DivergeNet, The Solution Provider for InfiniBand Deployment, Completes Search for Experienced Corporate Executive by Signing Don Coleman.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2003 After 2 years, DivergeNet has completed their search for an experienced corporate executive and signed Don Coleman Don Coleman (born May 4, 1928) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975. as the company's 1st President and COO. Mr. Coleman's responsibilities will focus on strategic operations including company funding as well as day-to-day activities within the business. Mr. Coleman brings over 30 years of experience in managing global computer hardware and software businesses to DivergeNet's executive team. He has held numerous senior management positions, including Division President at Unisys, President of Ventana Corporation, and Executive VP at NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers . Having managed major business, manufacturing and R&D groups both domestically and abroad, Don has the critical management experience required to maintain and grow DivergeNet's leadership role in the burgeoning InfiniBand products market. Don's experience within the computer and networking industries spans across the globe, from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to Canada, to France and West Germany Don has managed development and manufacturing facilities with employees in excess of 3000. His involvement with collaborative groupware development at the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. via his role as President at Ventana Corporation further enhances his ability to work at the forefront of new technologies and with industry creators. He has been a driver and an innovator in the PC and networking computing industry since it's inception. "I am very pleased that Don has decided to join DivergeNet's team," says Shari Nolan, 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. & Founder. "With over 30 years experience and a proven track record from Fortune 500 companies Don's contribution to our team will be immense. Having known Don personally for over 10 years I am certain that his operational strategies and tenacity will be the catalyst necessary for guiding our MeshLink product line into it's next phase-that being the deployment of real InfiniBand solutions to the HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. and Data Center markets." Don is equally excited to be a part of the DivergeNet team. "I accepted this position as an opportunity to be at the forefront of a revolutionary technology with a company that is providing best in class solutions," says Don. "DivergeNet is supplying its customers with products that allow them to realize unheard of performance gains in the data center and cluster computing environments, and at the same time lower deployment and management costs yet increase serviceability. DivergeNet is committed to support heterogeneous InfiniBand solutions, while at the same time integrating with legacy implementations to help protect our customer's investment in hardware and software. I look forward to working with DivergeNet's employees and investors in providing total end-to-end, customer-centric, InfiniBand solutions." Since coming to DivergeNet, Don has been instrumental in closing a major marketing/sales agreement with ParTec AG, (see press release: DivergeNet and ParTec Announce InfiniBand Solutions for Europe, Jan 21, 2003) the leading provider of easy-to-use communication and management software for High Performance Computing cluster systems in Europe. About DivergeNet Inc. DivergeNet, an InfiniBand Trade Association The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) is the standards organization that defines and maintains the InfiniBand specification. It is an industry consortium. The IBTA was established in 1999, and its most prominent members include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and Member, provides Channel Adapters and Switches for InfiniBand Architectures. All products include embedded management software that allows data center operations the ability to quickly realize the benefits of high integrity data transmission and low latency via an InfiniBand fabric. DivergeNet is focused on providing high performance, high quality InfiniBand solutions for server, fabric and device interconnection in heterogeneous environments. DivergeNet is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. employing a veteran team of data networking and technology experts with extensive background in product design, development and deployment. |
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