Prosa Opens San Francisco Office
Dec 11th, 20:34 UTC
Prosa Progettazione Sviluppo Aperto, the free software company, today announced the opening of its San Francisco Sales Office and the appointment of industry veteran Art Tyde as its managing director for US.
San Francisco, California, 9 Dic 2003 -- Prosa Progettazione Sviluppo Aperto, the free software company, today announced the opening of its San Francisco Sales Office and the appointment of industry veteran Art Tyde as its managing director for US. Through its San Francisco Office, Prosa will provide its professional services and technical support, for embedded and enterprise Linux users and partners.
Recognizing the need for world-class infrastructure, Prosa today has create a direct link with Prosa staff in the US market.
"As a leader in free software, Prosa, has been enjoying rapid growth in the World," said Prosa's Tyde. "However, sales support in the US have been lagging. Prosa has a great know-how in consulting, training, development and support services for GNU/Linux and free software. To help bridge the gap, Prosa will extend its working relationships with systems integrators, hardware manufacturers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and others around US, providing complete support for Linux embedded and enterprise solutions."
"We are glad to be working to offer better support to our US clients," said Davide Barbieri, CEO of Prosa, "free software is redrawing the IT landscape: it's a powerful tool, but at the same time it requires training to master it. Creating a direct link to Prosa staff for US, is another way to help customers to master it."
Art is a technologist and proven leader with a 17-year track record of combining innovative technologies with prudent business acumen. Art was founder and president of the Bay Area Linux Users Group (1994), and co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of Linuxcare, Inc. (1998). Art was voted among the 50 most important people in Linux, is a sought-after speaker and internationally recognized authority on open-source software in the enterprise. Prior to Linuxcare, Art held senior consulting, executive, and management positions at Gap Inc., IBM EMEA, the California State Automobile Association (AAA), and the international law offices of Melvin M. Belli, Sr. Art holds a B.A. from Michigan State University, is a licensed private investigator, private pilot, and unlicensed entrepreneur.
(Submitted by Arthur F. Tyde of AFTA)
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