As expected, Visix Software Inc has set up outside Paris, France as part of its plans to establish direct operations around the world to sell and support its Galaxy Application Environment development environment. Former Nat Systemes SA staffer Olivier Cavrel joins as country manager and will sell Galaxy into French financial services, insurance and telecommunications markets. The Reston, Virginia company says it will establish a German office within a year and is looking for a country head of a Japanese operation it plans to open there in 1995. A Kanji version of Galaxy is in beta test. Meanwhile, James O’Leary has joined Visix as vice-president of marketing from Software AG, a position it has been trying to fill for some time. Visix is lauding the success of its UK operation, claiming the unit, headed by Jon Forrest, has won the last 14 evaluations where it has been pitched against rival Neuron Data Corp. Visix has tapped Stephen Foley from Cognos Inc for vice-president North American sales.
