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April 16, 2007
Platform Increases Financial Services Investment
Platform Computing announced the appointment of Jim Mancuso as
vice president of financial services for North America based in New
York City, and Charles Jarvis as the vice president of financial
services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, located in London.
The
hiring of Mancuso and Jarvis is the latest in a series of investments
designed to further bolster Platform's position in grid computing for
the financial services market. The company has adopted a vertical
model, with a team of specialists dedicated to providing personalized
services and support to customers in financial services. This team has
doubled in the last six months, and with the addition of Mancuso and
Jarvis, has focused on creating a group of professionals with extensive
experience in financial service applications and in grid computing.
"The
success of the vertical model can be seen in the increased adoption of
Platform's grid in the financial services industry. Platform has
steadily increased its install base, shipping more than 50,000 units of
our grid software to our major customers," said Mancuso. "It's clear
that there's a strong need in the market for well-constructed grid
options. I'm looking forward to the challenges of providing software
and support services that are best suited for our customers."
Mancuso,
formerly with CorrectNet as senior vice president of sales and
marketing, has substantial experience in growing companies. While at
CorrectNet, he was responsible for a tenfold increase in sales,
transforming the company into the dominant technology vendor for the
alternative investments industry.
With more than 20 years of
international sales and marketing experience at technology firms,
Jarvis is well- positioned to lead Platform's financial services
business in Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA). Before arriving
at Platform, he served as the vice president of sales and business
development for Tangosol Inc., a leading data grid software vendor.
While at Tangosol, Jarvis successfully built the EMEA operations from
the ground up. Jarvis' early career included more than a decade living
and working in Asia.
Platform achieved unprecedented growth in
financial services in FY'07 through customer acquisition, expansion at
existing customer accounts, and now the addition of key senior
executive sales leaders. "In EMEA, Platform Computing has increased its
team by over 300 percent, which enables us to continue to provide
exceptional service and support to our customers despite our rapid
growth in this market," said Jarvis. "I'm anticipating excellent
collaboration with our customers such as Société Générale, BNP Paribas
and Sal Oppenheim."
In Japan, Platform Computing is led by
managing director and president Hiromitsu Komatsu, who has more than 15
years of senior sales and management experience, as well as expertise
in selling enterprise solutions.
In addition, the release of
Symphony 3.1 represents Platform's dedication to producing grid
software tailored specifically to the needs of its financial services
customers. Released in February, Symphony 3.1 provides a host of
utility computing enhancements designed to make resource-sharing and
cycle scavenging even more efficient, while also respecting the
priorities of resource owners. This software release also includes
enhancements in monitoring, reporting and utility billing, and supports
all leading operating systems. Symphony 3.1 enables an extremely
low-latency computation environment for the financial services market
-- 10 to 20 times faster than other solutions -- providing a
significant competitive edge to Platform's customers.
"Platform
Computing has solidified its commitment to our financial services
customers by placing experts at the head of a carefully selected team
of dedicated professionals," said Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform
Computing. "Our team, combined with our deep product offerings,
demonstrates our leadership in grid computing for financial services."
About Platform Computing
Platform Computing is the leading systems infrastructure software company that accelerates applications and delivers IT agility for increased business performance and reduced cost. Founded in 1992, Platform is a pioneer in HPC, cluster and grid computing technologies. Platform has over 2,000 global customers and strategic relationships with Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat and SAS, along with the industry's broadest support for third-party applications. For more information, please visit www.platform.com.
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