Palamida Invited to Participate in Microsoft and Novell Linux Announcement.SAN FRANCISCO -- Palamida[TM], a provider of software intellectual property (IP) management and compliance products and services, today announced its participation in the Microsoft and Novell Linux announcement. Background Microsoft and Novell today announced a new agreement supporting broad collaboration on Windows and Linux interoperability and support. As part of the agreement, the two companies will provide each other's customers with patent coverage for their respective products. Palamida was invited as a key participant in the announcement, and Mark Tolliver, Palamida CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , commented, "One of the results of the rapid growth of open source software is a world of 'mixed code' - IT environments comprised of both commercial and open source software. At Palamida, we are dedicated to assisting our customers with the new intellectual property (IP) compliance, licensing and software asset management issues that result. From our perspective, today's announcement from Microsoft and Novell is an important advance in interoperability in this mixed code world - interoperability not only with respect to technical issues, but also to IP issues. This is a major win for customers who will now receive a whole new level of support and assurance in their deployment of mixed code IT environments." Members of the media interested in speaking with Palamida's Mark Tolliver should contact Randy Wambold at 781-672-3119 or rwambold@chenpr.com or Barb Heffner at 781-672-3112 or bheffner@chenpr.com. Other Speakers Co Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Co John Dragoon dragoon In late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense. The term derived from his weapon, a short musket called the dragoon. , SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul and CMO CMO See: Collateralized mortgage obligation CMO See collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO). , Novell Co Ron Hovsepian, President and CEO, Novell Co Brad Smith, SVP and General Counsel, Microsoft Co Jeff Jaffe, EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Novell Co Shane Robison, EVP and Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, HP Co Randy Cowen, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , Goldman Sachs About Palamida Palamida answers the question "What's in your code?" by providing an unprecedented level of software transparency. By empowering customers with insightful information about their software assets, Palamida products and services offer accurate evaluations of software during acquisitions, on-going testing against intellectual property policy during application development and governance of software environments. Palamida's customers include Avaya, Cisco Systems, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, among others. Founded in 2003, Palamida's investors include Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, WaldenVC and Stanford University. Read Palamida's blog at palamida.com/blog or for more information visit palamida.com. Palamida is a trademark of Palamida, Inc. |
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