SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - September 28, 2009) - DotNetNuke Corp., the company behind
the most widely adopted web content management system (CMS) and application
development framework for building web sites and web applications on
Microsoft .NET, today announced the formation of its Board of Advisors. The
DotNetNuke Corp. advisory board brings together web development and open
source industry experts including Frank Artale, Vice President of Business
Development at Citrix Systems, Brice Snow, Founder and CEO of Snowcovered,
Andrew Aitkin, Founder and Managing Partner at Olliance Group, and Glen
Winokur, Managing Director of Emerson Street Partners. The Board of
Advisors will guide and provide insight to DotNetNuke Corp. on future
product development and technology adoption issues.
News Highlights
-- Joining DotNetNuke Corp.'s Board of Advisors, are:
-- Frank Artale, Vice President of Business Development at Citrix
Systems, a leading provider of virtualization, networking and
software-as-a-service (SaaS) technologies. Previously, Artale was the
Vice President of the Windows Solutions Group for VERITAS Software
where he oversaw overall product strategy of the Windows targeted
solutions. Prior to that, Artale was General Manager in the Windows
2000 group at Microsoft Corporation.
-- Andrew Aitken, Founder and Managing Partner at Olliance Group, a
leading open source business and strategy consulting firm. Aitken is
a frequent open source speaker and has chaired multiple industry and
government conferences. He is on SugarCRM's Board of Advisors and is
a member of the Open Source Software Institute's Board of Directors.
In addition, Aitken serves on SDForum's Board of Advisors and is
Chair of their annual Open Source Conference.
-- Glenn Winokur, Managing Director of Emerson Street Partners, an
advisory services and seed stage investment firm. Prior to Emerson,
Winokur was the CEO of Scalix, a leading Linux email, calendar and
messaging platform, where he grew the company to more than 600
customers before it was acquired in 2007.
-- Brice Snow, Founder and CEO of Snowcovered. Snow is the creator and
architect of the largest and most well known portal for buying and
selling DotNetNuke extensions. With over 300,000 transactions to date
and hundreds of developers who rely on his service for some or their
entire livelihood, Snow is well known and respected for his
contributions to the DotNetNuke commercial ecosystem.
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Quotes
Navin Nagiah, President and CEO of DotNetNuke Corp.:
"We are very excited to announce the formation of DotNetNuke Corp.'s
Advisory Board. The members of our advisory board are executives and
experts from leading global companies. They offer a broad spectrum of
business views and tech experience which is invaluable as we execute
against DotNetNuke Corp.'s strategy and scale for growth."
Frank Artale, Vice President of Business Development at Citrix Systems:
"I am very excited to be working with the DotNetNuke Corp. management team.
I've watched the company evolve from its early beginnings as the DotNetNuke
project into what it is today -- a successful, commercial powerhouse with a
vibrant ecosystem operating within the Microsoft environment. I look
forward to contributing to the company's continued success."
About DotNetNuke Corp.
DotNetNuke Corp. is the steward of
the
DotNetNuke open source project, the most widely adopted web content
management system (CMS) and application development framework for building
web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET. Organizations use
DotNetNuke to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic web sites,
intranets, extranets and web applications. The DotNetNuke framework is
available in both a free Community and a
subscription based Professional
Edition. DotNetNuke Corp. also operates Snowcovered.com where users purchase
third party software modules and skins. Founded in 2006 and funded by
Sierra Ventures and August Capital, DotNetNuke Corp. is headquartered in
San Mateo, Calif. For additional information, visit www.dotnetnuke.com.
DotNetNuke® and DNN® are registered trademarks of DNN Corp. All other
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property of their respective owners.
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650-480-4071
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Terry Erisman
DotNetNuke Corp.
650-288-3159
Terry.Erisman@DNNCorp.com