Abaco, Symbol and FinTech Showcased at Pocket PC Launch.Business & High-Tech Editors ATLANTA and CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 Abaco PR, Inc. (Abaco), Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Symbol), and FinTech Services Ltd. (FinTech) showcased the power of wireless mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings in the business enterprise using Abaco's Varadero on the Symbol PPT 2740 at Microsoft's Pocket PC launch last Wednesday. Peter Zencke, Member of the Executive Board, SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. and Douglas Dedo, Group Product Manager, Pocket PC Enterprise Strategy at Microsoft Corp., demonstrated the Varadero application, a Maintenance Repair Order (MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) service application created by FinTech for their client Husky Oil Ltd. Husky is one of the first companies to go-live using Varadero and the Symbol 2740 Pocket PC. Varadero is the first thin client solution for wireless applications to be used by the Pocket PC. It is ideal for data capturing and data access applications including supply chain management and logistics, business-to-business, customer relationship management, 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. , data collection and other transaction applications. As a comprehensive architecture and business framework for building, deploying, maintaining and administering wireless solutions, Varadero applications are developed using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and Varadero's custom controls designed specifically for the wireless transactional based data collection environment. "Abaco's ultra-thin client Varadero is a great fit for Pocket PCs in the enterprise," said Douglas Dedo, group project manager, Pocket PC Enterprise Strategy at Microsoft Corp. "Varadero leverages developers' expertise in Visual Basic, making it quick to deliver cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. business applications to these mobile devices even over low-bandwidth wireless connections." "We are very excited to be involved in the Pocket PC launch," said Fernando Alvarez
Fernando Alvarez is a macroeconomist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1994. , 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 Abaco. "We are particularly pleased that partners like Microsoft, SAP, Symbol and FinTech have endorsed Varadero's thin-client Pocket PC architecture." "Varadero's ability to extend business applications to mobile workers combined with the PPT 2740's wireless and data collection features are a winning combination for the mobile enterprise," said Keith Kanneg, senior director of Symbol's Software Marketing Business Unit. "Together we deliver new benefits to those customers who are working to solve supply chain, logistics and other data collection problems." "FinTech is committed to innovating supply chain solutions for our customers. Drawing upon our depth of knowledge and experience in the areas of supply management, SAP and mobile computing technologies, we provide our clients with a competitive advantage. Our mobile computing group focuses our full enterprise capability on the solution challenge. Our solution developed for Husky showcases world-class technologies that enable the workplace in a friendly fashion using the Microsoft Pocket PC technology," said Kalvin MacDonald, President and CEO of FinTech. "Our mobile computing team and our client, Husky Oil, are obviously delighted with the solution capability delivered with Abaco's Varadero tool set and Symbol's robust hardware." About FinTech FinTech Services Ltd. is one of Canada's fastest growing technology companies. Through its partnership with SAP, the global leader in inter-enterprise applications, FinTech develops, implements, and supports proven yet innovative business software solutions across many industries leveraging world class technology for its customers. FinTech's eBusiness and pervasive computing Refers to the use of computers in everyday life, including PDAs, smartphones and other mobile devices. It also refers to computers contained in commonplace objects such as cars and appliances and implies that people are unaware of their presence. strategies deploy mySAP.com for a customer to integrate and optimize optimize - optimisation an entire business across its global supply chain and business partner network. In addition, FinTech has established partnerships with a variety of companies including Abaco, Microsoft, E-Online, Aspect Development, and Symbol Technologies that permit it to offer a broad range of highly specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. state of the art software and hardware solutions throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . About Symbol Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of this year's National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in wireless and internet-based mobile data transaction systems and services. Symbol provides its customers unique value with innovative solutions utilizing application-specific information appliances See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. , data and voice wireless networks, and bar code and data capture scanning. Symbol and its global network of business partners provide LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and WAN mobility solutions from the enterprise to e-commerce for industries including retail, transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Symbol's broad range of information appliances is in use by business and consumers from the factory, to the office, to the home. Information is available from Symbol at www.symbol.com and 1-800-722-6234. About Abaco Abaco, founded in 1993, is a global market leader in delivering wireless to the enterprise. Abaco provides complete solutions for wireless applications to the enterprise environment with the Abaco Bridge, The Bridge for R/3(TM) and Varadero(TM). Varadero is a trademark of Abaco PR, Inc. Other product and service names referenced herein are presumed to be trademarks of their respective owners. The Canadian Venture Exchange The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is now a defunct stock exchange having been acquired by the TSX Group in 2001 and renamed the TSX Venture Exchange. History of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this release. |
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