NEXTNINE ANNOUNCES KEY EXECUTIVE HIRES FOR NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA  (email this article)

New York and Tel Aviv (December 13, 2005) – NextNine (Company Profile, Past Stories, Case Studies), the leading global provider of automated, remote service and support solutions for business-critical systems, today announced that Sherry Harmon and Henry Ainouze have joined the company as President, NextNine, Inc., and Vice President Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), respectively.

In her role as President, Sherry Harmon is charged with directing the company’s North American operations and expanding its leadership presence and market share throughout the region, leveraging her extensive sales and business development background in service and support, customer relationship management and communications technology. Formerly, Ms. Harmon served as Vice President, Sales and Business Development for GlowPoint, a leading broadcast quality, IP-based video communications service provider, Vice President, Sales and Global Alliances at WebEx Communications, and Vice President of Sales, Business Development and Channels at SupportSoft, Inc., where, under her leadership, the team developed major sales opportunities with IBM, CSC and Comcast.

“I am honored to join the NextNine team and am very excited about the opportunities that lie ahead,” said Sherry Harmon, president, NextNine. “With clientele including airwide solutions, Comverse and Formula Telecom Solutions, in addition to accolades from industry stalwarts such as Gartner, NextNine is clearly recognized as a leader in hi-tech and telecommunications service and support technology and is very well-positioned to benefit from its continued proliferation. Of particular note, is that as this technology continues to play an increasingly vital role in business and IT strategy across all vertical industries, such as healthcare and financial services, I am confident that we will increase our corporate momentum and strengthen our market position.”

Mr. Henry Ainouze, as Vice President, Sales, EMEA, will oversee NextNine’s sales growth and business development for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Prior to joining NextNine, Mr. Ainouze served at Sapiens International, a leading global provider for IT business solutions. Among his accomplishments, Mr. Ainouze generated over $50M in new project revenue throughout Europe.

“This is an exciting time for NextNine and I am honored to lead our business development throughout EMEA,” said Henry Ainouze, VP sales EMEA, NextNine. “Already recognized for impressive growth over the last few years, as indicated through our rank as the number 200 company on the 2005 Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) that are shaping the technology, media and telecommunications sectors worldwide, clearly, we are poised for tremendous growth and continued success.”

“We are very pleased and honored to welcome Sherry and Henry to the NextNine team;” said Adi Dulberg, CEO, NextNine. “With enterprises across all vertical industries placing an increasing focus on customer satisfaction, service and technical support, it is essential that we have the executive team in place with the market expertise and drive to lead us in 2006 and beyond.”

Ms. Harmon holds a BS, Business Management and MFA, Computer Graphics from Michigan State University, while Mr. Ainouze has earned a Masters Degree in Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence from Aix-Marseille University, and a Master of Science in Software Engineering from CERISI Sophia – Antipolis.

About NextNine
NextNine, founded in 1998, is the leading global technology provider of proactive automated, remote service and support solutions for business-critical systems. The company’s distributed software platform provides remote automation of service and support processes, with key functionality including proactive monitoring, preventive maintenance, secure remote access, inventory tracking, software distribution and best-practices analysis. The NextNine Service Automation suite has been deployed by global leaders such as Comverse (NASDAQ: CMVT), LogicaCMG (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG) and airwide solutions. For more information, visit us at www.NextNine.com.