Infowave Joins WirelessReady(TM) Alliance; Alliance Focuses on Providing Complete Wireless Data Solutions to Mainstream Business
BURNABY, British Columbia, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Infowave Software, Inc. (Toronto: IW; Vancouver) today announced that it has become a member of the WirelessReady Alliance. The WirelessReady Alliance unites leading wireless vendors with a mission to accelerate the rate of mobile computing adoption through the delivery of complete and compelling wireless data solutions. The WirelessReady Alliance was founded by Sierra Wireless, Inc., a leading wireless data communication systems company, and already includes many well- established companies providing wireless solutions.
``We are extremely pleased to include Infowave as part of the WirelessReady Alliance,' says Andrew Harries, VP of Marketing for Sierra. ``The focus of the Alliance is to provide complete and compelling wireless solutions to business users and Infowave's products are a very important part of an end-to-end enterprise package. By providing software that securely and reliably connects people back to their Exchange Server and Intranet applications, Infowave fulfills a crucial part of an organization's wireless implementation.'
The WirelessReady Alliance has attracted a number of leading wireless industry players including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Bell Atlantic Mobile, Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Sharp Electronics Corp. and WirelessKnowledge.
``We are honored to be invited into the WirelessReady Alliance,' says Ron Jasper, VP, Marketing at Infowave. ``The success of wireless penetrating the mainstream business market will largely depend on being able to offer integrated and complete business solutions. The WirelessReady Alliance is the first focussed effort to developing solutions based on the bottom up approach of meeting customer needs rather than the top down approach of developing new standards. We expect that this alliance will bring us opportunities with companies and wireless implementations that we would not otherwise be exposed.'
Infowave's wireless products, Infowave for Exchange and Infowave for the Net are advanced and secure wireless solutions for connecting mobile workers to key corporate information and applications. Infowave for Exchange combines the power of Microsoft Exchange with the convenience of wireless data and gives mobile workers wireless access to Exchange's rich messaging environment. Infowave for the Net provides secure optimized wireless access to a corporation's Intranet and the Internet.
About the WirelessReady Alliance
Established in 1998, the WirelessReady Alliance is a partnership of 27 hardware vendors, carriers, integrators and software companies, who work together to accelerate market adoption of wireless data by bundling complete solutions for distribution channels and end customers. For more information on the Alliance, please visit www.sierrawireless.com/alliance.
About Infowave
Infowave was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Infowave's Wireless Division builds mobile business solutions that use the power of wireless communications to extend the reach of enterprise computing. Infowave for Exchange and Infowave for the Net are advanced and secure wireless solutions for connecting mobile workers to key corporate information and applications. Infowave's Imaging Division builds award-winning printing solutions -- PowerPrint© and StyleScript© software kits provide Apple© Macintosh© users with improved print quality and access to more than 1,600 printers.
Note: Infowave, the Infowave logo, PowerPrint and StyleScript are trademarks of Infowave Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Some of the above trademarks may be registered in certain jurisdictions. This news release contains certain forward-looking statements regarding the benefits Infowave expects to receive by participating in the WirelessReady Alliance. These statements involve risks and uncertainties including that there can be no assurance that Infowave's participation in the Alliance will result in additional sales of its products. In addition, there is a risk that the Alliance will promote products that compete with Infowave's products. Actual results could differ materially from the Company's expectations. Forward-looking statements are based on the expectations and opinions of Infowave's management on the date the statements are made, and Infowave assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances in management's expectations or opinions change. |
