Nimble Technology's Co-Founder Awarded National Science Honor in White House Ceremony.Business/High-Tech Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 Nimble nim·ble adj. nim·bler, nim·blest 1. Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous. 2. Technology(TM), Inc., a pioneer in XML-based data integration solutions, today announced that co-founder Alon Halevy, is one of the fifty-nine scientists and engineers who were honored with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE PECASE Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers ) in a White House Ceremony last week. Dr. Halevy, a faculty member of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington (UW), was one of only twenty award recipients to be selected through the National Science Foundation (NSF NSF - National Science Foundation ). The NSF chose Dr. Halevy for the PECASE award due to his extraordinary contributions in data integration, management of XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. (Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. ) data, and the development of tools for flexible construction of Web sites. President Clinton established the PECASE awards in February 1996 to emphasize the high priority the Administration places on producing extraordinary scientists and engineers whose contributions greatly advance science and technology missions in all sectors of the economy. This fifth annual presidential award is the highest honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. bestowed by the Federal government on outstanding scientists and engineers who are early in their research careers. "This award is a tremendous and well-deserved achievement for Alon," said Suzan DelBene, Chief Executive Officer at Nimble Technology and a veteran of both Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) and drugstore.com (Nasdaq:DSCM DSCM Dry Standard Cubic Meter DSCM Demand and Supply Chain Management DSCM Digital Security Countermeasures DSCM Data Standards Configuration Management Board DSCM Master Chief Data Systems Technician (US Navy Rating) ). "His exceptional contributions to the evolution of XML query processing and data integration highlight the importance of XML in handling complex data integration issues that corporations face today." Nimble Technology has an exclusive license to Dr. Halevy's UW-developed, data integration technology. With the Nimble Integration Suite(TM), Nimble has adapted this innovative technology to provide a flexible approach to data integration - allowing for direct, anytime, anywhere access to data and for real-time querying. Prior to founding Nimble Technology in 1999, Dr. Halevy spent four years as a principal member of the technical staff at AT&T Laboratories and Bell Laboratories. In 1999, he received the Sloan Fellowship The Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955 to "provide support and recognition to early-career scientists and scholars". Fellowships were initially awarded in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Award. Additionally, Dr. Halevy has served on numerous conference program committees in both Database Systems and Artificial Intelligence. He has published over sixty technical papers and has been awarded ten patents. About Nimble Technology, Inc. Nimble Technology has developed a powerful data integration platform that allows businesses to dynamically access and integrate data from anywhere inside or outside the corporation. Nimble's XML-based solution provides a flexible integration platform that is data, application and system independent. From a single point of access, users can query, customize and publish real-time views of the information critical to their individual needs. Nimble's enterprise-class solution is helping companies solve their increasingly complex data integration challenges. For more information about Nimble Technology, please visit the Web page at www.nimble.com. Brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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