New Global Look and Feel for The ATM Forum; Restructuring of Organization's Market Awareness Leadership and New Board Members Brings Continued Advancement.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1999-- Keeping in-step with the ever-changing world of networking as we turn the corner to the next century, The ATM Forum A membership organization founded in 1991 to promote ATM networking technology. It worked with ANSI and the ITU to set standards. Its first specification in 1992 defined the User-Network Interface (UNI). In 2004, the Forum merged with the MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance. (ATMF ATMF At the Money Forward (finance) ATMF Asynchronous Transfer Mode Forum ATMF Atm Forum ) has restructured its leadership and elected global industry frontrunners to the organization's Board of Directors. "We are pleased with the positive synergy towards leading work items now being addressed within The ATM Forum such as IP over ATM, Voice over DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , H.323 and new testing concepts," said Marlis Humphrey, newly re-elected chairman of the Board and president of The ATM Forum. "The new blood on the Board of Directors and a streamlined Market Awareness Committee complimented by a new executive director will support our technical advances and specifications work as we enter the new millennium." Three new members were elected to The ATMF Board of Directors (BoD) during the organization's annual meeting in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded : -- Lou Dellaverson, manager of wireless ATM networking at Motorola and former working group chairman for the wireless ATM group of The ATMF will serve as vice president of The ATMF -- Frederic Thepot, director of technology at FORE Systems See Marconi. , former Europe Market Awareness Committee (EMAC) chairman for The ATMF and recent global education chairman for The ATMF will serve as vice president of The ATMF -- Robert B. Waller, distinguished member of the technical staff of Bell Laboratories, a division of Lucent Technologies will serve as vice president and treasurer of The ATMF Re-elected incumbents on The ATMF BoD: -- Marlis Humphrey, director of technology and standards planning at Harris Corporation Harris Corporation NYSE: HRS is an international communications equipment company that produces wireless equipment, electronic systems, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. will serve as chairman of the Board for the third straight year and is also now president of The ATMF -- Jill Kaufman, ATM technology program director for 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) Corporation, Networking Hardware Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, this includes routers, switches, access points, network interface cards and other related hardware. Division will serve as vice president of The ATMF -- Falk Sass, director of standardization and IPR IPR Intellectual Property Rights IPR Inprocess/Inprogress Review IPR Industrial Property Rights IPR Institute for Policy Research (Northwestern University and University of Cincinnati) IPR Institute of Public Relations at Siemens AG will serve as secretary and vice president of The ATMF -- Robert Rogers of DaimlerChrysler will serve as vice president of The ATMF for user activities -- Teik Kheong Tan, WAN business development manager of 3Com Corporation will serve as vice president of The ATMF In addition, newly appointed Valary A. Miller will serve as The ATMF executive director, responsible for overall operational management for the Forum including Technical Committee meetings, membership, marketing, leadership development and training, with an overall global focus. Miller previously served as associate executive director for the Santa Clara County Bar Association, with direct responsibilities including the development, promotion and implementation of more than 200 continuing legal education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. programs. Driving the new look and feel To focus on a global concentrated effort in promoting the deployment of ATM solutions and services, the Market Awareness Committee members, Secretariats and BoDs agreed to form the new Global Market Awareness & Education Committee (GMAC GMAC General Motors Acceptance Corporation GMAC Graduate Management Admission Council GMAC Give Me A Call GMAC Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee GMAC Genetic Modification Advisory Committee (Singapore) GMAC Give Me A Chance ). This new committee, headed by interim Global Chair Mark Ragusa of Fujitsu Network Communications, will direct the three regional Market Awareness Committees of Americas (AMAC AMAC Adults Molested As Children AMAC Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities AMAC Aircraft Monitor And Control AMAC Approximate Message Authentication Code AMAC American Military Arms Corporation AMAC Asset Management Assistance Center ; including North and Latin America), Europe (EMAC; including Middle East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific (APMAC) to oversee strategic planning. These regional committees will provide marketing and educational services designed to accelerate the understanding and acceptance of ATM technology, with responsibilities including the coordination of educational presentation modules, technology papers, Web site development, new market expansion, trade shows and the publishing of The ATM Forum newsletter, 53 Bytes. Education activities continue to play a key role in the Forum's strategy of promoting industry cooperation and awareness. The GMAC chairman now takes on the responsibility formerly held by the global education chairman, focusing on the Ambassador Program, computer-based tutorials and university development. About The ATM Forum The ATM Forum is a non-profit international organization of about 550 companies representing all sectors of the world's computer and communication industries, as well as government agencies, research organizations and end users. Further information on The ATM Forum is available at www.atmforum.com. |
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