Equinix CEO Joins Packeteer Board; Networking Veteran Peter Van Camp Joins Board of Leading Application Performance Infrastructure Developer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001 Packeteer(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:PKTR), a leading provider of application performance infrastructure systems, today announced the appointment of Peter Van Camp, 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. of Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), to its board of directors. "Peter's extensive experience in the service provider arena and his strong background as an executive with companies at various stages of growth make him a valuable member of the Packeteer board," said Packeteer President and CEO Craig Elliott. "We look forward to working with him in the future." At Equinix, Van Camp is responsible for building the company's position as the leading provider of Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX IBX Independence Blue Cross (Health Insurance Company) IBX Internet Business Exchange IBX Integrated Business Exchange IBX Inner Banks (Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina) )(TM) centers, which serve as high performance hubs for Internet exchange See IXP and NAP. and infrastructure services. Prior to joining Equinix, Van Camp served as president, Americas Region for UUNET (UUNET Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA, www.uunet.net) Founded in 1987, UUNET was the first commercial Internet service provider. Originally offering e-mail and news, it became a full Internet service organization providing dial-up and leased line accounts as well as archive space for , a WorldCom company. In his sixteen-year career with CompuServe Network Services, the corporate data networking division of CompuServe, Inc., Van Camp most recently served as president and led the company's entry into the European marketplace. Van Camp graduated from Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing with 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 degrees in Accounting and Computer Science. "Packeteer's technology represents a strong offering to both enterprises and service providers," said Van Camp. "I look forward to working with the Packeteer board to guide the company in its future endeavors." About Packeteer Packeteer (Nasdaq:PKTR) is a leading provider of application performance infrastructure systems designed to provide enterprises and service providers a layer of control for applications delivered across intranets, extranets and the Internet. Packeteer's products -- powered by PacketWise(TM) software -- are designed to ensure end-to-end quality of service (QoS) for networked applications and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , enhancing users' quality of experience through comprehensive bandwidth, traffic, content, service-level and policy management. Packeteer's products are deployed by Global 2000 corporations and service providers, and sold through more than 100 resellers, distributors and system integrators See systems integrator. in more than 50 countries. For more information, contact Packeteer via telephone at 408/873-4400, fax 408/873-4410, send email to info@packeteer.com, or visit the company's web site at www.packeteer.com. Packeteer is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif. |
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