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Posted in 2000
This just in from the PR Puff machine: "Informix Board of Directors Appoints Peter Gyenes as New Chief Executive Officer MENLO PARK, Calif.--July 13, 2000--Informix' Corporation (NASDAQ: IFMX), the technology leader in software infrastructure for the i.Economy, announced today that the Informix Board of Directors has appointed Informix Board member Peter Gyenes, 54, as chief executive officer of Informix, effective immediately. "I am delighted to accept this position and enthusiastic about implementing the Informix strategy. We will continue and accelerate the process of transforming our company from a traditional relational database vendor into a leading provider of software and solutions for new and expanding Internet-based applications," said Gyenes. "We are targeting market segments that require highly scalable, highly reliable solutions that tightly integrate Web content, transactions, and business intelligence, and where our products and services offer demonstrably superior capabilities." "Informix has many successful and high-profile customers and partners that illustrate the acceptance of our strategy and the business benefits that we bring to both existing as well as new customers and partners. My job and that of our management team is to focus our efforts and to gain recognition of our company's many accomplishments. This is the way we will deliver value to our customers and partners, value to our employees, and value to our stockholders." Gyenes was chairman, president and CEO of ArdentTM Software, Inc., prior to Informix's acquisition of Ardent on March 1, 2000. He joined Ardent in 1996. Before his tenure at Ardent, Gyenes was president and CEO of Racal InterLan, Inc., of Boxborough, Mass. Gyenes has more than 30 years of sales and marketing information technology experience which include positions held with Prime Computer Inc., Encore Computer, and Data General. He serves on the boards of Applix Computer Systems (NASDAQ: APLX), Axis Computer Systems, Content Integrity, Cornerstone Internet Solutions (NASDAQ: CNRS), Davox Corp. (NASDAQ: DAVX) and the Massachusetts Software and Internet Council. Gyenes succeeds Jean-Yves Dexmier, 48, who held the position since July 1999." Does this mean JYD is totally gone? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com