ON Technology Appoints Ram Sudama as Chief Technology Officer
Business Wire - November 10, 1998 09:48
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1998--
New officer to support ON Technology's business and technical growth in enterprise systems and solutions
ON Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:ONTC) today announced that Ram Sudama has joined the company as chief technology officer. Mr. Sudama is one
of the industry leaders in the development of distributed computing technology and will be primarily responsible for further extending the company's leading
open and scalable desktop management and groupware solutions.
"Ram Sudama's tremendous experience and success at designing and implementing enterprise applications and solutions are the perfect match for our corporate
strategy and direction," said Herman DeLatte, president and CEO of ON Technology. "Ram will develop and implement the strategies we need to ensure that
ON Command CCM and Meeting Maker maintain their positions as leading edge enterprise solutions."
Mr. Sudama was most recently chief technologist at Teradyne Corporation, where he provided strategic advice to the Board of Directors related to technology
investments. Mr. Sudama also advised each of Teradyne's subsidiaries, helping focus product definition and design. From 1993 to 1997 he was the Vice
President of Technology and Chief Scientist at Open Environment Corporation (OEC), taking it from a small startup to one of the most successful software
companies in the enterprise tools business. He set the strategic direction and managed the development of OEC's line of open middleware products for creating
and deploying three-tier applications. Previously, at Digital Equipment Corporation, Mr. Sudama provided technical leadership for the development of
significant new technologies, including the Open Software Foundation's Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) and the display architecture used in Digital's
highly successful line of video terminal products.
Prior to joining Teradyne Corporation in 1998, Mr. Sudama was president and CEO of Sandalwood Studios, Inc., where he was reponsible for consulting and
product development. At Sandalwood, Mr. Sudama assisted vendors with planning and designing new software products. One of Mr. Sudama's major
contributions at Sandalwood was developing a workbench that allowed developers to design, build and test large-scale enterprise applications using
component architectures.
Mr. Sudama received an M.S. in computer science from National Technological University and a B.A. in humanistic studies from Johns Hopkins University,
and has authored several research papers. Mr. Sudama is co-author of the book Network Monitoring Explained: Design and Applications.
About ON Technology Corporation
ON Technology Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1985, ON Technology Corporation offers ON
Command CCM and Meeting Maker, open and scalable solutions that deliver financial, operational and strategic benefits for enterprise networks. Additional
information concerning ON Technology Corporation can be found at www.on.com.
ON Technology and ON Command CCM are registered trademarks of ON Technology Corporation. All other brand names and trademarks are properties
of their respective owners.
The statements in this news release that relate to future plans, events or performance are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties,
including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to customer orders, demand for products and services, development of markets for the Company's
products and services and other risks identified in the Company's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to
release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to
reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Schwartz Communications ON Technology Corporation
Michelle Holtz Louise Bernardi
michelleh@schwartz-pr.com lbernard@on.com
(781) 684-0770 (617) 692-3033
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