Software Spectrum Announces Ahmed Boubaaya as Senior Director Southern Europe
Dallas (ots/PRNewswire)
Software Spectrum, a global provider of business software services, announced today that it has appointed Ahmed Boubaaya as its new senior director, Southern Europe (France, Italy, and Spain.)
Since joining the company in 1997, Mr. Boubaaya has held various management positions in marketing, licensing, and purchasing departments before becoming director, marketing EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).
"Ahmed Boubaaya will be very instrumental in strengthening Software Spectrum's position as market leader in Southern Europe and maintaining our commitment to grow the business in both corporate and mid-market accounts in EMEA," says Thorsten Thiede, Software Spectrum's senior vice president EMEA.
In addition to his previous positions in sales and marketing at METRO France, Mr. Boubaaya brings more than 12 years of management experience to Software Spectrum. Ahmed Boubaaya is a graduate from French Business School Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Toulouse/France.
About Software Spectrum
Software Spectrum is one of the world's leading, single-source providers of business-to-business IT solutions and services that help companies enable, manage, and secure their enterprise.
Since 1983, Software Spectrum has been delivering value-driven technology solutions across the globe through sales and operation centres in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Customers include large, multinational enterprises from the Fortune 500, as well as mid-sized organizations from a wide variety of industries. Learn more at www.softwarespectrum.com.
Software Spectrum operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT), an international communications and information services company. For more information, visit www.Level3.com.
Software Spectrum and the Global Guy design are registered service marks of Software Spectrum Licensing, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Forward Looking Statement
Some of the statements made by Level 3 in this press release are forward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Level 3 believes that its primary risk factors include, but are not limited to: developing new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; increasing the volume of traffic on Level 3's network; overcoming the softness in the economy given its disproportionate effect on the telecommunications industry; integrating strategic acquisitions; attracting and retaining qualified management and other personnel; successfully completing commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; ability to meet all of the terms and conditions of our debt obligations; overcoming Software Spectrum's reliance on financial incentives, volume discounts and marketing funds from software publishers; reducing downward pressure of Software Spectrum's margins as a result of the use of volume licensing and maintenance agreements; and reducing rate of price compression on certain of the Company's existing transport and IP services. Additional information concerning these and other important factors can be found within Level 3's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this release should be evaluated in light of these important factors.
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Contact:
Diane Walker of Software Spectrum, +1-972-864-3264,
diane.walker@softwarespectrum.com