Commerce One Continues Its European Expansion With Appointment of Vice President and General Manager EMEA.Business & Technology Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 Paul Taylor
Expands in The EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. Region At the eLink 2000 conference in London today, Commerce One, Inc. (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 :CMRC CMRC Canadian Motosport Racing Club CMRC Commerce One Inc. (stock symbol) CMRC Caribbean Marine Research Center CMRC Crime Mapping Research Center CMRC Credit Management Research Centre (UK) ), the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business, announced the appointment of Paul Taylor as vice president and general manager EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa). Taylor comes to Commerce One after six years at Lotus/IBM, where he was the general manager of the Telecommunications and 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. Business Group, focusing on hosted solutions and the development of `E' channels. Through this work he has extensive experience in working with many telecom and infrastructure companies in the EMEA region, including Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. , France Telecom and Global Trading partner, British Telecommunications. Prior to joining Lotus, Taylor was director of Stratus Corporation's Business Unit in EMEA. Through his work at Lotus, Stratus Corporation and Tandem Computers (company) Tandem Computers - A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994). , where he focused on the development of the telecommunication's market, Taylor brings to Commerce One expertise in internet communities, portal products, intelligent networks, hosted application services See ASP and Web services. and WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. . Taylor said, "The e-business industry is about to explode and I believe that Commerce One is leading the way. With the Global Trading Web expanding and announcing many new partners in EMEA, my role is to develop a self sufficient organisation in EMEA combined with an effective channel/partner model, capable of accelerating the deployment of Commerce One's products and services throughout the region." He continues, "Commerce One and its partners are strongly focused on increasing the capability of businesses to reach their e-business goals and strategies. It is this attitude and the increasing strength of the Global Trading Web that gives me reason to believe I have joined Commerce One at a very exciting time." Commerce One's business-to-business e-commerce Global Trading Web allows trading partners around the world to do business through vertical and regional portals running on the Commerce One MarketSite portal solution. European Global Trading partners include BT in the United Kingdom, Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. in Germany and Swisscom in Switzerland. About Commerce One Commerce One(R) is the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business. Through its products, portals, and services, Commerce One creates access to worldwide markets, allowing anyone to buy from anyone, anytime, anywhere. The Commerce One Global Trading Web(TM) is the world's largest business-to-business trading community. Comprised of many open e-marketplaces, the Global Trading Web provides unprecedented economies of scale for buying organisations, suppliers, and service providers worldwide. Commerce One is located in Walnut Creek, Calif., and can be reached via the Internet at http://www.commerceone.com/, http://www.marketsite.net/ or http://www.marketsite.bt.com. Forward Looking Statements Certain statements made in this press release by Commerce One are not historical facts but are "forward looking statements" and may involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual future results to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated by such statements. Included among the factors that could affect Commerce One's performance are: general economic conditions; fluctuations in operating results; its ability to effectively manage future growth, to retain and efficiently integrate its executive management team, and to identify, hire, train and retain, in a highly competitive market, individuals highly skilled in the Internet and its rapidly changing technology; significant revenue concentration in a limited number of clients etc. For a discussion of these and other risk factors that could affect Commerce One's business, see "Risk Factors" in Commerce One's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended September 30, 1999. |
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