Corporate Profile for PLATINUM technology, inc., dated April 11, 1997.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: April 11, 1997
Company Name: PLATINUM technology, inc.
Address: 1815 South Meyers Road
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-5241
(Corporate Headquarters)
Main Telephone
Number: 630/620-5000
800/442-6861 (US and Canada)
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL): http://www.platinum.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Andrew "Flip" Filipowski
Chief Financial
Officer: Michael Cullinane
Investor Relations
Contact: Michael Cullinane
Business number: 630/620-5000
800/442-6861
Public Relations
Contact: Karen Andre
Business number: 630/620-5000 ext. 1737
800/442-6861
e-mail address: andrek@platinum.com
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: PLAT/NASDAQ
Industry: Systems Software and Open Systems Solutions
Company description: PLATINUM technology Platinum Technology Inc. was founded by Andrew Filipowski in 1987 to market and support deployment of Database Management software products and the applications enabled by database management technology and render related services. , inc., one of the top 20 software vendors worldwide, is dedicated to the success of IT organizations worldwide. Specifically, PLATINUM helps these organizations by partnering with CIOs to help manage and improve their corporate software infrastructures. PLATINUM's products and services can help a CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. obtain a better return on investment on enterprise software by maximizing internal IT service levels (thereby helping to save money) and turning computing computing - computer toward a more competitive advantage in that company's marketplace (thereby helping the company to earn more money). PLATINUM believes that a CIO must both maximize service levels and provide competitive advantage to his/her company in order to succeed, and PLATINUM is the only software partner for the CIO that supports him/her in both key areas. These solutions are designed for distributed, multi-platform environments, which include mainframes, open systems, desktop systems, and the Web/Internet/intranets. Headquartered in the Chicago suburb suburb, a community in an outlying section of a city or, more commonly, a nearby, politically separate municipality with social and economic ties to the central city. In the 20th cent. of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois Oakbrook Terrace is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,300 at the 2000 census. A 2003 recount gave the city a population of 2,293. , PLATINUM distributes its products worldwide through a network of domestic and international sales offices, resellers, and systems integrators An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. . Additional information about PLATINUM technology, inc. is available via the World Wide Web site at http://www.platinum.com, or call 1-800-442-6861 or 1-630-620-5000. PLATINUM was founded in 1987 and became a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in 1991 (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 :PLAT). PLATINUM's annual revenues for 1996 were $468.1 million. CONTACT: PLATINUM technology, inc. |
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