Des talents de haut niveau de l'industrie du logiciel rejoignent Appear Networks

Un ancien membre de l'équipe Netscape et l'un des créateurs du serveur d'application Orion signent un contrat avec Appear Networks

Stockholm, le 16 novembre 2005 – Poursuivant d'année en année sa progression impressionnante de 400% de produit financier, Appear Networks annonce la nomination à son siège situé à Stockholm de deux spécialistes hautement prisés du développement logiciel.

Karl Avedal possède une expérience en programmation touchant de nombreuses technologies d'intergiciels et est considéré en Europe comme l'un des promoteurs hors paire de Java. Il rejoint Appear Networks directement après avoir exploité sa propre société dont les efforts se canalisent sur les méthodes de développement de langages spécifiques aux domaines.

Top Software Industry Talents join Appear Networks

A Former Netscape Team Member and one of the Creators of the Orion

Application Server sign with Appear Networks

Stockholm, November 16th, 2005 - Continuing on an impressive 400% growth year over year in revenues, Appear Networks announces the appointment of two highly regarded software development specialists to its Stockholm-based European headquarters.

Karl Avedal has programming experience in a wide variety of middleware technologies and is considered one of the top Java developers in Europe. He joins Appear Networks directly from running his own company focusing on methods to develop domain specific languages. In 1999, he co-founded Ironflare AB, the creators of the Orion Application Server, which quickly became a major player in the J2EE application server space. In 2000, the Orion Application Server became the first application server to implement all of J2EE and in 2001 Oracle licensed the Orion technology. Mr. Avedal is also the co-author of the books Professional JSP and Professional Java Server Programming, J2EE Edition, both published in 2000 and has worked in several of Sun Microsystem's expert groups within the J2EE field where he worked to stipulate J2EE specifications.

Mr. Avedal comments on joining Appear, "I am very pleased to be joining the team at Appear Networks and to be able to lend my skills to the continued development of their exciting technology. I feel that my technical experience building the world's fastest application server and licensing it to Oracle will bring an edge to Appear Networks when integrating their middleware technology with existing databases and application servers."

Björn Carlson is a well respected computer scientist with experience in network programming, software architecture, web design, and security. He joins Appear Networks from OMX Technology, where he led the development of a .Net and Oracle based server for the management of securities and cash. Prior to working with OMX, he was a developer and architect at AOL/Netscape in Mountain View, California, USA where he developed servers for dynamic web pages. Mr. Carlson has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

Mr. Carlson adds, "I feel that my experience with large scale transaction systems at OMX as well as cutting-edge server technologies at Netscape, together with Appear's know-how in enterprise mobility software, will complement each other well. I look forward to working with this innovative company as they continue to develop their technology and global customer reach."

Appear Networks has developed an intelligent wireless communication platform to meet the needs of mobile employees and facilitate their successful use of technology. The key is Appear IQ's ability to recognize and anticipate the needs of mobile workers based on their job responsibilities, physical location, bandwidth capacity, time-of-day, device type and more.

The Appear Context Engine proactively pushes or synchronizes personalized, real-time information to the user's handheld device whenever they enter or move between authorized wireless zones.

About Appear Networks: Appear Networks is a leading provider of wireless communication platforms that enable successful enterprise mobility solutions. The Appear IQ suite of products transforms standard wireless data networks into multimedia channels for the proactive delivery of personalized, real-time information, mission-critical video and VoIP communication to mobile workers. In highly demanding, mobile environments, Appear IQ makes technology accessible and intuitive, leveraging existing IT investments to maximize employee productivity and the effectiveness of customer interactions. Appear IQ is used by leaders in the transportation, telecommunication and public sector, including, among others, Stockholm Subway (SL), Paris Local Transport Authority (RATP), Connex, France Telecom and the City of Kista, Sweden. Appear Networks partners with IT industry leaders Cisco, Capgemini, Intel and Fujitsu Siemens Computers to deliver innovative, end-to-end, integrated WLAN solutions. The company is privately held and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information, please visit us at http://www.appearnetworks.com

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