Oblix Names David Canelis, Former Oracle Executive, as Vice President, Customer Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 2000 Oblix Inc., a leading developer of e-business infrastructure software, announced today the appointment of David Canelis as vice president, customer services. Canelis will oversee Oblix's Customer Service Organization including customer care, education and training. Canelis has more than 20 years of cross-functional experience in the technology industry, having held posts in engineering, pre-sales and customer support, and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . Most recently, Canelis was with Oracle Corp. as the senior director of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for the Northwest United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Prior to Oracle, he held senior management and technical positions at Gupta Corp., CRI CRI constant-rate infusion. Inc., Atherton Technology (company) Atherton Technology - The comapny that developed the Software BackPlane CASE framework. Their Atherton Tool Integration Services were the basis for the ATIS standard. , Apollo Computer (company) Apollo Computer - A company making workstations often used for CAD. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, a proprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unix alternative frontend. and Ford Aerospace. "Oblix is committed to providing superior support to its customers," said Gordon Eubanks Gordon Eubanks (b. November 7, 1946) is a microcomputer industry pioneer who worked with Gary Kildall in the early days of Digital Research. Eubanks attended Oklahoma State University. Dr. Kildall was his graduate thesis advisor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. , chief executive officer of Oblix. "We are extremely pleased to add David to the executive team. As a seasoned manager from Oracle, where a core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Added Canelis: "Oblix offers the highest level of commitment and resources to customer care. I'm particularly looking forward to building on the company's customer programs in conjunction with the launch of Oblix NetPoint(TM), the premier web access management solution. We anticipate signing on many new customers for this exceptional new offering and will be expanding our support and education resources in order to serve them." Oblix NetPoint, announced in July, is the first product to control web access and manage web-site user identities in one solution. It's also the first to automate the process of making changes to user identity information and access privileges. Oblix NetPoint is aimed at Oblix's enterprise-level customers, who increasingly rely on the Internet to bring greater efficiencies to their business practices. About Oblix Inc. Oblix Inc. is a leading developer of e-business infrastructure software that securely connects the right people to the right resources on e-business networks. Oblix NetPoint is a web access management solution that provides integrated identity management and policy enforcement, resulting in security, manageability and scalability for e-business networks. Oblix solutions have been successfully deployed at Global 2000 corporations such as Amdahl, Hitachi Computer Products, Hoffmann-La Roche, Kinko's, Tellabs, TransCanada Pipelines LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability , Volkswagen and Xilinx. Oblix investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Patricof & Co., Cisco Systems, the Intel 64 Fund Sumitomo Corporation and Novell, Inc. With offices in North America and Europe, Oblix is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., and can be reached at (408) 861-6800 or www.oblix.com. Note to Editors: Oblix Inc., the Oblix logo and Oblix NetPoint are trademarks of Oblix Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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