Arbortext Names Former Adobe Executive to Spearhead Worldwide Channel Partnerships.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003 Arbortext, the leading global provider of automated publishing software, today named Graham Freeman as its Vice President, Worldwide Channel Partnerships, a new position. In this role, Freeman is responsible for extending the company's reach to new and existing customers, supporting growth in Asia Pacific and Latin America, and expanding channel relationships through channel partnership programs. Mr. Freeman brings to Arbortext more than 20 years experience in the information technology industry, holding several key senior executive management positions in sales, marketing and business development. He joins Arbortext after most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations at the New Internet Computer See NIC. Company (NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. ), a venture backed predominately by Larry Ellison. Prior to joining NIC, Mr. Freeman was Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales for Adobe Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ). In that role, he helped drive Adobe's business to over $1.2B in sales and realigned the worldwide field organization to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the enterprise marketplace. "Extending Arbortext's reach through partnering, particularly in Asia Pacific and Latin America, is vital for Arbortext," said Raymond Schiavone, 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 Arbortext. "Graham brings to Arbortext outstanding channel management experience from Adobe. His understanding of the unique business requirements in these regions, together with his knowledge of enterprise publishing and experience in driving international growth, is a valuable addition to our executive team." Commenting on his new position, Freeman stated, "I am thrilled to join an organization that is recognized as a market leader. Companies who understand the importance of automating the publishing process are choosing Arbortext for their enterprise publishing applications. Expanding channel relationships offers a tremendous opportunity for Arbortext to increase its leadership, and I am excited at the prospect to lead that effort." About Arbortext Arbortext is the leading global provider of automated publishing software that enables organizations to provide more personalized, dynamic and easily searchable content for Web, mobile and print usage. Arbortext's software is installed at over 1,300 organizations worldwide. Current customers include American Express Financial Services, Audi, Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace, Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler, Ericsson Telecom, Ford, General Electric, GM, 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) , International Thomson Publishing, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks, PeopleSoft, Pfizer, Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, Toyota, United Airlines, Volkswagen and Volvo. Arbortext is a founding member and active participant in the XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Activity of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). ). Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. , USA, Arbortext has offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.arbortext.com. |
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