Bill Corrigan Joins Softricity as Vice President of Product Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2003 Softricity, Inc., developer of the SoftGrid(TM) application deployment and management platform, announced today the appointment of Bill Corrigan as Vice President of Product Management. Corrigan brings 15 years of experience in high technology to Softricity, including ten years at Lotus and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . "Bill brings a wealth of knowledge about enterprise software and application management to Softricity," said Harry Ruda, 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. , Softricity, Inc. "With the rapid growth of SoftGrid deployments in large enterprise accounts, someone with Bill's business and technical experience will be invaluable as we continue to expand Softricity's product offerings." Prior to joining Softricity, Mr. Corrigan served as the Vice President of Product Marketing and Business Development for Infoteria, and led Product Management and Marketing at Calico Commerce. Before Calico, Mr. Corrigan spent 10 years at Lotus and IBM in a variety of sales and marketing positions, focusing on the Notes and Domino collaboration software See collaborative software. , with particular emphasis on Application Development, ISVs, and helping to develop the Lotus Business Partner Program. Mr. Corrigan holds a dual Bachelor's of Science degree in Management Information Systems and Finance from Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. . About Softricity Softricity Inc. develops products that enable applications to be delivered as network services to thousands of computers from a single server, allowing its enterprise customers to reduce the cost of application deployment and management. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the Softricity SoftGrid Platform 2.0, eliminates the need for installing and updating applications on a machine-by-machine basis, simplifying the administration of Windows desktops and Windows Terminal Servers. Softricity has a multi-year Strategic Alliance with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade "), is a Microsoft Terminal Services Industry Partner and is a Premier Citrix (Nasdaq "CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ") Business Alliance Member. More information can be found by visiting the Softricity Web site at www.softricity.com. |
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