Axent Technologies, Inc. appoints John F. Burton to board of directors.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1997--AXENT Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AXNT), a leading provider of security solutions for distributed environments, today announced the appointment of John F. Burton to its Board of Directors. Burton is the Managing Director of Burton Technology Partners, Ltd., which provides strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and merger/acquisition services to growing technology companies. "I am very pleased to have John Burton John Burton is the name of:
As a former senior executive of both high-growth private companies and large publicly-held corporations, Mr. Burton brings more than 25 years of high technology industry experience to AXENT's Board of Directors. He has served as 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 Legent Corporation where he directed the company's growth from $126 million to $500 million, ranking the company as one of the ten largest software companies worldwide. Previously, Burton co-founded Business Software Technology, Inc. and served as both 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. and director, growing the company at a 50% compound annual rate. "I'm pleased to join AXENT Technologies' Board of Directors during such an exciting time for the Company," said John Burton. "AXENT is striding forward as the only security provider to offer total security for today's growing enterprise systems, and I look forward to contributing to its strong strategy for growth." Burton has advised several technology firms. He is chairman of Banyan Systems, a $100 million network software company, and was acting CEO for Nat Systems International, directing its restructuring from a French-based organization to a U.S. corporation. He is also a Director of MapInfo Corporation and Netrix Corporation. He was an original charter member of the Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. Technology Council, and was involved in the Massachusetts High Technology Council and Massachusetts Software Council. Burton graduated with honors from Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing . About AXENT AXENT Technologies, Inc., is the leading provider of enterprise-wide information security solutions for distributed computing environments. The OmniGuard(tm) suite of products enables organizations to centrally manage information security. In addition, OmniGuard provides enhanced data confidentiality, access control, user administration and intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. across the Internet and intranets, for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows 3.x Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
All trademarks, service marks, and company names are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: AXENT Technologies Inc. Jennifer Whipp Tel. (301) 670-3653 Fax. (301) 670-3586 info@axent.com or Schwartz Communications Owen David, Liz Marshall Tel. (617) 431-0770 lizm@schwartz-pr.com |
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