Bull names Martin Cassidy to lead its North American Data Warehouse business.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1997-- Bull has named Martin T. Cassidy director of its Data Warehouse Operation in North America. Cassidy reports to Jack Ginsburg, vice president of Bull's New Business Development organization, which also includes the company's fast-growing Integrated System Management (ISM See ISM band. ), document management, smart card and open systems businesses in North America. Cassidy has extensive software industry sales and marketing experience in Fortune 500 companies and start-up ventures. Most recently he was vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Plexus Software (now a division of BancTec, Inc.), a leading provider of document imaging, storage management and workflow software. Prior assignments have included senior sales and marketing positions at Allink Network Management, Pyramid Technology, Wang, Eastman Kodak and NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers Corp. Bull's Data Warehouse Operation is positioned as a "one-stop" data warehouse solution provider, offering a comprehensive set of hardware, software and service solutions for the intelligent, secure management of business-critical data throughout the enterprise. Technology and marketing partners working with Bull in this effort include Oracle, Informix, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Clariion/DG, Business Objects, ETI (Embed The Internet) An earlier consortium that was devoted to putting Web servers into microcontrollers used in embedded systems. Using a Web server enables access to the device via any Web browser. See Web server and microcontroller. and SLP (Service Location Protocol) An IETF standard used to announce and discover services such as printers and file shares on an IP network. Apple used SLP prior to Mac OS 10.2, but migrated to its Bonjour technology. SLP is also used in SIP-based IP telephony applications. InfoWare. The Data Warehouse organization, with sales and technical support locations nationwide, provides a dedicated sales, marketing and support resource to meet client's specific requirements in the fast growing U.S. data warehouse marketplace. Initially, Bull's U.S. sales efforts are focused on managed health care applications in the public and private sectors, where Bull already has a strong presence. About Bull With a presence in more than 85 countries, more than 24,000 employees, and combined revenues in 1995 of more than $5.3 billion, Bull offers a wide range of systems, infrastructure software and IT services through focused innovation, alliances with the best partners, and our own integration expertise. Bull's North and South America headquarters is located in Billerica, Mass., with significant R&D marketing and customer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services in Phoenix. The company also employs a nationwide network of direct sales people. Bull is recognized for innovative products such as Escala servers, Sagister multiframes, CP8 Smart Cards, and infrastructure software of such as ISM for the management of systems and networks. The Bull Web address is http:\\www.bull.com . -0- PowerPC is a trademark of 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) Corp. and is being used under license. 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). is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Bill Bradley Bull HN Information Systems Inc. 508/294-5812 b.bradley@bull.com |
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