CKS Ends 1997 With Thirty-Four Percent Growth.BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1998-- --Access Control Software Provider Continues to Focus on Simplifying Management of Large-Scale Heterogenous Computing Heterogeneous computing is the strategy of deploying multiple types of processing elements within a single workflow, and allowing each to perform the tasks to which it is best suited.[1] References 1. Environments-- In a year that has firmly established CKS CKS Checks CKS Center for Korean Studies (UC Berkeley) CKS Center for Knowledge Societies CKS Carajas, Para, Brazil - International / Brasilia Brazil (Airport Code) CKS Crankshaft Sensor as the dominant provider of access control software to Global 1000 companies, the Company announced today robust revenue growth in 1997. The Company closed the year with a thirty-four percent (34%) gain in revenue from 1996. In addition to revenue growth, CKS received venture-backed funding totaling eight million dollars to accelerate the global expansion of its sales and marketing efforts. With these funds, CKS has appointed a vice president of worldwide marketing and a marketing team aimed at increasing market awareness and sales in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Our continued growth is a direct result of our success at addressing the access and control needs of companies with large distributed computing environments," said Jeff Carr, 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 CKS. "Our funding and renewed focus on North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales will help CKS expand its reach into global companies that require deployable, easy to administer, secure enterprise access management." Last year CKS announced broad platform support for its MyNet SSO See single sign-on and CSO. SSO - single sign-on solution. The Company made available both 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). and Windows NT support for MyNet's authentication server. Unlike other SSO products, MyNet NT supports NT clients and provides centralized authentication services on the NT server, giving network administrators and end users significant productivity and security gains. Also in 1997, the Company announced a technology partnership with Tivoli to integrate MyNet SSO Technology with TME See Tivoli Systems Management Software. 10 applications. This agreement provides current and future customers with faster development of integrated distributed network solutions. About CKS CKS is a worldwide leader in business access and control software. Its family of products includes MyNet, an industry-leading single sign-on (SSO), security, and adaptive administration solution for large-scale, heterogeneous computing environments. CKS' products increase productivity and security in Global 2000 companies, across the enterprise and in departments such as customer service, call center, and direct banking. Over 2 million CKS users worldwide are gaining business advantage through streamlined access to multiple mission critical information sources and fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. security of their business systems. CKS can be contacted a 1-800-321-9004. The company's North American sales headquarters are located at 11 Parkway Center, Suite 390, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Its worldwide marketing headquarters are located at 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, MA 01719, and can be reached at 978-635-1588. The company's web page is www.cksweb.com. CONTACT: CKS Beth Parker, 978/635-1588 bap@cksna.com or Sterling Hager, Inc. Jeanne MacMillan, 617/926-6665 x340 jeanne@sterlinghager.com |
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