AMR Research Acknowledges AvantGo's Leadership in Mobile Space.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2001 Leading Industry Research Firm's Paper Cites Facts to Illustrate AvantGo's Momentum; 29 New Global 1000 Customers, Hosted Network for 1500 Businesses, and 3 Million Registered Users AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), the leading provider of mobile infrastructure software and services, was recognized recently in a published paper by industry research firm, AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research, as a strong leader in the mobile space. The paper points to impressive new Global 1000 customers, new products and innovation as leading factors in answering the question it poses, "In a confused mobile market where few other vendors gain significant market traction, why does AvantGo gain strength?" The paper notes: "Few mobile vendors can boast of more than three million registered users that access content and applications via smart devices or of having a hosted network that serves 1,500 businesses wirelessly. Even fewer can claim global customers such as Eli Lily, Pfizer, Unilever and BP." "AvantGo has been executing on its original strategy set four years ago, to provide real-world mobile solutions to the Global 1000. That means solutions that work today, with today's available infrastructure, not solutions that will be critical to a company five years down the road, but that don't make practical sense now," said Richard Owen Sir Richard Owen KCB (July 20 1804–December 18 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. He was widely regarded as malicious and dishonest but he was also one of the most brilliant and influential biologists of his time. , 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 AvantGo. "The market can go ahead and make all the noise in the world, AvantGo is going to trod ahead, undistracted and on course, and what the industry will see is a leader building on its products and services, and adding name brand customers each quarter." Author of the paper, Rekha Waheed, analyst at AMR Research, sees the shipment of AvantGo's first packaged application for sales professionals, AvantGo Mobile Sales(TM), as a positive strategy for today's market conditions. Waheed states, "By reducing mobile SFA See sales force automation. SFA - Sales Force Automation costs and increasing deployment speed through a packaged SFA application, AvantGo continues to distinguish itself. While vendors of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and wireless products require sizeable upfront costs and integration projects, AvantGo has slowly but surely adapted to, and capitalized on, the needs of the mobile, yet financially constrained market." AvantGo Mobile Sales began shipping in July, and is a packaged mobile sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. application that wirelessly supports all of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds(TM), Microsoft Pocket PC-based and Palm OS-based handheld devices. The AvantGo Mobile Sales application is the first packaged mobile application from AvantGo. The AvantGo Mobile Sales application allows sales professionals to view and update critical sales information from leading customer relationship management (CRM) applications, such as Onyx, Oracle and Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. with their personal digital assistants and Internet-enabled phones. About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is the leading provider of infrastructure software and services that power the mobile economy. AvantGo M-Business software enables businesses to increase the value of their corporate information systems by extending existing enterprise applications and critical information to employees, customers and business partners. The company also provides the AvantGo mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. service, a hosted network that enables hundreds of businesses to deliver their content and applications to more than 3 million mobile consumers. AvantGo is a pioneer in delivering real-world solutions for both wireless and off-line use. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com. Cautionary Statement Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the company's ability to successfully continue to develop and integrate its products, software and services, and customers' willingness to adopt the products. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business, refer to the companies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . Note to Editors: AvantGo, AvantGo Enterprise, AvantGo Mobile Engine, AvantGo Mobile Sales, AvantGo Mobile Delivery, Dynamic Mobility Model and the AvantGo logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of AvantGo 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. |
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