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- OTC 12/22 1626 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. ANNOUNCES CUSTOMER-FOCUSED ...
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- MAYNARD, MA (DEC. 22) BUSINESS WIRE - Robert B. Palmer, president and chief
- executive officer of Digital Equipment Corp., Tuesday announced a restructuring
- of the company's operations into nine business units to bring the company closer
- to its customers and add momentum to Digital's return to profitable growth.
- Palmer also named Digital senior managers to head five of the nine business
- units, and announced that managers will be appointed to lead the four other
- business units shortly. All nine will report directly to Palmer.
- The five appointed business unit leaders are: Lawrence P. Cabrinety, Vice
- President, Components and Peripherals Business Unit Charles F. Christ, Vice
- President, Storage Business Unit Frank McCabe, Vice President, Discrete
- Manufacturing & Defense Industries Business Unit John J. Rando, Vice President,
- Multivendor Customer Services Business Unit Willow B. Shire, Vice President,
- Health Industries Business Unit
- The units whose leaders will be appointed shortly are: Personal Computer
- Business Unit Financial, Professional and Public Services Industries Business
- Unit Communications, Education and Entertainment Industries Business Unit
- Consumer and Process Manufacturing Industries Business Unit
- "These organizations will be responsible for understanding customer needs and
- providing solutions to meet those needs," said Palmer, who took over as
- Digital's President and CEO on October 1. "Collectively, they will have all of
- Digital's worldwide profit responsibility."
- Five of the nine business units are defined by natural customer groupings of
- industries. "They include industries in which Digital has been successful over
- the years, as well as industries targeted for significant growth," noted Palmer.
- They are Health Industries; Discrete Manufacturing & Defense Industries;
- Communications, Education and Entertainment Industries; Consumer and Process
- Manufacturing Industries; and Financial, Professional and Public Services
- Industries. The other four units -- Personal Computers; Components and
- Peripherals; Storage; and Multivendor Customer Services -- are defined by the
- nature of their products and services. "Each unit is designed to better
- capitalize on Digital's core competencies and leverage our technology in the
- marketplace," said Palmer. Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in
- Maynard, Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked computer
- systems, software and services. Digital pioneered and leads the industry in
- interactive, distributed and multivendor computing. Digital and its business
- partners deliver the power to use the best integrated solutions - from desktop
- to data center - in open information environments.
- CONTACT: Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard Mark Fredrickson, 508/493-4930
-