Be Incorporated Appoints John Moon as Vice President of Business Development.Business Editors & High Tech Writers MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000 Be Incorporated (Nasdaq: BEOS), creator of software platforms that enable rich media and Web experiences on Internet appliances Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. and personal computers, today announced the appointment of industry veteran John Moon to the post of vice president of business development. As vice president of business development, Moon is responsible for cultivating strategic relationships with application service providers, media portals and other Internet content and service vendors. These relationships will enable Be to offer its licensees a robust end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for delivering Internet appliances and supporting services. Moon brings over 20 years of senior management experience to his new role at Be. His industry experience includes having served as vice president of imaging products with Apple Computer, where he was responsible for sales of over $2 billion and led product marketing, engineering and operations for the Imaging Products division. After working at Apple, Moon founded Epix Imaging Inc., a digital camera hardware and software development company. Moon also served as an advisor to FotoNation, an imaging software company, and Pix.Com, a spin-off The situation that arises when a parent corporation organizes a subsidiary corporation, to which it transfers a portion of its assets in exchange for all of the subsidiary's capital stock, which is subsequently transferred to the parent corporation's shareholders. of Electronics for Imaging. "John is a great asset to our team," stated Jean-Louis Gassee, chairman and chief executive officer of Be. "His proven abilities for tactical and 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. , as well as strong leadership skills, will benefit Be as we continue to grow in the Internet appliance market." About Be Incorporated Founded in 1990, Be Incorporated creates software platforms that enable rich media and Web experiences on Internet appliances and personal computers. Be's headquarters are in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , with European offices in Paris. It is publicly traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol BEOS. Be can be found on the Web at http://www.be.com. Be is a trademark of Be Incorporated 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. and other countries. All rights reserved. |
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