@hand and AppForge Join Forces to Deliver Mission-Critical Applications in Visual Basic for Palm OS Devices.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001 Partnership Enables Handheld Devices to Move Beyond Personal Information Management to Higher ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). Applications and Functionality @hand Corporation, the pioneer in mission-critical mobile software solutions for the enterprise, and AppForge(TM), Inc., the only company that allows Microsoft Visual Basic(R) programmers This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. See also: Game programmer, List of computer scientists to create applications for the Palm OS(R), today announced a partnership to enable businesses and third-party software vendors to develop and deploy mission-critical Visual Basic solutions on Palm OS devices It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of Palm OS devices, and companies that make, or have made, them. . The combined product offering will enable businesses and software vendors to quickly and easily deliver mobile workforce solutions whether users are connected or disconnected from the network. This new offering will fully integrate with enterprise-wide information systems in a secure and reliable manner. "@hand and AppForge are first to announce a complete solution enabling the army of Visual Basic developers to deliver mission-critical applications on a Palm OS device," stated Marc Lurie, 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 @hand corporation. "@hand offers the industry's first standards-based platform with the enterprise-wide integration and fully-functional disconnected capabilities required by mission-critical mobile workers, such as those found in large transportation companies and utilities." The integrated offering from @hand and AppForge will allow companies to streamline application initiatives by leveraging Visual Basic developer skills across an array of Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. , Pocket PC and Palm OS devices. Rather than recruiting developers with skills specific to a single platform, businesses will be able to accelerate their development schedules by relying on the existing community of 3 million Visual Basic developers. "Many of the 15,000 developers using AppForge are building applications to drive greater productivity and profits for leading corporations," said Doug Armstrong Douglas "Doug" Armstrong is the current General Manager of the NHL's Dallas Stars. He has been with the organization since 1991, and was appointed as General Manager January 25, 2002. He won the Stanley Cup with the Stars in 1999. , CEO of AppForge, Inc. "Our relationship with @hand addresses the challenges of enabling these applications to operate while disconnected and to integrate with existing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , supply chain and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. systems, as well as the many other web-, client/server- and mainframe-based applications found in Fortune 1000 enterprises." @hand will integrate into its core technology the upcoming version of AppForge's Professional Edition development platform, due for release later in 2001. The two software companies plan to continue working together to support the needs of Visual Basic developers deploying applications to Palm OS devices in large-scale, mission-critical enterprise environments. About @hand Corporation @hand, a pioneer in mission-critical mobile software solutions, enables the fast, efficient deployment of wireless applications that depend on their field organizations for competitive advantage. @hand allows companies to increase productivity and garner significant financial gains by extending complex business processes to mobile workforces through rapid back-end integration. Headquartered in Austin, @hand is privately-held with venture financing by Nokia Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Austin Ventures and Broadview. About AppForge, Inc. Established in 1999, AppForge, Inc. is the first and only company to enable Microsoft Visual Basic programmers to easily and quickly create sophisticated applications for handheld, mobile and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. devices. The company's founding team has developed strategically important embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. and hardware solutions for multi-national companies in the wireless space for more than 16 years. For more information on AppForge, visit the company's Web site at www.appforge.com. Note to Editors: Microsoft and Visual Basic are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. AppForge is a trademark of AppForge, Inc. |
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