INFOWAVE AND PIVOTAL SIGN MARKETING ALLIANCE AGREEMENT
Infowave demonstrates wireless eBRM at CTIA Wireless 2000 Tradeshow
New Orleans, LA, February 29, 2000 - Infowave Software, Inc. (TSE:IW) today
announced at the CTIA Wireless 2000 tradeshow that it has entered into a
marketing alliance agreement with Pivotal Corporation (NASDAQ:PVTL). Pivotal
is a leading provider of business-to-business solutions for eBusiness
Relationship Management (eBRM). The agreement outlines joint sales,
marketing and licensing initiatives to be undertaken by the companies to
support the wireless extension of Pivotal's award-winning Pivotal
eRelationship 2000 product suite.
Infowave will be demonstrating the eBRM wireless solution at their booth,
#7122. Infowave will also be showing its products at the Microsoft Partner
Pavilion, #2765, the Nokia Partner Pavilion #3315, and the WAP Forum booth,
#3769. Infowave partners are demonstrating Infowave products at the Glenayre
Booth #4747 and the Sierra Wireless Booth #2465.
Pivotal eRelationship 2000 enables business-to-business companies to
increase revenue by automating and managing sales, marketing, and customer
service relationships between employees, business partners and customers
over the Internet. The Pivotal solution enables companies to integrate
traditional channels with the power of the Internet to build solid customer
relationships and increase competitive edge.
"We are extremely excited to announce our marketing alliance with Infowave,"
said Norm Francis, president and CEO of Pivotal Corporation. "Pivotal and
Infowave have a common goal to forward the advancement of wireless
technology for eBusiness relationship management. Together, Pivotal and
Infowave will be a powerful force on the eBusiness horizon."
"Our alliance with Pivotal takes our vision of delivering mission-critical
information to mobile business users to a new level," says Jim McIntosh,
president and CEO of Infowave. "Working in tandem, Infowave and Pivotal will
drive the adoption of wireless technology for eBusiness relationship
management."
Infowave's software provides wireless access to email, the Internet,
corporate intranets and web-based applications for mobile workers who need
real-time access to important desktop information, whether they're across
the hall or across the country. Infowave's customers can choose from a
spectrum of mobile devices including phones, pagers, handheld computers and
laptops. Infowave's software sends the right information to the right device
at the right time.
Infowave Software and Pivotal Corporation are members of the Wireless Ready
Alliance, an organization founded by Sierra Wireless, Inc. (TSE:SW) to unite
leading companies and create compelling, end-to-end wireless business
solutions.
About Pivotal Corporation
Pivotal Corporation, The eBusiness Relationship Company, enables
organizations, globally, to capitalize on the power of the Internet and
increase revenue by providing highly scalable, 360ø eBusiness relationship
management (eBRM) Web, wireless, and hosted solutions for eMarketing,
eSales, eCommerce, and eService that engage customers, business partners,
and employees in personalized, one to-one relationships. The Pivotal
eRelationship 2000 eBRM solution provides personalized, intelligent, self
service relationship hubs for customers and business partners integrated
with a unified digital workplace for front office employees. Pivotal
solutions combine eCommerce, business portal, and customer relationship
management capabilities within a flexible, scalable, standards-based
architecture ideally suited to the needs of B2B organizations seeking to
merge the power of the Internet with traditional business models. The
Pivotal eRelationship 2000 solution holds the current eBRM world record for
scalability on the Microsoft Windows 2000 business Internet platform,
benchmarked at 20,000 concurrent users averaging less than one second in
response time. Pivotal solutions are exclusively designed to optimize the
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 operating platforms.
Pivotal solutions are sold in 34 countries and available in English, French,
German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Japanese and Chinese. Pivotal's
worldwide customer base comprises more than 700 organizations in traditional
commercial and public market sectors and the new digital economy, including
KPMG, CornerDrugstore.com, Ericsson, Medpool.com, HarperCollins Publishing,
Deutsche Bank, Trader.com, Southern Company, Lucent Technologies, NEC,
Deloitte & Touche, Principal Financial Group and Red Cross Australia.
Pivotal is a public company traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol "PVTL" and
can be found on the Web at pivotal.com.
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© 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.
Note: Infowave, the Infowave logo, Symmetry, PowerPrint and StyleScript are
trademarks of Infowave Software, Inc. This news release contains
forward-looking statements including the anticipated benefits to Infowave
expected to result from Infowave's agreement with Pivotal Corporation. These
statements are based on management's current projections, beliefs and
opinions at the date of this news release. Actual results could differ
materially from those anticipated in these statements based upon a number of
factors including the ability to develop and supply solutions without error
or defect that provide wireless access to Pivotal's eRelationship 2000
product suite, market demand for wireless solutions that access eBusiness
Relationship Management and competitors who may produce products that are
superior or gain greater market acceptance due to pricing, sales channels or
other factors. Infowave undertakes no responsibility to update
forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's projections,
beliefs or opinions change. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. Some of the above trademarks may be registered in certain
jurisdictions.
Contact Information
Corporate:
Infowave Software, Inc.
Todd Carter, CFO
ir@infowave.com
800-463-6928
Investor Relations:
The Investor Relations Group
Steve Hanson
irg@invrel.com
800-444-9214 |
