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Aether Announces ScoutWeb v.2.0; Standards-Based Product Supports Any Markup Language Presentation On Wide Range of Mobile Devices.


Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2001

Aether aether: see ether, in physics and astronomy.

Aether

god of whole atmosphere. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 42]

See : Air
 Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AETH), a leading provider of wireless data products and services, today announced the general availability of ScoutWeb(TM) v2.0, a component of the company's modular technology foundation, Aether Fusion(TM).

ScoutWeb allows businesses, portals, publishers, service providers and wireless carriers to deliver Internet and intranet content to remote users regardless of the device they use.

Now java-based, ScoutWeb v2.0 provides additional flexibility, scalability and reliability for its users. The standards-based solution offers a unified user interface for quick setup of devices and transformation rules and out-of-the box support for more markup languages
  • List of XML markup languages
  • List of general purpose markup languages
  • List of document markup languages
  • List of content syndication markup languages
  • List of lightweight markup languages
  • List of user interface markup languages
 including cHTML for I-Mode devices, WML (Wireless Markup Language) A tag-based language used in the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). WML is an XML document type allowing standard XML and HTML tools to be used to develop WML applications. It evolved from Openwave's HDML, but WML is not a superset of HDML.  for WAP-enable devices, HTML HTML
 in full HyperText Markup Language

Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web.
, and XML XML
 in full Extensible Markup Language.

Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations.
. ScoutWeb runs on both Solaris and Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating systems See network operating system. , and provides a wide range of uses across the enterprise.

Other features of ScoutWeb v2.0 include:
-- XSL processing engine

-- Support for all mobile devices and mobile operating systems including
PocketPC, RIM, WAP phones, PalmOS, and Symbian

-- Support for Cookies

-- Automatic device detection


Pricing & Availability

ScoutWeb is available from Aether at a starting list price of $30,000 for a single CPU CPU
 in full central processing unit

Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit.
 server. Upgrades will be furnished free-of-charge to existing ScoutWeb customers with current support contracts. Those interested in learning more about Aether's ScoutWeb can visit www.aethersystems.com or contact Aether's software products division at 877/719-3169.

About Aether Systems

Aether Systems helps enterprise customers improve efficiency and profitability by providing the services, software and support necessary to extend existing and future business applications from the desktop to any wireless device.

Through Aether Fusion(TM), Aether's wireless enabling technology foundation, Aether develops, deploys and manages wireless solutions built on industry standard technology and backed by Aether's expertise in wireless hosting, software and services. Aether provides the business world with a single-source for reliable, scalable and cost effective wireless solutions.

For more information, please visit www.aethersystems.com.
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