Alphablox CEO Polly Sumner Talks to the Wall Street Transcript.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2003 The Wall Street Transcript A generic term for any kind of copy, particularly an official or certified representation of the record of what took place in a court during a trial or other legal proceeding. A transcript of record has published an in-depth interview with Polly Polly Biotechnology A Poll Dorset sheep cloned from sheep skin cells, which has a human gene in each cell. See Dolly. Sumner, 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 Alphablox, in which she talks at length about the Company's future. The entire 2,500-word interview is available free online at http://www.twst.com/ceos.htm. Ms. Sumner gives an overview of the Company, "Since 1996, Alphablox has been delivering software solutions that help companies build highly customized, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. . These applications help companies measure and manage their business -- applications like financial reporting and analysis, forecasting, budgeting and planning, etc. We sell primarily to the Fortune 2000 and represent the next generation of business intelligence applications." Ms. Sumner explains, "Alphablox applications are based on Web technologies, which -- in addition to being easier to develop and use -- enable companies to incorporate analytics into critical business processes. Our applications allow decision makers -- from financial analysts to call center agents -- to analyze and interact with accurate, real-time information. They can then take action by closing the loop with operational systems. Companies have not had this power and flexibility before." Looking forward, Ms. Sumner states, "We have about 100 customers today and want to significantly increase that number through current partnerships with leading technology companies (e.g., BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , 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) , Microsoft) as well as OEMs and regional application partners. In addition, we are focused on increasing our worldwide distribution capacity, broadening our domain expertise around the kinds of applications that customers want to build with our software, and, importantly, maintaining technology leadership going forward." This interview is part of a 132-page Corporate Software Issue available at http://www.twst.com/info/info674.htm or by calling 212/952-7433. The Wall Street Transcript does not endorse the views of any interviewees nor does it make stock recommendations. For subscription information call 800/246-7673. |
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