ANTs Software Adds Warren Lucas, IBM’s ‘Wall Street’ Sales Leader, as Newest Member of Technical Advisory Board

SAN FRANCISCO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--ANTs software inc. (OTCBB:ANTS), a leader in database consolidation solutions, today announced the appointment of Warren Lucas to the Company’s Technical Advisory Board. Mr. Lucas brings 32-years of high-level sales experience working with IBM customers and has in-depth knowledge of DBMS solutions. He will be joining Don Haderle, who is widely recognized as the father of the IBM® DB2® DBMS, on the ANTs Technical Advisory Board.

“We are honored to have Warren join Don on the Technical Advisory Board”

“We are honored to have Warren join Don on the Technical Advisory Board,” commented Joseph Kozak, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ANTs Software. “Their collective experience and demonstrated insight, especially with firms on Wall Street and in other financial markets, will be a very valuable addition to ANTs Software as we continue to expand the presence of our DBMS migration software and services in markets that are highly desirable to IBM and ANTs.”

Mr. Lucas joined IBM in 1978 as a Systems Engineer in the IBM Data Processing Division. In 1985, Mr. Lucas became a Senior Specialist for IBM’s DB2 product line, selling and supporting the IBM software against competitive products.

He started the first IBM Software Group sales team in 1996 that successfully competed with Oracle, Sybase and Informix in the New York financial district. In 2005, he became Sales Manager of IBM’s Wall Street data management sales team; and in the following year, he rose to Sales Manager of the combined Wall Street and New York Metro teams.

Mr. Lucas was made Business Unit Executive of IBM’s Information Management business in greater New York and New Jersey in 2008. In this position he managed a large sales team that significantly exceeded the revenue targets.

He retired from IBM on June 30^th, 2010. Mr. Lucas holds a Bachelors of Science Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As a sales representative, Mr. Lucas won six (6) Golden Circles awards, IBM’s highest sales award.

About the ANTs Technical Advisory Board (TAB)

The ANTs Technical Advisory Board is made up of senior executives from leading IT vendors and Global 2000 corporations. The board advises the company on a range of strategic items including technology, product and go to market strategy. Specific activities include:

		1. Guiding the direction of the product roadmap and other future technical work within ANTs.

		2. Recommending areas of collaboration within ANTs technical team and with outside activities and alliances.

		3. Recommending guidelines and other processes that will support the ANTs technical team.

		4. Supporting ANTs with the creation of new strategic alliances, business development, and other partner and M&A activities as appropriate.

About ANTs software, inc.

ANTs software inc. is revolutionizing and simplifying DBMS migration, hardware consolidation and IT modernization. Our mission is to help customers efficiently use IT resources and drive down IT operating costs by consolidating hardware and software infrastructure. For more information, visit www.ants.com.

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