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Breaking News - Operating Systems & Middleware:
OSDL Appoints Masanobu Hirano As Director Of Asia
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to
accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, announced the
appointment of Masanobu Hirano to the newly-created position as OSDL director
of Asia. Hirano brings more than 25 years of enterprise computing experience
in the United States and Asia to lead OSDL programs and new initiatives
throughout Asia.
"OSDL is committed to advancing Linux in Asia and we're very pleased to
appoint Masanobu Hirano to lead our initiatives there," said Stuart Cohen, CEO
of OSDL. "Hirano's accomplishments in Asia and his leadership experience at
enterprise software companies in Japan are important to the success of OSDL
and our mission of accelerating the adoption of Linux around the world."
"OSDL has accelerated the acceptance of Linux by launching key initiatives in
telecommunications, data center computing and enterprise desktops through Lab
working groups that bring together users, developers and vendors," said
Hirano. "I look forward to working with industrial leaders to expand the Asian
market."
Before joining OSDL, Hirano served as president of Red hat Japan and general
manager of Red Hat North Asia. Prior to that, he served as Japan president of
Hyperion Solutions, an enterprise software company. Previously, he was vice
president and a board member at ASCII Corporation in Japan, a software
development firm. He was also president of Nippon VenturCom, a real-time and
embedded Unix operating system start-up company, and editor of Nikkei
Computer. He started his career as an engineer with IBM in Japan and the
United States. Hirano holds a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Sophia
University in Tokyo.
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