CyberGuard Corporation Names Tommy D. Steele President And Chief Operating Officer.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1997-- Former Intergraph Executive Vice President and President of Intergraph Software Solutions Joins CyberGuard Executive Team CyberGuard Corporation, (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 :CYBG), a leading provider of network security and electronic commerce solutions, today announced the appointment of Tommy D. Steele to the newly created position of 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. . Steele, 59, was formerly President of Intergraph Software Solutions and an Intergraph Executive Vice President. "Tommy brings an outstanding portfolio of operating management experience to CyberGuard, from both a business and a development perspective. At Intergraph, he was responsible for successfully migrating many elements of their software solutions from the 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) to Microsoft NT platforms. He also managed development, marketing and sales of more than $400 million in annual revenues. These skills are directly and immediately applicable to CyberGuard," stated Robert L. Carberry, chairman and chief executive officer of CyberGuard Corporation. Steele served as president of Intergraph Software Solutions business unit from 1992 to 1997, where he managed the $400 million software business for the company. Intergraph Corporation, based in Huntsville, AL, is the world's largest company dedicated to supplying interactive computer graphics systems. Noted for delivering interoperable systems and applications, Intergraph products are based on the Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , with continued support for its legacy UNIX-based systems and solutions. Prior to Intergraph, Steele held several software executive management positions during his 28-year tenure with 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) . Steele reports to Robert L. Carberry, now chairman and chief executive officer of CyberGuard Corporation. Immediately reporting to Steele are CyberGuard vice presidents of development, North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales, international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. , operations and marketing. Direct reports to Carberry include Tom Patterson, who now assumes the role of vice president of electronic commerce; Katherine Hutchison, now vice president of corporate development; and William Murray, chief financial officer and vice president of finance. "Since joining CyberGuard in July, Tom Patterson has been focused on the electronic commerce business area and TradeWave's reseller program. His new role as vice president of electronic commerce properly aligns this focus with the rapidly growing activities of TradeWave," added Carberry. "We believe the organizational changes announced today will help the Company better focus on meeting short- and long-term goals Long-term goals Financial goals expected to be accomplished in five years or longer. and ultimately enhance shareholder value." About CyberGuard CyberGuard Corporation (NASDAQ:CYBG) is a leading provider of network security and electronic commerce solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide. CyberGuard's award-winning, industrial-strength firewall and security products protect the integrity of data and applications from hackers and digital thieves. CyberGuard's subsidiary, TradeWave, provides certificate authority products and services to safeguard electronic-commerce applications. The US National Computer Security Center, the National Computer Security Association and the European Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria have certified CyberGuard products. The company has US headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and branch offices worldwide. More information on CyberGuard products and services is available through an email request to info@mail.cybg.com and from CyberGuard's web site at http://www.cyberguardcorp.com. -0- CyberGuard Firewall, IntraNT, SecureGuard are trademarks of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: CyberGuard Corporation Lisa Thornhill, Media and Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. (954) 958-3904 lthornhill@mail.cybg.com or RadCom Strategic Marketing Marianne Radwan (561) 988-5300 mradwan@gate.net |
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