3Com and Franklin Covey Deliver New Training Programs Based on Franklin Covey Training Concepts and Palm Computing Platform.SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1999--3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) and Franklin Covey (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FC) today announced they will work together to deliver corporate training courses based on the industry-leading Palm Computing platform See platform. and Franklin Covey's popular time and life planning concepts. With this initiative, Franklin Covey becomes the first premiere Palm Training Alliance provider, offering new training courses designed specifically for enterprise customers. These courses will include Franklin Covey's popular time and life planning concepts, using a Palm Computing platform device as the primary planning tool, as well as training on other key enterprise applications such as group scheduling See calendaring. using Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook . The companies will jointly market the new training programs to their respective customer bases. Franklin Covey, one of the larger distributors of the industry-leading Palm Computing devices from 3Com, now offers basic training courses on Palm Computing connected organizers at no cost to customers visiting any of Franklin Covey's 125 company-owned retail stores across the country. Starting this month, Franklin Covey will offer customized corporate on-site seminars covering strategies, tips and options for using Palm Computing platform devices with desktop personal information management (PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ) software such as Franklin Covey's ASCEND software. In the spring, Franklin Covey plans to introduce its flagship technology training based on its popular "What Matters Most" time and life management content featuring Palm Computing platform devices as a primary planning tool in combination with Franklin Covey's ASCEND software or Microsoft Outlook. This training program will also include new Palm(tm) software applications relative to the "What Matters Most" content as well as a number of exciting new training concepts designed for Palm Computing organizer users. "Franklin Covey has long been one of Palm Computing's key OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and providers, as we have combined the world's leading handheld computer A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. with Franklin Covey's training concepts to create a powerful solution for both individual consumers and enterprise clients," said Mark Bercow, vice president of strategic al "We are excited about this evolution in our relationship and we look forward to broadening our enterprise css at Franklin Covey, "We have had excellent sucpts and the Palm devices, we can deliver compellprovide world-class training solutions for corporations deploying Palm Computing platform devices at the enterprise level. Through the program, 3Com will work with qualified training vendors to provide enterprise customers with easy access to high-quality training providers, courses and materials to facilitate handheld integration with enterprise applications. About the Palm Computing Platform The Palm Computing platform is the foundation for the market-leading 3Com Palm III(tm) and PalmPilot(tm) connected organizers and other handheld computing products from Palm Computing's strategic partners, all leaders in their respective markets. These include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , which sells the IBM WorkPad PC Companion into the enterprise market, Franklin Covey, which supplies Palm devices for both the consumer and enterprise markets based on their popular time and life management planning concepts, QUALCOMM, which will sell its pdQ CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. Digital Smartphone in 1999, and Symbol Technologies, which develops and markets the SPT (Sectors Per Track) The number of sectors in one track. 1500 device with bar code scanning capabilities used in retail, transportation, parcel and postal delivery, manufacturing and health care. About 3Com With more than 200 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people to information in more ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Co more than 750,000 people each year. More than 1 including Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highnames may be trademarks of the respective compan |
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