Kris Barton Joins Nero as General Manager of Nero Online.Accomplished web and software technologist and marketer to oversee development of Nero Online GLENDALE, Calif. -- Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announces today that Kris Barton has joined the company as General Manager of Nero Online. In his new position, Mr. Barton's will oversee the ongoing development of Nero's online presence and coordinate effective relationships between the company's technology and products, marketing support, and business development operations within the company's online strategy. "Kris' online technical and marketing expertise will go a long way towards maximizing the vast opportunities the Internet affords us. This includes maintaining and updating a dynamic web site, maximizing web partnerships and continuing the growth in online sales results," said Udo Eberlein, President, Nero Inc. "To a growing numbers of new and existing customers and partners, Nero's online presence is the face of the company, and we are confident Kris will be instrumental in making favorable impressions on these audiences." Prior to joining Nero, Kris held senior posts at several industry leading software and web companies, including Microsoft where he managed teams for the worldwide development of the Microsoft's Windows Live A family of free desktop and Web-based applications from Microsoft, most of which can be accessed from a personal home page as well as a Windows Live browser toolbar. Launched in late 2005, Microsoft integrated and rebranded its Hotmail and MSN and Windows instant messaging as "Windows , MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). Portals and Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. products. Kris also has several years of technology industry experience with several companies, including Novell, and several web start-ups. "I'm excited to join Nero, a top tier company with quality products and a strong team that deeply cares about its customers, end-users and strategic partners alike," said Barton. "I look forward to creating exciting new scenarios for the company by taking full advantage of the power of the Web. We have great potential to further raise the high standards of our products and effectively reach out to new customers." Additional information on Nero can be found at www.nero.com. About Nero Nero (www.nero.com) develops and distributes the world's leading digital media solutions for consumers and professionals. Today more than 200 million users worldwide rely on Nero's award-winning and trusted, industry approved applications to manage the needs of the connected digital home and forward-thinking corporations. Nero's rapidly-growing portfolio of products defines new levels of innovation in the company's three key areas of focus: Digital Media Solutions - delivering multimedia applications for audio, video, photo and TV capturing, editing, burning, managing and sharing; Audio and Video Compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. Technologies - providing world-class interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. standards-based solutions for encoding See encode. and decoding de·code tr.v. de·cod·ed, de·cod·ing, de·codes 1. To convert from code into plain text. 2. To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one. 3. digital content with support for Next Generation HD and popular handheld formats; and VoIP Solutions - providing cost-effective voice, text and video communication over the Internet for home and business. Nero products are globally distributed by leading hardware manufacturers, international distribution partners and online portals, and can be purchased directly at www.nero.com. Nero provides worldwide coverage through Nero AG Nero AG is a German software company based in Karlsbad, Germany. The company is best known for its CD and DVD-authoring software package, Nero Burning ROM. In partnership with Ateme corporation, Nero AG develops and markets the Nero Digital , based in Karlsbad, Germany and two subsidiaries: Nero Inc. in Glendale, California Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is an important suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area. , USA and Nero K.K. in Yokohama, Japan. Nero[R], Nero Digital Nero Digital is a brand name applied to a suite of MPEG-4-compatible video and audio compression codecs developed by Nero AG of Germany and Ateme of France. The audio codecs are integrated into the Nero Digital Audio+ [TM] and Nero Sipps[TM] are trademarks of Nero AG and its subsidiaries. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. [c] 2006 Nero. All rights reserved. |
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