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Former IBM Executives Linda Zider and Carl Caricari Join Platform Solutions, Inc.

SUNNYVALE, CA (ots)

Brings Key Domain Leadership to Deliver
Intel® Based Mainframe Systems That Bridge to Open Systems Computing
Environments
Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a Plug Compatible Manufacture
(PCM) of mainframe systems based on Intel® technology today announced
the appointment of two new senior executives; Linda Zider as
Executive Vice President and Carl Caricari as Vice President of
Engineering. Both appointees bring extensive experience to PSI in the
enterprise computing sector; Linda Zider as Vice President and
General Manager, Siebel Global Financial Services organization; and
Carl Caricari as Vice President of Product Development, for IBM's
Advanced Workstation Division.
"PSI is fortunate to have attracted such proven talent to our
expanding operations," said Michael Maulick, President and CEO,
Platform Solutions. "Carl Caricari had proven during his time at IBM
and Burroughs that he could consistently deliver new mainframe class
products to market that exceeded customer's expectations for
functionality and quality. In addition, Carl's experiences with
startup's is great for PSI. Linda Zider's sales and marketing
leadership at IBM, Bank of America, and Seibel Systems will help PSI
break into targeted market segments and provide enterprise level
relationship management experience that's needed for the mainframe
market."
Linda Zider"PSI believes that the need for innovative solutions
for mainframe customers is growing," stated Linda Zider, Executive
Vice President. "What attracted me to PSI was the intersection of
three opportunities that have just recently come together; 1) highly
scalable and reliable open systems servers; 2) the lack of
alternatives for mainframe server customers; and 3) PSI's patented
technology that allows MVS to execute on open systems processors at
mainframe class performance levels. PSI's unique approach to
mainframe server technology allows MVS, UNIX, Windows, and Linux to
all run on the same hardware helping our customers derive benefits of
server consolidation and improved systems management."
For many years, analysts have predicted the downfall of the
mainframe. Not only was demand in 2003 for mainframe servers in
excess of $3 billion annually, this year's first quarter results have
put mainframe sales growth on target to exceed double digits for
2004. With the exit of Fujitsu/Amdahl and Hitachi Data Systems from
the OS/390 market a few years ago, PSI is uniquely positioned to
provide mainframe customers a viable alternative for these mainframe
server purchases.
Biographies
Linda Zider
Prior to joining PSI, Ms. Zider was Vice President and General
Manager, Siebel Global Financial Services organization, which
included responsibility for the design, specification, development,
quality assurance, testing, and product management of Siebel's
Financial Service eBusiness Applications. Ms. Zider grew Seibel's
Global Financial Services revenue over 100 percent 1999 to 2000 and
ended 2001 with over $700 MM. Ms. Zider served on the CRM boards for
Societe Generale, National Australia Bank and JPMorganChase. In
addition, she was the lead Siebel executive for business development
in Asia.
Ms. Zider has over 20 years of experience in the Financial
Services and Technology industry. At Fleet Boston Financial she was
Executive Vice President of Institutional Sales and Marketing, Global
Bank and headed the non-consumer integration with BankBoston and
Fleet.
Prior to Fleet Boston Financial, she spent six years at Bank of
America as the Managing Director and Executive Vice President of
Marketing, Global Wholesale Bank Marketing. In this role she was
responsible for providing marketing strategy and direction for the
business units of this $8 billon (revenues) organization.
Ms. Zider spent 15 years at IBM in a number of roles, including
Business Unit Executive focused on Marketing, Sales and Service with
responsibility for Finance, Securities and Computer Services
accounts.
Carl Caricari
Prior to joining PSI, Mr. Caricari was a founder and CEO of System
Fabric Works, a software services firm specializing in high speed
fabric computing. As Vice President of Micro Components for Burroughs
Corporation, Mr. Caricari led efforts to consolidate operations and
provide Burroughs with state of the art components.
Mr. Caricari served as Vice President of Product Development with
IBM. He was the major force behind the introduction of RS 6000 and
AIX 3.1 IBM's UNIX operating system. He introduced these products
growing IBM's workstation revenue significantly in a short period.
In addition, Mr. Caricari managed the development of the Alliance
between IBM, Apple and Motorola for the development of Power PC
chips, computers, and object oriented programming languages. Earlier
in his career with IBM, he was the leader of the team that developed
and introduced System 3090.
About Platform Solutions, Inc.
Platform Solutions, Inc., in conjunction with key business
partners, is a leading provider of systems for mainframe
applications. Based on technology spun-off from Fujitsu-Amdahl, PSI
offers mainframe computing datacenters alternative platform choice
and the flexibility to bring together heterogeneous systems under a
single managed environment. Privately held, Platform Solutions, Inc.
is headquartered in Sunnyvale California. PSI can be reached at
www.platform-solutions.com.

Contact:

Christian Reilly
Platform Solutions, Inc.
408.737.3430