There is yet another press release from SCO, announcing Tim Negris as "executive vice president of sales and marketing. In conjunction with this new assignment, Negris will assume responsibility for overall marketing and sales, and will oversee public relations, events, customer support, professional services, as well as direct and channel sales."
Their PR could use some overseeing. And Darl? He's still there. He will "continue to lead the company's overall management team and drive the company's business strategies, while Negris oversees the company's operating units." So, I'd say Darl has lots more time for deep thoughts.
Here's the press release. By the way, in light of my last article, please note that SCO's own press release says "UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group." And as you read the description of the company, I think we see the Negris touch already in this sentence: "SCO's highly innovative and reliable solutions help millions of customers grow their businesses everyday, from SCO OpenServer on main street to UnixWare on Wall Street, and beyond. " I don't know that innovative is the first word I'd think of to describe SCO products but you have to admit that sentence is good marketing.
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SCO Retools Executive Responsibilities for Growth in Emerging Markets and Digital Services
Friday February 17, 8:00 am ET
Reorganization Promotes Tim Negris to Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing
LINDON, Utah, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), a leading provider of UNIX® software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, today announced that in an effort to align the company's focus and resources around future growth in emerging markets and digital services, the company has named Tim Negris as executive vice president of sales and marketing. In conjunction with this new assignment, Negris will assume responsibility for overall marketing and sales, and will oversee public relations, events, customer support, professional services, as well as direct and channel sales.
"With the roll out of significant new products in 2006, execution will be critical and Tim Negris has the background, experience and talent to drive SCO's overall sales and marketing as we focus our energies and resources around growth opportunities in emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China," said Darl McBride, president and CEO, The SCO Group, Inc. "We believe this combines the right team of people focused on key areas that will help us succeed as a company."
Previous to joining SCO, Negris was instrumental in bringing about IBM's early entry into China. During the past four years, Negris also self-funded multiple digital services initiatives with various companies. While at Oracle, Negris played an integral part in the roll out of Oracle 7 which was an important turning point for the company.
SCO president and CEO Darl McBride will continue to lead the company's overall management team and drive the company's business strategies, while Negris oversees the company's operating units.
"This team will enable SCO to deliver on the company's strategies we've outlined for 2006 and beyond," said McBride. "SCO's leadership in the UNIX markets and the delivery of our digital services to the fast growing smart handheld device market will allow the company and our channel to take advantage of new growth and revenue opportunities in the market place."
About SCO
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX - News) is a leading provider of UNIX software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, offering SCO OpenServer for small to medium business, UnixWare for enterprise applications, and Me Inc. for digital network services. SCO's highly innovative and reliable solutions help millions of customers grow their businesses everyday, from SCO OpenServer on main street to UnixWare on Wall Street, and beyond. SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is the exclusive licensor to Unix-based system software providers.
Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of thousands of resellers and developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit www.sco.com.
SCO, SCO OpenServer and the associated SCO logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.