Axis Communications Appoints New General Manager for U.S. Office.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHELMSFORD Chelmsford, city, England Chelmsford, city (1991 pop. 91,109), county seat of Essex, SE England. It is a market center (especially for cattle) for the surrounding agricultural district. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003 Axis Communications Axis Communications AB (XSSE:AXIS) is a manufacturer of IT equipment, mostly known for its print servers and network cameras. According to its latest annual report, it has sold over 500.000 network cameras, thus claiming to be the world leader in that market. , the global leader in the network video market, announced today that Michael Michael, archangel Michael (mī`kəl) [Heb.,=who is like God?], archangel prominent in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. In the Bible and early Jewish literature, Michael is one of the angels of God's presence. Engstrom will leave his position as general manager for the U.S. market to become worldwide director of product management. Fredrik Nilsson, Axis' current director of business development, will take over as general manager starting July 1. He will report directly to Bodil Sonesson-Gallon, vice president of regional operations. Mr. Nilsson has been with Axis since 1996, and has been actively involved in management, sales, and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and business development, both in the U.S. and Sweden. He has also served as the company's director of sales and marketing, overseeing camera sales and marketing operations worldwide. As the new general manager, Mr. Nilsson will continue to build on Axis' 18-year record of success in the network video, document management and print server markets by growing sales in the U.S. "Fredrik has long and varied experience from different positions within Axis and has gained in-depth knowledge of the U.S. market," said Ms. Sonesson-Gallon. "He is the ideal person to take Axis' U.S. operation to the next level in terms of market reach and sales growth." During his time as general manager, Mr. Engstrom achieved profitable growth for Axis in the U.S. He will formally begin as worldwide director of product management on August 1, where he will manage activities for all of the company's product lines from the headquarters in Lund, Sweden. About Axis Axis increases the value of network solutions. The company is an innovative market leader in network video and print servers. Axis' products and solutions are focused on applications such as security, surveillance, remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a and document management. The products are based on in-house In-house In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. developed chip technology, which is also sold to third parties. Axis was founded in 1984 and is listed on the Stockholmsborsen (XSSE: AXIS). Axis operates globally with offices in 14 countries and in cooperation with distributors, system integrators See systems integrator. and OEM partners in 70 countries. Markets outside Sweden account for more than 95% of sales. Information about Axis can be found at www.axis.com. |
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