Availant Appoints Jack Shields to Board of Directors; Prominent High-Tech Business Leader Lends High Availability Expertise to Availant's Corporate Direction, New Product Development.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000 Availant, the leading provider of active management software that keeps business-critical computer systems available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, today announced that Jack Shields Jack Wendele Shields (25 December 1929-29 November 2004) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman and teacher by career. Shields was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. , general partner for Boston Capital Ventures, has joined Availant's Board of Directors. Shields brings more than 30 years of computer industry experience to Availant from firms such as Digital Equipment Corporation and Computervision. As a member of the board, Shields will use this proven track record of success and help drive Availant's business strategy in the availability management marketplace. The company prepares to launch its new line of availability management products later this year. "Availant's forward-thinking management team and groundbreaking availability management products will certainly carve out their own niche in the marketplace; they are well-positioned to be the leader in the availability management space," said Shields. "We are very pleased to welcome Jack Shields to the Board," said George Linscott, 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 Availant. "Boston Capital Ventures led our recent $5.5 million first round of financing; we are looking forward to Jack's active contribution to Availant's corporate direction as we launch our new line of availability management software this year." About Availant Availant is the leading provider of availability management software that keeps business-critical computer systems available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Founded in 1989, the company's customers include more than half of Fortune 500 companies worldwide in the finance, telecommunications, retail, health care and transportation industries, where high-availability and continuous access to enterprise information is essential to business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . The company's products and services are available directly from Availant and through business partners and Value Added Resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VARs) in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . Availant is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. with an office located in Austin, Texas. For more information, call Availant at (617) 621-2542 or visit the company's Web site at http://www.availant.com/. |
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