Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of IT lifecycle management solutions that reduce the total cost of owning IT resources, today announced the appointment of Till von Ruexleben as Altiris VP of product strategy with the responsibility of further extending Altiris® technology leadership. Von Ruexleben has more than 20 years of industry experience, spending the last two years with Novadigm, and is renowned for creating On Command CCM systems management software.
“We consider it a credit to our company and technology to have Till join the Altiris team,” said Poul Nielsen, Altiris VP of marketing and product strategy. “Our success has been and will be predicated on providing our customers and strategic partners with a breadth and depth of natively integrated functionality, while maintaining ease of use and implementation. It is not easy to provide both.
“We believe Till’s extensive background in enterprise systems management will help us further extend our unique value to Fortune 1000 companies. Till is specifically tasked with driving Altiris technical leadership and enterprise penetration by helping companies of all sizes reduce the cost of owning IT assets while providing rapid ROI.”
Von Ruexleben said, “I came to Altiris because the company has become a significant, innovative force in the market, particularly due to a successful product vision coupled with virtually flawless market execution. I truly believe Altiris has created a new dynamic in the systems management market with a robust technology that actually delivers an immediate return on investment. Altiris IT lifecycle management software is easy enough for the smallest business to use while being scalable and robust enough for enterprise IT management.”
In 1986, Von Ruexleben founded csd Software in Germany where he invented and designed the technology behind ON Command CCM. Von Ruexleben built csd Software into a successful $10 million company by the time it was acquired in 1997 by ON Technology (since acquired by Symantec). With On Technology, Von Ruexleben was appointed VP of software management where he led the introduction of ON Command CCM to the US market. Von Ruexleben also served as ON Technology VP of professional services and VP of North American sales.
About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows IT organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX. Altiris automates and simplifies IT projects throughout the life of an asset to reduce the cost and complexity of management. Altiris client and mobile, server, and asset management solutions natively integrate via a common Web-based console and repository. For more information, visit www.altiris.com
Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, the statements regarding Altiris’ future success and the stated belief that Mr. von Ruexleben’s experience will help Altiris further extend its value to Fortune 1000 companies. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including, but not limited to, an inaccurate assessment of, or subsequent changes to, customer needs, market demand and opportunity, and Mr. von Ruexleben’s abilities; and such other risks as identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2003, and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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