Deja News Names Executive To Lead Site Development.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999--Deja News, the Internet discussion network, today named William C. Cason its senior vice president of technology. Mr. Cason will be responsible for all phases of research, application development, system development and technology deployment at Deja News The Deja News Research Service was an archive of messages posted to Usenet discussion groups, started in 1995 by Steve Madere in Austin, Texas. Its powerful search engine capabilities won the service acclaim, generated controversy, and significantly changed the perceived nature of ; he will also assume general leadership of operations at the company's Austin, Texas, office. Mr. Cason leaves PSW (Program Status Word) A hardware register that maintains the status of the program being executed. Technologies, a leading provider of software development and integration services, where he served as chief technology officer. Deja News (www.dejanews.com) is home to more than 80,000 Internet discussion forums. These self-segmenting communities are populated by millions of individuals organizing themselves around shared interests in order to offer advice, ask for opinions and relate experiences. Deja News is the Web's leading destination for discussion with approximately four million unique users generating over 160 million page views per month. In December, the company moved its corporate headquarters from Austin, Texas, to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in order to be at the geographic intersection of the media, marketing and Internet worlds. Deja News' Austin location remains the center of all Web site development and product management initiatives. "Bill Cason has successfully managed everything from engineering to marketing to business development at several complex entrepreneurial organizations," said Tom Phillips, Deja News president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "His knowledge and leadership will help to ensure that Deja News offers its growing audience a positive experience every time they visit the site." "Deja News will be a power center of innovation on the Web, guaranteeing our users an enjoyable experience," said Mr. Cason. "I have access to the most sophisticated technology and an extremely talented group of people. I want to further the opportunity this company has to claim a position on the Internet that is unique, defensible, and has lasting value." Since graduating in 1971 from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. , Mr. Cason has served in business and technology leadership roles with companies such as Soft Switch, the premier provider of e-mail infrastructure products, acquired by Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). ; and with IBM's Austin Development Lab, where he led software development for IBM's strategic office and workstation products. Mr. Cason was awarded 10 U.S. patents while at 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) . About Deja News Inc. Deja News, the discussion network, is the Web's leading destination for discussion. Founded in 1995, Deja News provides an easy and powerful Web interface for participating in entertaining and informative discussions with people of like interests. The company's innovative technology also makes it possible to quickly search the archives of more than 80,000 discussion forums, including Deja News Member Forums, Deja Communities and Usenet newsgroups. Deja News provides discussion services to America Online See AOL. , AT&T WorldNet Service, BellSouth, HotBot, Infoseek, InfoSpace, Lycos, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, The Microsoft Network, Open Text, WebCrawler, Yahoo! and ZD Net. Deja News is free to users and may be found on the Web at www.dejanews.com. Deja News is a registered trademark of Deja News Inc. All other names are the trademarks of their respective companies. |
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