Sierra Wireless and Infowave Sign Strategic Marketing Agreement
Enterprise Bundle Enables Wireless Extension of Microsoft Exchange, the
Internet and Corporate Intranets
VANCOUVER, BC - January 13, 2000 - Sierra Wireless (TSE: SW) and Infowave
Software, Inc. (TSE: IW) today announced they have signed a strategic
marketing agreement to offer a bundled enterprise wireless data solution to
North American corporations - a wireless extension of Microsoft Exchange and
wireless access to corporate intranets/Internet. The agreement outlines
sales, marketing and development initiatives to be undertaken by the two
companies.
Sierra and Infowave will work jointly to provide seamless wireless data
access to a host of corporate applications for today's growing mobile
workforce. The hardware and software bundle includes the AirCard 300 - a
wireless network interface card from Sierra Wireless - and Infowave's
wireless enterprise software, Infowave for Exchange and Infowave for the
Net. The agreement also involves the two companies working together on
future product development such as CDMA.
The wireless bundle enables corporations to easily and securely extend their
IT infrastructure and corporate applications to their mobile workers. Using
Infowave's enterprise software and Sierra's AirCards, workers away from the
office will be able to wirelessly access corporate information and
applications in the same manner as if they were in the office connected to
the Local Area Networks (LAN). This includes Microsoft Exchange, the
Internet, corporate intranet information and the latest generation of
web-enabled applications such as Customer Relationship Management and
Enterprise Resource Planning. Infowave's wireless enterprise products
provide high-level security using industry standard NT authentication and
strong data encryption. The products also provide network and application
optimizations to significantly improve the speed of wireless access to
enterprise applications.
"We are very excited about the synergies between the two companies;
Infowave's software combined with our AirCard line provides very robust
performance and security for corporations who want to wirelessly extend
their enterprise applications to their mobile workforce," says Andrew
Harries, Vice President of Marketing at Sierra Wireless. "This joint sales
and marketing effort with Infowave will help our customers in mainstream
business markets to take advantage of the opportunity that wireless can
provide them."
"Sierra Wireless is a leading provider of hardware solutions for wireless
connectivity and we are pleased that we are continuing to attract companies
with technologies that complement our own wireless offerings," says Ron
Jasper, Vice President of Marketing for Infowave. "This is our first bundled
enterprise solution and we're excited to work with Sierra Wireless to
deliver it to the corporate marketplace. We are also looking forward to
working with Sierra on a new generation of wireless solutions."
Both Sierra Wireless and Infowave are members of the WirelessReady Alliance,
a program founded by Sierra Wireless that brings together leading computing
and communications vendors in the development of complete and compelling
wireless data solutions.
About Infowave
Founded in 1984, Infowave develops, markets and sells specialized software
solutions for wireless computing and printing 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. Symmetry(tm) provides interactive
wireless access to Microsoft Outlook(tm) email, schedules, contacts and
calendar from pagers and PCS phones. 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. For more information, visit
infowave.com
About Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless is a leading provider of wireless data communications
hardware and software products. Sierra Wireless delivers wireless PC Cards
for portable computers, rugged vehicle-mounted wireless modems and OEM
modules for embedded applications. Sierra Wireless is the founding member of
the WirelessReady Alliance, an alliance of industry-leading hardware,
software and service companies committed to the delivery of complete and
compelling wireless data solutions.
For more information about Sierra Wireless, visit
sierrawireless.com
Sales Contacts:
Infowave Software
Darryn Shewchuk
800-263-6928
dshewchuk@infowave.com
Contact Information:
Sierra Wireless:
Phoebe Yong
yong@sierrawireless.com
(604) 231-1104
Infowave:
Corporate: Infowave Software, Inc.
Todd Carter, CFO
cfo@infowave.com
800-463-6928
Investor Relations:
The Investor Relations Group
Steve Hanson
irg@invrel.com
800-444-9214 |
