The organization was devoted to finding in spiritualism evidence of life after death. has been appointed Vice President and General Manager of Accent's European Operations. The Company has established a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Accent Software Europe Ltd. which is based in the United Kingdom. "With its diversity of languages, Europe is a primary market for Accent and we are committed to providing the best products and service to our customers," stated Robert Rosenschein, President and Chief Executive Officer of Accent Software International. "Paul Beard has the kind of experience in pan- European software marketing and sales that will enable Accent to expand its operations throughout the region," added Mr. Rosenschein. For the past three years, Mr. Beard has been an independent consultant specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring. Prior to that, he was Vice President of European Operations for Everex, a U.S. PC vendor. Prior to that position, Mr. Beard was Vice President of European Operations at Unify Corporation (company) Unify Corporation - Developers of the Unify relational database. At one time, before Sybase, they were a competitor of Oracle, et al. http://unify.com/. ftp://ftp.unify.com/. , a company specializing in relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. software. Mr. Beard has also held positions of Director of Sales and Marketing for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at Motorola's Information Systems Group and Manager of Texas Instrument's Digital Systems Division where he was responsible for activities in nine European countries. "Accent has established a very strong distribution network throughout Europe, with the largest distributors and retail chains in each country. We will be creating sales and support centers throughout Europe in order to provide our customers with the products and service which they deserve," stated Mr. Beard. "Our multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. Internet and word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and products are ideal for the European market in education, government and multinational business," added Mr. Beard. Accent Software International Ltd. develops and markets multilingual Internet and text processing software products for retail, corporate, educational, government and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers, and markets these products in more than 30 countries. Accent recently announced the formation of a subsidiary company, AgentSoft, Ltd., which will focus on developing intelligent agent technology for the Internet and enterprise Intranet. Founded in 1988, Accent Software International Ltd. is a publicly held company (NASDAQ: ACNTF) headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. Accent and Internet with an Accent are trademarks of Accent Software International Ltd. CONTACT: ACCENT SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL LTD. Norman Kreger Director of Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. 011-972-2-793-723, ext. 243 Internet: Normank@accentsoft.com Home Page: http://www.accentsoft.com or WOLFE AXELROD ASSOCIATES Mona J. Walsh Joel Herskovits Gordon H. Wolfe Susan Bolen (Media) 212-370-4500, 212-370-4505 (FAX) e-mail: 6015.440@compuserve.com |
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