REDMOND, Wash., June 25, 2010 – Nintendo of America announces the appointment of a new senior vice president to spearhead the modernization of the company’s internal information systems. Ingvar Petursson has been hired as the senior vice president of Information Services. Effective July 19, Petursson will oversee all aspects of NOA’s Information Services functions, including enterprise applications development, enterprise infrastructure and risk management.
“Ingvar brings a wealth of information technology knowledge and experience to Nintendo,” said Jim Cannataro, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Administration. “He will be tasked with the multi-year project of modernizing our systems.”
Petursson most recently served as the senior vice president and CIO for Expedia, Inc., and also previously worked in lead IT roles at AT&T Wireless, Corbis Corporation and The Regence Group. His work experience before that also encompassed areas outside of IT, including international project finance and propulsion engineering. He earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
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Nintendo of America today announced the addition of a new color scheme for the portable Nintendo DSi XL™ system. Starting July 11, U.S. consumers will be able to purchase the system in midnight blue. Like the original bronze and burgundy versions, the midnight blue Nintendo DSi XL will be available at a suggested retail price of $189.99.
Nintendo DSi XL is the latest iteration of Nintendo’s top-selling family of hand-held game systems. In addition to its two built-in cameras and photo- and sound-manipulation functions, Nintendo DSi XL offers two screens that are 93 percent larger than those on the Nintendo DS™ Lite system.
The system also features pre-loaded software such as Flipnote Studio™, Brain Age™Express: Math and Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, as well as Photo Clock and the Nintendo DSi™ Browser. Nintendo DSi XL screens have a wider viewing angle that makes it easier for friends to gather around and share the fun.
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Filed under Corporate, Hardware, News, Nintendo DS, Press Releases, Release Dates by on Jun 8th, 2010. 1 Comment.
We’ve already seen images of NOA’s new headquarters in Redmond after someone that wasn’t supposed to, posted them on the globalhypermeganet, but now the building has been officially opened we are able to show you some more pics. It seems Nintendo are still not that keen on showing the inside of the building unfortunately but there are some details below of their impressive new gaff.
- 75,000 square feet of plants blanketing the roof
- drainage system that filters pollutants out of the rainwater
- seven electric-vehicle recharging stations in the parking garage
- employees-only Nintendo World store,
- Cafe Mario employee restaurant
- directional system that divides the building into color-coded quadrants named after Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi and Wario
- top-floor conference room named the “Master Sword”
- clocks on the wall displaying the time in Redmond, Kyoto and New York
- energy-efficient data center
- network operations center
- amphitheater
- four-story parking garage.
- three stories high
- partial fourth floor with conference rooms
- internal auditorium with stadium-style seating
- 300k square feet
- houses 650 employees
There’s more pics after the break.
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