| CryoLife chief's compensation tops $1 million
CryoLife Inc. awarded its Chairman, President and CEO Steven Anderson $1.7 million in total compensation in 2006, according to an April 2 proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Kennesaw, Ga.-based biomaterials and biosurgical device company (NYSE: CRY) said Anderson's total compensation includes a $600,000 salary, bonus of $54,006, $284,721 in stock awards, $75,351 in stock options, $299,780 in nonequity incentive plan compensation and a matching contribution of $4,100 to the CryoLife 401K plan. .
Security, convenience via identity management
Security and convenience do not go hand in hand. So chief information officers are tasked with finding that sweet spot between keeping a company's infrastructure secure but convenient to access. "You can secure an environment to the point where no one is allowed to access it, but this also locks out opportunities," said Roman Tuma, the security solutions regional sales director (for Asean and North Asia) of enterprise software giant Oracle Corp. One example is online banking services opening these services to the public also means exposing the bank to outside threats, but such services attract more customers and increase profits. .
Garden State Business Briefs
Alpharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company in Bridgewater, has appointed Scott Shively to the newly created position of vice president of sales and marketing. Scott is former interim president and chief executive of Altana Pharma U.S. The company also announced that David Whitehead has been named its vice president of sales. Whitehead is a former sales executive at Bristol-Myers Squibb. The changes come as Alpharma ramps up for the launch of an abuse-deterrent, chronic pain-relief product. The company expects to seek regulatory approval for the product next year. "These changes are indicative of our commitment to enhance our sales and marketing organization with talented leaders having exceptional track records," said Ronald Warner, president of Alpharma's pharmaceutical division.
Toshiba TS808 clamshell tech improvement
Inevitably, the Toshiba TS808 flip phone is going to be compared to the Motorola RAZR as it is the latest in a long line of skinny clamshells, just like the Sanyo Katana and Samsung Blade before it.
The controls on the outer face indicate that the TS808 is a music phone, complemented by an external display that'll show album information, song title, and song length. The 10MB of memory on-board probably won't satisfy all your music needs, so you'll need to invest in a miniSD card (or a few, max supported is up to 1GB). Music can be a private experience with headphones, or a communal one with the internal stereo speakers.
Other key features of the Toshiba TS808, to be offered through Vodafone and Swisscom Mobile, include a 1.3 megapixel camera, a hi-res display, and Bluetooth wireless technology.
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