Tandem Taps Hewlett-Packard's Hamilton; Company Gears up for Major Clustered UNIX System Offensive in the Telecommunications Markets.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 1997--Tandem Computers Incorporated today announced that Gail Hamilton has joined the company as vice president and general manager of Tandem's UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) system products group. Hamilton will carry profit and loss responsibilities and drive all product management, engineering, and marketing activities for Tandem's high-performance Integrity(R) S4000 family of UNIX operating system-based servers. In addition, she will pursue strategic partnerships with leading developers of UNIX system Noun 1. UNIX system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services applications. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Eric Doggett, senior vice president and general manager of Tandem's Communications Products Group, Tandem's ServerNet technology-based S4000 product line is the industry-leading, fault-tolerant UNIX system platform of choice for business-critical telecommunications applications. "This is evidenced by broad market acceptance from major switch vendors, ISVs, and network operators," said Doggett. "Leveraging our continuing fault-tolerant market leadership for a major offensive into the traditional high-availability space, we wanted to bring in someone with the right market experience to lead this growth. Gail's leadership, exceptional business development performance, UNIX system background, and focus on telecommunications solutions are a precise fit for our future needs." "Tandem is well positioned to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the explosive growth in the telecommunications industry. One of my highest priorities will be to continue to support the sales momentum of the S4000, our flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. for the fault-tolerant market, by bringing new solutions to the table," said Hamilton. "We also recognize that traditional high-availability solutions are not meeting market needs for greater availability and price/performance. Tandem will aggressively move to address this market segment by extending our single system image (SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. )-clustered UNIX system to ServerNet technology-enabled Intel servers specifically configured for telecommunications applications." Hamilton comes to Tandem from Hewlett-Packard where she was the general manager of the Telecom Platform Division. At Hewlett-Packard, she was responsible for all engineering, marketing, finance, and manufacturing associated with the adjunct computers, wide area networking, and Internet infrastructure businesses. Within eight months, the division achieved profitability under Hamilton's direction. Prior to Hewlett-Packard, Hamilton was vice president of marketing and business unit manager at Microtec Research, responsible for worldwide product marketing, marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales , and telemarketing of embedded software development tools and operating systems. The business grew threefold under Hamilton's direction, and she played a major role during the company's successful initial public offering. Hamilton earned her Master of Science degree in electrical engineering and administration from Stanford University and her Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
Founded in 1974, Tandem Computers Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) designs and delivers technology solutions that companies rely on to compete in a business world that runs 24 hours a day. A US$1.9 billion company headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Tandem has offices, strategic partners and service providers in more than 50 countries. Tandem press materials are also available on NEWSdesk International on the World Wide Web at http://newsdesk.com . -0- Note to Editors: Tandem, Integrity, ServerNet, and the Tandem logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tandem Computers Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Tandem Computers Inc. Scott Blevins, 408/285-6076 blevins_scott@tandem.com |
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