OpenCloud appoints new chairman
June 27 2007, Cambridge, UK
OpenCloud Limited, the supplier of open standards-based application servers for the deployment of next-generation convergent telecommunications services, today announced the appointment of Jeff Gordon as chairman to help drive the company’s commitment to world-class delivery of robust, mature and proven infrastructure software to large telecom operators.
OpenCloud recently raised $10million of venture capital investment from Advent Venture Partners, Motorola and No 8 Ventures and Jeff will build on this and the increased demand for OpenCloud’s Rhino™ platform to consolidate the company’s position as a significant global player in the next generation telecoms network application server marketplace.
Jeff Gordon has more than 28 years experience and an outstanding track record in holding executive leadership roles with large corporate entities in the telecoms sector. Jeff’s previous experience includes a spell chairing Unisys European Management Board as well as heading up Motorola's EMEA infrastructure business in which he was responsible for $1.6 billion in annual revenues and leading 1400 employees. Jeff is chairman of Axiom Systems, a leading provider of service delivery solutions to the telecommunications industry, and also chairs Celltick Inc. and Pallasium.
“We are very excited to have a industry luminary like Jeff join OpenCloud,” said Stephen Newton, chief executive officer of OpenCloud. “The appointment of Jeff to the chairman position fills a strategic leadership role in the company. Jeff’s experience will be particularly valuable in helping us to drive channel partner relationships, and to effectively manage the rapid growth of the company.”
“I'm extremely excited to become a part of a very strong management team aiming to accelerate the growing deployment of JSLEE-based OpenCloud Rhino application server technology. Rhino is the first truly standards-based approach to helping telecoms service providers to overcome the challenges they face in remodelling their businesses around innovative IP-based service propositions, while leveraging existing network investments ,” said Jeff Gordon, newly appointed chairman of OpenCloud. “To be competitive in the next generation telecoms market, a network services infrastructure that supports a quick go-to-market approach, at significantly lower costs and reduced complexity is an absolute must-have. This is what Rhino delivers.”
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About OpenCloud
OpenCloud was formed in New Zealand in 2000 to create open standard software technology that would revolutionise the portability and interoperability of services in telecommunications specifically in the evolution to IP and 3G IMS. The company was founded on the vision that the use of Java in telecommunications would stimulate innovation, interoperability and simplicity in telecommunication systems. OpenCloud works with partners to deliver, integrate and support end-to-end solutions incorporating OpenCloud products to global network operators and service providers. OpenCloud has representatives in: Cambridge, UK; Wellington, New Zealand; Madrid; Tokyo; and San Francisco. More information is available at www.opencloud.com.
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