LONDON, UK – June 16th, 2011 – Leading enterprise software supplier Attachmate has announced the appointment of Norman Rohde as Vice President of Sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Attachmate specializes in software solutions for terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer, and enterprise fraud management.

The Attachmate business unit, together with the NetIQ, SUSE, and Novell business units, fall under a recently formed holding organization called The Attachmate Group, Inc. 

Prior to this business unit position, Mr. Rohde served as General Manager EMEA as well as Director Sales and Marketing, Central and Eastern Europe for Attachmate. He has also held various management positions at Bull, Intel, Lucent Technologies, and Novell. He holds a master’s degree in business administration.

“As Vice President EMEA Sales, I look forward to addressing the challenges ahead,” said Mr. Rohde. “Ongoing customer satisfaction – while growing our business in the enterprise fraud management and managed file transfer markets – will be my main focuses.”

Attachmate’s Solution Portfolio includes:
- Host connectivity and legacy modernization: Attachmate® Reflection®, EXTRA!®, INFOConnect®, DATABridge®, and Verastream®
- Managed file transfer (MFT): Attachmate® FileXpress® and Reflection® for Secure IT
- Enterprise fraud management (EFM): Attachmate® Luminet™

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“Our goal is to accelerate the momentum of each business unit in The Attachmate Group, and as we grow the Attachmate business in EMEA, we need a leader with relevant experience and ability,” said Bob Flynn, President and General Manager of Attachmate. “I am pleased to say that Norman Rohde is the pre-eminent expert to meet these requirements.”

About Attachmate
Attachmate delivers advanced software for terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer and enterprise fraud management. With our technologies, more than 65,000 businesses worldwide are putting their IT assets to work in new and meaningful ways. For more information please visit www.attachmate.com.