AdForce Inc. Corrects and Replaces Previous Management Change Announcement, BW0282, CA ADFORCE.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1999-- Dee Cravens Joins AdForce as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing AdForce(SM) Inc. (Nasdaq:ADFC ADFC Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad Club ADFC Australian Defence Force Cadets ADFC Altimetry Data Fusion Center ADFC Alcohol and Drug Free Community ADFC Advanced Digital Fire Control ), a leading provider of centralized, outsourced ad management and delivery services on the Internet, today announced that Dee Cravens has been appointed Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Mr. Cravens joins AdForce with more than 20 years experience in strategic marketing, communications, branding, advertising, publishing and positioning for technology companies. Over the course of his career, Dee has dramatically influenced the marketing direction of more than six high-tech firms in the Silicon Valley, including Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Radius, IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) and Adaptec. "Dee has a unique wealth of experience in executive positions at leading growth companies in the Silicon Valley," said Chuck Berger, Chairman and 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 AdForce. "Dee brings the ingenious mind and marketing experience needed to take AdForce to the next level and dominate the online advertising market." "AdForce's superior technology, clear vision, and strong management team make it an obvious choice for me," said Mr. Cravens, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. "Internet advertising Delivering ads to Internet users via Web sites, e-mail, ad-supported software and Internet-enabled cellphones. Also called an "ad network," Internet advertising organizations act as a middleman between the advertiser and the Web sites and software publishers that display the ads. represents a tremendous market opportunity because every company with a web site and ad agency is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a way to generate revenue. Advertising is the economic force that propels free content on the Internet, and the critical difference between the Internet as an advertising marketing medium and traditional media is that the Internet is interactive and all other media are passive. Over the next few years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time interactive nature of the Internet will dramatically change the world of marketing and advertising, and AdForce is poised to lead this revolution." As the director of corporate marketing at Sun Microsystems, Dee Cravens turned the company's brand image from being a producer of fast workstations into a pioneer of networking solutions by authoring the phrase "The Network Is The Computer." As a result, this new positioning created a provocative position for Sun on the premise that the real value in computers is not the computers themselves, but the exponential growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear. of knowledge that occurs by networking them together. As the Vice President of Marketing at Radius, (a Mac-centric company), Dee created new brand and partnership marketing programs which established the company as the market share leader in graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. boards, full motion-full color video boards, and high end color monitors. He provided strategic marketing guidance that contributed to the company's tremendous market growth. At Adaptec, Mr. Cravens developed an original branding strategy that moved the company's positioning from "the SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. supplier" into a Bandwidth Solutions provider as the company that "moves the information that moves your world." Mr. Cravens holds a BA as well as a masters degree in Communications from San Jose State University. About AdForce (www.adforce.com) AdForce is "The Force in .com Marketing" and a leading provider of centralized advertising services, enabling online publishers, rep firms and Internet advertisers to leverage the unique advantage of the Internet as the first fully interactive medium. Deploying advanced scalable technology and backed by robust data centers, the AdForce service delivers billions of impressions monthly for the Internet's most prominent advertisers. AdForce provides a comprehensive suite of products which allow advertisers and publishers to target, deliver, measure and analyze Internet advertising programs for the best results. AdForce has strategic partnerships with America Online, Inc. and Experian (formerly Metromail). The company has offices in Cupertino, CA, Costa Mesa, CA, and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are subject to the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " created by those sections. Actual results for future periods could differ materially from those predicted in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ include, but are not limited to AdForce's ability to maintain the performance and reliability of its systems, its need to continue scaling its systems successfully and to add new features and functionality to meet market demands, competitive pressures, continued consolidation in the industry affecting AdForce's customer or competitors, and other risks described in AdForce's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AdForce undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements. |
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