Industry Leader American Megatrends Recognized as 2012 Star Award Recipient by DMTF Board of Directors

Wednesday: December 26, 2012

Editorial Summary:

• American Megatrends (AMI) was recently recognized as a 2012 Star Award recipient from the Board of Directors of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) standards group
• The award was presented to Satheesh Thomas, Senior Engineer in the MegaRAC® Manageability Solutions Division of AMI, for contributions “above and beyond the usual call of duty to contribute to the organization’s success”
• DMTF enables more effective management of IT systems through the collaboration of partner organizations on the development, validation and promotion of systems management standards
• AMI has been a participating member of DMTF since the organization’s inception in 1992

NORCROSS, GEORGIA - American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a global leader in BIOS firmware, remote system management and network storage innovations, was recently recognized as a 2012 Star Award recipient from the Board of Directors of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).

The award was presented to Satheesh Thomas, Senior Engineer in the MegaRAC® Manageability Solutions Division of AMI, for contributions “above and beyond the usual call of duty to contribute to the organization’s success,” in the words of Jeff Hilland of Hewlett-Packard, current DMTF President. Mr. Thomas was praised for offering his “time and effort to help advance DMTF standards and initiatives," and he stands in good company with recipients from other industry leaders such as Brocade, Citrix, Intel, Microsoft and Huawei.

DMTF enables more effective management of millions of IT systems worldwide by bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on the development, validation and promotion of systems management standards. The group spans the industry with 160 member companies and organizations, and more than 4,000 active participants crossing 43 countries. With this deep and broad reach, DMTF creates standards that enable interoperable IT management among multi-vendor systems, tools and solutions within the enterprise. AMI has been a participating member of DMTF since the organization’s inception in 1992.

Subramonian Shankar, American Megatrends CEO and President, commented that “I would like to congratulate Santheesh Thomas for his Star Award recognition from DMTF this year; it is a proud moment for all of us at AMI. This award shows once again how AMI is ‘punching above its weight’ in terms of industry contributions for a company of our size. It also demonstrates AMI’s fundamental commitment to help to move our industry forward by deep engagement in industry associations and standards groups.”

About AMI : Founded in 1985 and known worldwide for AMIBIOS®, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software, and utilities to top-tier manufacturers of desktop, server, mobile and embedded systems. AMI’s industry leading Aptio® V UEFI BIOS firmware, innovative StorTrends® Network Storage hardware and software products and MegaRAC® remote server management solutions continue to garner industry acclaim and awards around the world. In line with the diversity of its technology and product line, AMI is a member of a number of industry associations and standards groups, such as the Unified EFI Forum (UEFI), the Intel® Intelligent Systems Alliance and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, AMI has locations in the U.S., China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan to better serve its customers.

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