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InnoPath Expands Executive Team With the Addition of Eric King as Vice President of Business Development; Former Leader of Intel Capital's Mobile Device Management Investment Strategy Brought on Board to Enhance Strategic Alliances.


SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- InnoPath Software, Inc., the industry leader in Mobile Device Management (MDM (Modular Digital Multitrack) An audio recorder that mixes and records multiple tracks of digital audio. The two major MDM technologies are ADAT and DTRS. See ADAT and DTRS. ) integrated solutions, today announced that Eric King has joined the company as vice president of business development. With over a decade of experience in business development and managing strategic alliances within the wireless and communications market, King will be responsible for continuing InnoPath's positive growth within the MDM market.

King was formerly the leader and creator of Intel Capital's investment strategy for investments in carrier grade infrastructure with a specific focus on MDM, service delivery platforms (SDP (Session Description Protocol) An IETF protocol that defines a text-based message format for describing a multimedia session. Data such as version number, contact information, broadcast times and audio and video encoding types are included in the message. ) and IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc.  (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem.

(2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS.
). He was also responsible for Intel's investments and business relationships with cell phone reference design houses and mobile security companies.

"Eric's ability to recognize strong investments and his track record of success will provide InnoPath with the means to continue strengthening our position within the MDM market," said John Fazio, InnoPath's president and chief executive officer. "Eric's experience within our industry will make him an invaluable asset to our executive team."

Before beginning his tenure at Intel, he served as chief financial officer of Angia Communications, co-leading the sale of the company and was a CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000.  for Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . King holds a master's degree in business administration from Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. .

Leading wireless operators and handset manufacturers have selected InnoPath's mobile device management technology as the preferred carrier grade solution. InnoPath is the first OTA device management company to actively update handset firmware in commercial deployments, and has helped to bring the first commercialized OTA-capable mobile phones to market. Today, tens of millions of handsets have been updated in the hands of subscribers with mobile device technology provided by InnoPath.

About InnoPath

InnoPath Software, the leader in Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions, enables wireless carriers and mobile device manufacturers to transparently deliver and support current and future revenue producing services. InnoPath was the first company to commercially deploy firmware over-the-air (FOTA (Firmware Over The Air) The process of updating the firmware in cellphones and other wireless handheld devices by an over-the-air code transfer. Bitfone Corporation (www.bitfone.com) pioneered the technology and was acquired by HP in 2007. ) solutions enabling reliable and secure upgrades to device firmware and software. InnoPath's integrated iMDM Solutions Suites offer the most trusted and market tested MDM solutions today and are built upon standards based technologies for rapid, high quality delivery of services. Tens of millions of active subscribers are experiencing the value of InnoPath patented solutions through leading carriers including Cingular, KDDI, NTT DoCoMo (NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98).

NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd.
), VodafoneKK, and Sprint, and device manufacturers Kyocera, LG, NEC, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sharp and Toshiba. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, InnoPath is privately held with offices in China, Japan, Korea and the UK. For more information, visit http://www.innopath.com.
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