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Infowave releases wireless enterprise products for Windows-powered Pocket PCs
GRAND CENTRAL STATION, NY, April 19 /CNW-PRN/ - Infowave Software, Inc. (TSE: IW - news) today announced that its wireless enterprise solutions provide wireless access to enterprise resources from the Pocket PC. Pocket PCs are next generation handheld devices and provide people on the go the freedom to manage their work and life wherever they are. Infowave, a Pocket PC launch partner, had its wireless enterprise products featured in a demonstration during the keynote given by Steve Ballmer, President and CEO of Microsoft, during the official launch of the Pocket PC at New York's Grand Central Station. The demonstration illustrated the power of the Pocket PC by accessing the Internet and corporate Microsoft Exchange email using Infowave for the Net and Infowave for Exchange.
Pocket PCs offer pocket versions of important business applications including Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel. Pocket PCs are small, powerful and offer expandability options including the addition of a clip-on wireless modem. International Data Corp. is predicting a steady growth for Windows CE-based devices over the next three years, growing to 40 percent of the market by 2003.
``Pocket PCs are designed to keep users connected to essential information when they're away from their desks,' said Rogers Weed, director of marketing for the Mobile Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. ``Combining Infowave's wireless software with the Pocket PC gives users a critical link back to their important information, wherever they are, whenever they need it. Whether it's access to web-enabled corporate applications, Internet and Intranet information or e-mail, Infowave's wireless software is an excellent option for mobile workers.'
``Connecting mobile people in real-time to dynamic information is the goal of both Infowave and the Pocket PC,' says Bijan Sanii, COO of Infowave. ``This new generation Pocket PC lets users take their office with them in an incredibly convenient and instantly available device. When you add the freedom of anywhere, anytime access to the web, corporate information, and email, you begin to see the enormous potential of the Pocket PC to change the way people work and organize their lives.'
About Pocket PC
Windows-powered Pocket PCs, the next generation PDAs from Microsoft and its partners, offer customers the best way to connect to their most essential information while away from their desk, yet are versatile enough to satisfy the personal needs of today's busy mobile lifestyle. Pocket PCs already include a broad range of native business, personal productivity, and entertainment applications, yet can easily be expanded to adapt to each customer's changing needs through a continually growing number of industry standard hardware and software expansion options.
About Infowave
Founded in 1984, Infowave develops, markets and sells specialized software solutions for wireless computing 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© e-mail, schedules, contacts and calendar from pagers and PCS phones.
(c)2000 Infowave Software, Inc. - Infowave, the Infowave logo, and Symmetry 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.
SOURCE: Infowave Software, Inc. |
