Bob Witty Joins Micromuse as Director of Channel Development; Rapidly Growing Enterprise Management Software Firm Expands Sales Strategy.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 1997--Micromuse, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of service-level management software for large enterprises, telcos and ISPs, has named Bob Witty its director of channel development. Mr. Witty is one of the networking industry's leading authorities on sales channels. "Micromuse is in a high-growth phase and will benefit tremendously from Bob Witty's experience and clout, and his ability to manage this key aspect of the business," said Chris Dawes Christopher Dawes (born 31 May, 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a professional Jamaican footballer, who currently plays for Portmore United in the Wray and Nephew Premier League. He plays as a defender or midfielder. , president of Micromuse. "We are extremely pleased to have a professional of Bob's caliber on board. His sales expertise and outstanding track record in the industry will be invaluable." Over the past decade, Mr. Witty has held upper-management channels-related positions with many ground-breaking technology companies. At Oracle Corp., he held various sales positions before becoming the business-development manager for channel sales. He also launched the channel program at Remedy Corp Remedy Corp (NASDAQ:RMDY) was a software company that produced the Action Request System and various applications therein. Remedy is now the Service Management Business Unit of BMC Software. . while overseeing the 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 systems integration businesses. And as director of channel sales at McAfee Associates Inc., Mr. Witty started that organization's systems integrator and VAR programs. In the capacity of director, Mr. Witty will be responsible for creating and sustaining sales channels for Micromuse's flagship Netcool software package. "The market is ripe for a management product that installs quickly yet allows individual operators to customize their views of service-level data," Mr. Witty surmised. "Our channels strategy will capitalize on Netcool's(TM) excellent market position." Netcool was designed to provide a consolidated view of enterprise-wide network events. Its primary function is to collect network event messages from diverse management platforms throughout an enterprise and distribute them to the operators and administrators who are responsible for monitoring service levels. Using Netcool, the status of a network's ATM, Frame Relay, SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service) A high-speed, switched data communications service offered by the local telephone companies for interconnecting LANs in different locations. It was introduced in 1992 and became generally available nationwide by 1995. or ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. digital carrier service can be quickly discovered, and problems can be immediately traced to the source. In the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. world, Netcool is used to monitor the status of Web hosting services and user-to-Internet connections. In mission-critical enterprise networks, Netcool is used to monitor the availability of applications such as e-mail, groupware, e-commerce, and Wall Street trading transactions. About Micromuse: Micromuse is a privately held firm employing more than 100 people worldwide. Revenues for 1996 exceeded $18 million, and the company is currently experiencing exponential growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear. . Headquarters are located at 139 Townsend Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94107; 415/538-9090. The company also has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Dallas, London, and Sydney. The Web site is located at www.micromuse.com. Micromuse specializes in providing networked systems management solutions for mission-critical enterprises, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , and telecommunications firms. The company is committed to delivering rapidly deployable enterprise-wide service-level management solutions that do not require customers to alter their existing business models. CONTACT: Micromuse Jill Huntington-Lee, 423/579-4956 jill@micromuse.com or Evan Birkhead, 212/758-1222 evan@micromuse.com |
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