Amdahl Names New Vice President of Future Technologies and Solutions; Bobby Young will lead Amdahl's Technology Selection Board.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999-- Amdahl Corporation (company) Amdahl Corporation - A US computer manufacturer. Amdahl is a major supplier of large mainframes, UNIX and Open Systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software, and a variety of educational and today announced the appointment of Bobby Young to the position of Vice President of Future Technologies and Solutions, reporting directly to David B. Wright, President 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 Amdahl. Mr. Young's responsibilities will include: serving as Chairperson chairperson Chairman The head of an academic department. See 'Chair.', Cf Chief. of the Technology Selection Board, acting as executive sponsor for Amdahl's data management initiatives, and the overall coordinator for solutions integration. The Technology Selection Board's charter is to evaluate and select technology used within any business unit. Additionally, the board will serve as strategic advisors to key accounts designated by the executive management team. "We are excited about Bobby Young's new role at Amdahl," said David B. Wright, President and CEO of Amdahl Corporation. "As the executive sponsor of the data management initiative, Bobby will be responsible for ensuring the overall success of our storage area network, backup and restore, and business continuance The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. offerings. His vast experience and expertise will be of vital importance in successfully driving our data management initiatives into the next millennium." Mr. Young has a total of 27 years of IT expertise, including 22 years with the United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps (USMC) Separate military service within the U.S. Department of the Navy (see U.S. Navy), charged with providing marine troops for seizure and defense of advanced bases and with conducting operations on land and in the air in connection with , where he led the development of the IT infrastructure that supported Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He also commanded the World Telecommunication and Systems Support Center, and transitioned the Marine Corps to an open systems environment. Prior to joining Amdahl, Mr. Young held senior level positions in sales, product management and product development with Legent Corporation. During his career at Legent, Mr. Young also managed the Access Management Business Unit that specialized in Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. at Sterling Commerce. At Amdahl, Mr. Young has worked with the A+ Software Group, and was instrumental in the acquisition of the EnView and Sentryl Software assets. About Amdahl Corporation - www.amdahl.com/about Amdahl is a registered trademark of Amdahl Corporation. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners. NOTE TO EDITORS: Amdahl news releases are available on the Internet at www.amdahl.com , the Amdahl Corporation home page. The Amdahl site provides current, in-depth information on Amdahl offerings and solutions for enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. . |
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