'Sendia WorkSpace Locator -- Powered by Tierravision' Sweeps 2006 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge(TM) Awards.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- "Sendia WorkSpace Locator -- powered by Tierravision" has been named the Grand-Prize Winner and "Business Applications" Category Winner of the 2006 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. NAVTEQ Global LBS (Location-Based Services) See mobile positioning. Challenge, the companies announced today. The integrated technologies of Tierravision Inc., developer of WorkSpace Locator, an advanced location-based services See mobile positioning. (LBS) technology for wireless enterprise devices, and Sendia Corp., developer of WorkSpace CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , the leading wireless business application platform for salesforce.com, was among more than 140 registrants, of which 14 semifinalists advanced to the final judging held last week in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . "'WorkSpace Locator -- powered by Tierravision' is a natural extension for mobile salesforce.com users, providing them the ability to look up contacts, maps and driving directions from any location, based on their own preferences," said Alex Klyce, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Sendia. "We're honored that the Challenge judges, a panel comprised of executives from throughout the wireless industry, have selected 'WorkSpace Locator' as the overall winner from such a distinguished pool of applicants." "We are thrilled that 'WorkSpace Locator' has been chosen as the winning entry by the wireless industry's top insiders," said Will Cooper, Ph.D., president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Tierravision Inc. "Equally exciting is the positive impact that 'WorkSpace Locator' will have on the productivity levels of mobile business professionals. 'WorkSpace Locator' users will have a distinct in-field advantage over non-users when it comes right down to it." Along with the prizes, Tierravision received $50,000 in cash and $100,000 worth of NAVTEQ(R) Map licenses for up to one year for its winning entry, "WorkSpace Locator," a location-enabled application that allows real-time tracking of workforce resources, as well as a high-quality mapping interface for salesforce.com. More than 140 companies registered for the Challenge, representing a broad spectrum of wireless applications in four categories: Navigation, Business Applications, Entertainment and Leisure, and Social Networking See social networking site. social networking - social network . Winners were selected based on each competitor's commercial feasibility, functionality and design. "Sendia WorkSpace Locator -- powered by Tierravision" was one of four solutions chosen as a semifinalist in the Business Applications Category. Organized by NAVTEQ (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NVT NVT Niet Van Toepassing NVT Network Virtual Terminal NVT Network Video Technologies NVT Navegantes, Santa Catarina, Brazil (Airport Code) NVT Nederlands als Vreemde Taal NVT New Venture Theatre ), a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation See GPS and vehicle tracking. , the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge announced award winners at the CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless show in Las Vegas on April 6, 2006. About "Sendia WorkSpace Locator -- powered by Tierravision" "Sendia WorkSpace Locator -- powered by Tierravision" is a fully featured, certified enterprise solution that runs on a wireless handheld device and gives mobile users of Sendia's WorkSpace CRM for salesforce.com access to a wide range of location-based services, including: --Multiple Location Mapping -- Display multiple salesforce.com addresses (contacts, accounts, opportunities, leads) on a map relative to the user's current position. --Directions -- Get turn-by-turn driving directions and display a graphical route map to/from a CRM address to another location. --Address Book Lookup -- Map an address directly from the wireless handheld contact address book. --Local Lookup -- Find local businesses and other points of interest (e.g., banks, hotels, Starbucks, FedEx, Kinko's, etc.). --Favorites -- Save favorite contact address locations for quick recall. --People Finder -- See the locations of friends, colleagues and employees. --Show Me/Meet Me -- Send the location of your current position or any other location to a friend or colleague. --Database Mapping -- Import and display an entire database of address locations on a map. About the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge The NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is a developer challenge created to catalyze growth in the location-based services industry by bringing together the key players in the LBS/wireless value chain. From wireless business applications to sports, travel and security, integrating the accuracy and richness of NAVTEQ digital map data facilitates the timely evolution of the next wave of location-based innovations using wireless technology. For more information about the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, please visit www.LBSChallenge.com. About NAVTEQ NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems An automotive navigation system is a satellite navigation system designed for use in automobiles. It typically uses GPS to acquire position data to locate the user on a road in the unit's map database. , mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 1,900 employees located in 131 offices in 23 countries. About Tierravision Tierravision Inc. is a leading developer of LBS solutions for wireless enterprise handhelds, such as the RIM BlackBerry(R), Palm Treo(TM) and Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. (TM) devices. The company was formed in January 2000 and is located in La Jolla La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif., just north of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . The founders bring over 25 years of combined experience in software and wireless systems development. Tierravision has developed advanced wireless mapping technology that offers enterprise application developers rapid and flexible LBS integration for their enterprise solutions. Tierravision's patented map data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a , segmentation and intelligent caching technology deliver efficient downloading and display of street maps on wireless handheld devices. Tierravision's advanced enterprise solutions are enterprise-certified by Cingular Wireless. To find out more about Tierravision's advanced wireless mobile enterprise mapping solutions, visit www.tierravision.com. About Sendia Sendia Corp. develops and markets software that extends existing enterprise applications to wireless handheld devices such as the RIM BlackBerry(R), Palm Treo(TM) and Windows Mobile(TM) devices. Sendia's mission is to make wireless solutions work flawlessly for the business user. The company's Wireless WorkSpace technology extends the core functionality of virtually any business application to the handheld device. Sendia's advanced mobile application server, centralized management system, and device-side smart-client enable rapid development, deployment and management of secure wireless applications fully integrated into business back office systems. Sendia is focused on driving user adoption together with enterprise application vendors and by building strong partnerships with leading vendors such as salesforce.com. Available in hosted and on-premises editions, Sendia-powered applications are fast, easy to use, and reliable wireless solutions that customers trust to get the job done. To learn more, visit www.sendia.com. With Sendia, wireless works.
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