Altiris CEO Greg Butterfield Honored as Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year award is "one of the most prestigious and well-recognized business honors in the world" Altiris(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS ATRS Arkansas Teacher Retirement System ATRS Automated Transport and Retrieval System ATRS Aerial Targets Squadron ATRS Automated Trouble Reporting System ATRS Arkansas Therapeutic Recreation Society ATRS Automatic Turbine Run-up System ), a leader in systems management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning information technology, Thursday announced Greg Butterfield, Altiris 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. , as the Ernst & Young "Technology Entrepreneur of the Year." Butterfield joins a select group of winners named by Ernst & Young in the 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY EOY Entrepreneur of the Year EOY End-Of-Year EOY Every Other Year (timeshare) EOY Entertainer Of the Year EOY Eyes-On-You ) awards ceremony held June 13, 2002, in Salt Lake City. Butterfield is now eligible for the National EOY award, as well as several additional EOY category awards that will be presented later this year in Palm Springs, Calif. "These are people who don't understand the words 'can't,' 'won't' or 'too hard,'" said Scott Peterson
Scott Lee Peterson (born 24 October, 1972) is a former fertilizer salesman convicted of the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner Peterson. , managing partner of Ernst & Young, Salt Lake City. "They won't take 'no' for an answer." Peterson notes that the winners of this year's award are receiving one of the most prestigious and well-recognized business honors in the world. Butterfield was a finalist in the EOY 2001 awards. The 2002 award comes on the heels of Altiris' IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. on May 23, 2002. The IPO, which raised more than $50 million in funding, was Utah's first successful IPO in a year and a half. In 1999, Altiris achieved annual sales of $3.5 million. Under Butterfield's leadership in 2001, Altiris sales climbed to over $34 million. "I would like to thank Altiris employees and their families for the hard work, sacrifice and dedication that has made Altiris the successful company it is today," said Butterfield in his acceptance speech. "Many of the Altiris founders and original employees took risks and went without paychecks in the beginning to help turn an innovative technology into a thriving multinational corporation multinational corporation, business enterprise with manufacturing, sales, or service subsidiaries in one or more foreign countries, also known as a transnational or international corporation. These corporations originated early in the 20th cent. ." Butterfield also stressed the importance of building good relationships with larger companies like Microsoft. His goal for Altiris is to see it become one of the top five systems management companies in the world. About Altiris Altiris Inc. offers a full line of Web-enabled solutions that empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, handhelds and servers throughout the IT lifecycle. Altiris provides fully integrated, complete systems management solutions including deployment and migration, software operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. , inventory and asset management, and help desk management. Altiris' core technologies greatly reduce the cost and complexity of owning IT resources. For more information, visit www.altiris.com. Altiris is registered trademark of Altiris Inc. The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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