CALLIXA Selects Matt Elson as Vice President of Channel Sales; Enterprise Computer Systems Veteran To Grow Distribution Channel.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2000 CALLIXA, formerly Integrated Data Systems Corporation (IDS), a leading provider of Internet technology that enables efficient, unified access to multiple, large and disparate databases, has selected Matt Elson as Vice President of Channel Sales, it was announced today. Prior to joining CALLIXA, Mr. Elson served as Vice President of Channels for Oasis Technology, an enterprise application integration firm. During his tenure at Oasis Technology, Mr. Elson successfully negotiated distribution agreements with 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) , Compaq, 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 , Cap Gemini and Stratus Computers. At CALLIXA, Mr. Elson's responsibilities will be to build strategic, corporate channel relationships with system integrators, independent software vendors and platform developers. "We're pleased to have Matt join our executive team," said Dina Bitton, president and 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. of CALLIXA. "His experience with identifying and negotiating strategic channel opportunities and his understanding of enterprise computer systems will quickly translate into a broad market reach for CALLIXA." "I'm looking forward to applying my industry experience and contacts toward our channel sales strategies," said Matt Elson. "CALLIXA's Integration Server is a flexible, reusable, and extensible technology that our partners can easily leverage within their own products and services. It's particularly interesting for our partners since our joint offering will provide real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. views that support the requirements of evolving web-based applications." Mr. Elson also served as Senior Director in charge of BEA's global financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. business development and marketing, building 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 agreements with more than 25 enterprise software companies. He also held previous analyst and management positions with SRI International (company) SRI International - One of the world's largest contract research firms. Founded in 1946 in conjuction with Stanford University as the Stanford Research Institute, they later became fully independent and were incorporated as a non-profit organisation under U.S. and Kidder, Peabody & Co. About CALLIXA CALLIXA, a privately held firm located in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , provides industry-leading Internet technology infrastructure products and services. CALLIXA's Integration Server(TM) offers a unique data delivery solution for the Internet age: unified access to multiple, large and disparate databases in real-time, allowing fast, reliable commerce over the Internet. With the CALLIXA Integration Server, huge amounts of data from any database can be published (and re-published) on a web site, in a specified format. For more information on CALLIXA, visit www.Callixa.com. |
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