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Kazeon Appoints Craig Conway to Board of Directors
Former PeopleSoft CEO Brings Extensive Enterprise Software Expertise to Guide Kazeon to Next Growth Phase
| Source: Kazeon
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 14, 2006 -- Kazeon, the leader in Information
Management, today announced the appointment of Craig Conway to the
company's board of directors, effective immediately. Conway's industry
knowledge and operational experience will benefit Kazeon as it executes on
its Search the Enterprise™ vision for managing and securing all
corporate information assets.
Searching the enterprise is the fastest growing and hottest area of the
Information Management market. It enables instantaneous online retrieval
and management of any type of information within a company, regardless of
data type, format, or location. This capability has given rise to
important applications to support new corporate governance requirements,
legal discovery, product and market analysis, information mining, and IT
optimization.
"Kazeon is solving the significant information management challenges facing
corporations today around decision support, risk management, and electronic
discovery," said Conway. "I am impressed with the company's technology,
particularly in the area of indexing and search supporting a broad range of
enterprise data. Not surprisingly, the company has established market
leadership, signed up top tier partners including Network Appliance,
Google, and Symantec, and rapidly expanded its customer base. I believe
that Kazeon has a huge opportunity to become a dominant industry player and
I am looking forward to working with the executive management team and my
fellow board members to realize this potential."
Conway has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Managers by BusinessWeek
magazine, Ten Most Influential People in High Technology by Computer
Business Review, and Fifty Most Powerful People in Networking by Network
World magazine.
As president and chief executive officer, Conway has led several technology
companies to success. Most recently at PeopleSoft, his vision to develop
the industry's first pure internet architecture, determination to expand
into new products and markets, and intense focus on execution drove
PeopleSoft to become the world's second largest provider of business
software. In 2002 Fortune magazine named PeopleSoft the Second Most
Admired Company, and Forbes magazine named PeopleSoft one of Five
Overachieving Companies.
Conway has served as President and CEO of TGV Software, One Touch Systems,
and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Salesforce.com. He
has also held executive management positions at a variety of leading
technology companies including Executive Vice President at Oracle
Corporation. Conway is a graduate of the State University of New York at
Brockport where he received degrees in mathematics and computer science.
"We are very pleased that Craig, who led one of the world's leading
enterprise software companies, has decided to join Kazeon's board," said
Sudhakar Muddu, president and CEO of Kazeon, "His experience and guidance
during our next phase of growth will prove very valuable as we deliver on
our Search the Enterprise™ vision by continuing the significant
expansion of our sales, marketing, and development organizations."
About Kazeon
Kazeon is the market and technology leader in Enterprise Information
Management. The company's industry defining and award-winning Information
Server product line enables corporations to search, leverage, and secure
all of their information assets. Combining the disciplines of search,
content management, and infrastructure management, Kazeon delivers
integrated and scalable solutions for Information Governance, e-Discovery,
and IT optimization. For more information on how Kazeon can help your
organization handle growing information management challenges, visit
www.kazeon.com.