Cosmo Battinelli Joins AXENT Technologies as Director of Global Customer Support; Seasoned Professional Brings More than 25 Years of Industry Experience to E-Security Leader.Business/Technology Editors ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 AXENT Technologies, 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 : AXNT), one of the world's leading Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. solutions providers for e-business, today announced that Mr. Cosmo Battinelli has joined the company as director of Global Customer Support. In this new position, Mr. Battinelli will be responsible for worldwide customer support for the entire family of AXENT solutions. He will focus on ensuring the success of customers and partners that have invested in AXENT(R)'s solutions by introducing several innovative value-added technical support programs. "Mr. Battinelli's depth and breadth of experience in support will be a tremendous benefit to AXENT and our customers," said Brett Jackson, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of AXENT. "I am excited to join the e-security leader. With such an extensive array of products and services, AXENT is a customer service-driven company which faces challenges in providing its clientele with top-notch support," said Mr. Battinelli."My goal is to provide our customers with exceptional value on their maintenance investment and I feel our team is already making strides in the right direction." Mr. Battinelli has an extensive background in IT development and product support infrastructure for global software companies. Most recently, Mr. Battinelli was vice president of global customer services at INSO Corporation, where he was responsible for creating and implementing support systems for the company's advanced XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. eBusiness applications. Prior to joining INSO Corporation, Mr. Battinelli was vice president of global IT and product support at Project Software and Development, Inc. He also brings with him several years of software engineering as well as a variety of software development and computer operations positions at Polaroid (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PRDN) Corporation. Mr. Battinelli earned a B.S. Degree from Bentley College Bentley College is located at 175 Forest Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, 10 miles west of Boston. Founded as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in 1968 and today is ranked 31 on Business Week's top 100 undergrad . About AXENT(R) AXENT Technologies, Inc., a global leader in information security, provides e-security solutions that maximize our customers' business advantage. AXENT delivers integrated products and expert services to assess, protect, enable and manage business processes and information assets. Through its unique Lifecycle Security(TM) methodology combined with Smart Security Architecture, AXENT delivers the "right" level of security for customers. Award-winning solutions offer assessment and policy compliance, firewall, intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. , authentication, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , Web-access, single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. and user administration for the entire enterprise. Headquartered in Rockville, MD, AXENT's customer-proven information security solutions are used by 45 of the Fortune 50, one-third of the Fortune e-50 and governments worldwide. Contact AXENT via e-mail at info@axent.com, or visit AXENT's World Wide Web site at http://www.axent.com. AXENT, AXENT Technologies, the AXENT logo, and Lifecycle Security are trademarks or registered trademarks, in the United States and certain other countries, of AXENT Technologies, Inc., or its subsidiaries. Other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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