Computone Hires Vice President of North American Sales to Lead an Aggressive Sales Program.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001 Computone Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: CMPT CMPT Computer Science (course) CMPT Compartment CMPT Compute CMPT Centre for Marine and Petroleum Technology (UK) CMPT Certified Manual Physical Therapist )(www.computone.com), a pioneer in serial I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output technology and leading provider of solutions for console management with remote and out-of-band capabilities, today named industry veteran and former Art Technology Group director of sales, Mark Summerour as vice president of North American sales. "In his new role, Summerour will be responsible for all direct sales revenue in North America and is also chartered with building out and directing the company's enterprise wide solutions sales force," said Leo Bebeau, president and chief executive officer of Computone. "We are banking on Mark Summerour's experience and know-how in the IT industry to help us grow alliances as Computone continues to expand its product line for users of Linux(R), 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). (R), Microsoft(R) and other systems." Summerour comes to Computone with more than 16 years of IT industry experience. Most recently, Summerour was director of global system integrator sales with Art Technology Group, a leading public E-commerce software company with sales of $163 million for 2000. He built the company's most important and productive relationships, including EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young, Cap Gemini and Accenture. Prior to ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant , Summerour held senior level leadership positions in business development and sales that resulted in the successful implementation of OEM and direct sales models with FTP Software, a provider of branded TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. network protocol software solutions, and Aurora Technology, a serial connectivity provider. About Computone Corporation Computone Corporation (OTC BB: CMPT)(www.computone.com) has been a pioneer and leader in the worldwide IT industry since 1984. Today, Computone designs, manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of intelligent servers used for secure remote network management, secure E-commerce, and remote access communications for Internet, LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network and Windows NT/SCO UNIX/Linux and other Open Systems. Based in suburban Atlanta, Computone sells through a worldwide network of authorized and certified distributors. Its Multi-User Solutions subsidiary, acquired earlier this year, is a leading third party provider of service and support specializing in Linux(R), SCO(R) UNIX(R), Windows(R) NT, and other Open Systems. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With the exception of historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release involve risk and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. All trademarks are properties of their respective owners. |
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