Avinti Names William Kilmer as New CEO.Intel Capital Managing Director Joins to Accelerate Market Expansion for Avinti's Cutting-edge E-mail Threat Protection Technology LINDON, Utah Lindon is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 8,363 at the 2000 census. By 2004 its population had been estimated to increase slightly to 8,489. Geography Lindon is located at (40.338552, -111. -- Avinti Inc., a leading provider of first instance e-mail outbreak threat protection, today announced that William Kilmer has joined the company as chief executive officer. With a wealth of experience in the enterprise software industry, Kilmer brings valuable strategic insight to Avinti as the company continues to deliver protection from unknown, targeted and crimeware e-mail threats. "I am very pleased to join the Avinti team as 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. ," said Kilmer. "Avinti's e-mail threat protection technology is on the cutting-edge of e-mail risk management for the enterprise and I'm anxious to help forward-looking companies benefit from this groundbreaking solution." In his new duties at Avinti, Kilmer will be responsible for implementing the company's vision, developing strategic alliances and accelerating Avinti's market expansion. "We will be actively pursuing partnerships to efficiently bring Avinti's lead-edge technology to market," Kilmer said. Kilmer takes over from acting CEO Ken Krull, who has moved to the role of chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "We have great confidence in our choice for Avinti's helm," said David Rowe David Rowe is the name of several people:
Most recently, Kilmer was the managing director of Intel Capital Europe and invested in networking, mobile technology and enterprise software companies. As an investor, he previously worked with several successful security startups, including Entercept Technologies, which was acquired in 2003. Prior to Intel Capital, Kilmer served as director of strategic marketing for Intel's communications product group, initially joining the company through the acquisition of Dayna Communications in 1997. Kilmer is the author of the book Getting Your Business Wired, a guide to networking technologies. About Avinti Inc. Avinti Inc. enables organizations to safely use e-mail as a critical communications tool without fear of malicious, costly threats for which no signature pattern exists. Using cutting-edge virtual machine technology, Avinti's iSolation Server is the first e-mail security solution to close any window of vulnerability A window of vulnerability or wov is a time frame within which defensive measures are reduced, compromised or lacking. The term is used with reference to military defences of strategic assets, and also by analogy in computer software to a software vulnerability which is open from unknown threats, testing the intended behavior of e-mail attachments A file that rides along with an e-mail message. The attached file can be of any type. E-mail programs make it easy to attach a file. For example, in Eudora, all you do is select Attach from the Message menu, browse through the folder hierarchy to find the file you want and then double to determine a message's threat potential. Founded in 2002, Avinti works with existing antivirus and e-mail security solutions in a layered security Layered security is a new term used by information protection and online security vendors that describes the practice of leveraging several different point security solutions to protect the digital identities and information of consumer, enterprise or government environments. approach that eliminates Trojan horses It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome.
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