I can't help but think ONTC has a lot of upside potential from it's current level.
ON Technology Announces Plans For
Out-Of-The-Box Integration Between Meeting
Maker And Palm Computing Platform Connected
Organizers
Business Wire - January 05, 1999 08:41
MACWORLD SF 99
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999--
Premier enterprise calendaring and scheduling system to synchronize with Palm
Computing organizers for both Macintosh and Windows platforms
At MacWorld Expo in San Francisco (Apple Business Solutions Pavilion, booth #3835),
ON Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:ONTC) today announced that future versions
of Meeting Maker(R) will deliver out-of-the-box synchronization with Palm
Computing(R) connected organizers for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. This
new capability will allow users to synchronize their corporate Meeting Maker accounts
and Palm Computing connected organizers over a range of networks (LANs, WANs,
and the Internet) via their laptop or desktop computers. By leveraging Palm Computing's
Conduit Development Kit (CDK) to provide Macintosh and Windows synchronization
without requiring third party software, Meeting Maker is reinforcing its position as the
leading cross-platform calendaring and scheduling solution.
"Meeting Maker's ability to coordinate personnel, resource and group scheduling in
cross-platform enterprise environments make it the ideal complement for Palm
Computing connected organizers," said Douglas Wirnowski, product marketing manager
for Palm Computing, Inc., a 3Com company. "Its use with the Palm Computing platform
is perfectly in line with our goal of extending the power and value of Palm Computing
connected organizers to our Macintosh and Windows customers."
"Using Meeting Maker on Palm devices expands the Palm datebook function from that of
a personal organizer to that of a business application, linking mobile users to their office
schedules," said Christine Malik, Meeting Maker product marketing manager for ON
Technology. "By synchronizing with Palm Computing devices in both Macintosh and
Windows environments, we are continuing Meeting Maker's commitment to providing
reliable multi-platform support for Macintosh, Windows, UNIX and handheld devices."
"Apple's iMac and latest Macintosh systems have re-invigorated developer support for
the Macintosh platform, with over 1300 new Mac software titles being introduced since
iMac debuted in May 1998," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of worldwide
developer relations. "Meeting Maker and the PalmPilot are two tools used by lots of
Mac customers and its great news that ON Technology and 3Com are working together
to deliver the tight system integration Mac users demand. It's clear that forward-looking
software companies have realized that developing cool new Macintosh titles is a great
business decision."
About Meeting Maker
Meeting Maker is the leading real-time, cross-platform enterprise calendaring and
scheduling solution designed to meet the diverse and complex scheduling requirements of
organizations ranging in size from small workgroups to the largest enterprises. Meeting
Maker is installed on over 500,000 desktops at major corporations and academic
institutions worldwide including Adobe Systems, Amazon.Com, Apple Computer,
Cadence Design, Cisco Systems, Emory University, GTE Internetworking, NASA,
Newbridge Networks, Qualcomm, Raytheon, Schlumberger and University of Michigan.
Meeting Maker reduces the high cost of scheduling meetings and increases productivity
throughout the organization by providing instantaneous real-time access to free and busy
time information, for users and resources (such as conference rooms and equipment).
Meeting Maker's distributed database architecture automatically delivers
up-to-the-second scheduling availability without the response delays of e-mail based
scheduling systems, and effectively eliminates the possibility of "double booking", which
can result from systems where users manually publish their free and busy time data.
Meeting Maker is a highly-scalable IP-based system supporting tens of thousands of
concurrent users on a range of platforms including Macintosh, Windows and UNIX. The
system allows end-users to access their scheduling information from virtually anywhere
including LANs, WANs, the Internet, dial-up, HTML Web publishing, and
synchronization with handheld devices, such as the 3Com Palm Computing Platform
connected organizers.
About ON Technology Corporation
ON Technology Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Founded in 1985, ON Technology Corporation offers Meeting Maker
and ON Command CCM, open and scalable solutions that deliver financial, operational
and strategic benefits for enterprise networks. Additional information concerning ON
Technology Corporation can be found at www.on.com. |
