California Micro Devices Adopts IBM's `Component Knowledge' for E-Commerce Solution.Business Editors/High Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000 California Micro Devices (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on NMS See NetWare Management System. :CAMD CAMD Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices CAMD Clean Air Markets Division (US EPA) CAMD Computer-Assisted Molecular Design CAMD Chemical Agent and Munitions Disposal CAMD Carl Asmis Memorial Dressage Association ) announced today that it is adopting IBM's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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) ) &uot;Component Knowledge&uot; business to business E-Commerce solution for use in its Integrated Passive and semiconductor businesses. &uot;Component Knowledge&uot; uses the Internet to provide an instantaneous communication system for use in managing New Business Opportunities (NBO's). According to Jeffrey Kalb, 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 California Micro Devices, &uot;Managing design wins and other forms of NBO's is crucial to a business such as ours. It involves perhaps more communication and interaction than almost any other part of our sales cycle. Executing this process in a rapid and error free manor is crucial to servicing our customers and expanding our business level. IBM's new &uot;Component Knowledge&uot;, E-Commerce solution provides the capability of instantaneous communications and action item tracking in a system that can be accessed by our Representatives, Distributors, Sales and Marketing, and even the engineering and manufacturing personnel assigned to support a customer anywhere in the world. This is an industry leading capability which would be otherwise too expensive for a company our size to implement.&uot; &uot;We believe this kind of application, where many people can be interactively involved with an NBO, is a perfect use of the Internet. We will be implementing it over the next few months and look forward to being true state-of-the-art in this area,&uot; added Kalb. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, California Micro Devices (CAMD) designs, manufactures and markets integrated thin film, silicon-based termination and filtering components and active electronic circuitry. Built in ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000-registered quality system environments, CAMD's products target the requirements of computer, networking and communication-based system manufacturers for smaller, high-density devices that operate at high frequencies with superior performance and functionality. For further information on the Company, please visit our web site at http://www.camd.com or call Interactive Shareholder Information Services on 888/209-7223. |
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