Aether Systems Announces Availability of BlackBerry by Aether Wireless Email Solution for Lotus Notes and Domino.Business & High Tech Editors OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001 Marketplace Widens Dramatically for Complete Wireless Email Wireless Email or Push E-mail for enterprises is an email solution for small handheld platforms that is secure and managed centrally by enterprise server. Wireless technology adoption has seen a dramatic increase over the past few years. Solution With Aether Service and Support Aether Systems Inc., (Nasdaq:AETH), a leading provider of wireless data products and services, announced today that BlackBerry(TM) by Aether, the complete wireless email solution with customer service, support and value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. application development provided by Aether, will be available for Lotus(R) Notes(R) and Domino(TM) later this quarter. The announcement follows the recent introduction by Research In Motion Limited (Nasdaq: RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. ) of BlackBerry Enterprise Edition(TM) for Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. and Domino users at the Lotusphere user conference in Orlando. With this extension to Lotus Notes and Domino users, the market for BlackBerry by Aether solution is expanded dramatically by approximately doubling the number of enterprise customers that will now have the ability to stay wirelessly connected to their corporate email. BlackBerry by Aether provides an integrated package of hardware, software, airtime and customer service that gives enterprise customers reliable wireless email access in the palm of their hand. Expanding BlackBerry by Aether to customers with Lotus Domino and Notes allows Aether to better serve existing customers and at the same time reach out to an even greater pool of corporate customers seeking wireless connectivity. Making the solution available to a broader audience effectively and strategically extends Aether's mission to offer its enterprise customers the best available wireless solutions. "Aether is very pleased to extend its BlackBerry by Aether solution to an entire new community of enterprise customers seeking wireless messaging capabilities," said John Clarke John Clarke may be:
In addition to enabling BlackBerry by Aether wireless email users with single mailbox integration capabilities with Lotus Domino, enterprise users will continue to receive access to a full-featured address book, appointment calendar, task list, calculator, and memo pad memo pad n → bloc m de notas memo pad n → bloc-notes m memo pad memo n → Notizblock m . Through the BlackBerry by Aether solution, enterprises will be equipped with integrated email/organizer software, PC cradle and desktop software, enterprise server software, end-to-end security, and flat-rate airtime on nationwide wireless networks. "This agreement builds upon the shared vision of RIM and Aether to offer enterprise customers a comprehensive and secure wireless email solution," said David Werezak, Vice President Marketing at RIM. "The expansion of BlackBerry to include support for Lotus Domino allows key reselling partners such as Aether to expand the market for our leading wireless email solution." About Aether Systems Aether Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of wireless and mobile data products and services allowing real-time communications and transactions across a full range of devices and networks. Using its engineering expertise, the ScoutWare(TM) family of products including the Aether Intelligent Messaging An earlier messaging system from Banyan Systems that ran on NetWare and VINES servers and incorporated Banyan's popular Streettalk directory service. It included a basic mail program, which could be upgraded to the more advanced BeyondMail system. See ePresence. (AIM) software platform, and its network operations and customer care center, Aether seeks to provide comprehensive, technology-independent wireless and 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 solutions. Aether develops and delivers wireless data services across a variety of industries and market segments 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 internationally. For more information, please visit www.aethersystems.com About Research In Motion Research In Motion Limited is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the mobile communications market. Through development and integration of hardware, software and services, RIM provides solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers in 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. and around the world to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products includes the RIM Inter@ctive(TM) Pager product line, the BlackBerry(TM) wireless email solution, wireless personal computer card adapters, embedded radio-modems and software development tools. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : RIM). Investors may contact investor_relations@rim.net. Customers may contact info@rim.net. Web site: www.rim.net. This press release includes forward-looking statements based on current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions about Aether that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of Aether to successfully offer the products and services described in this press release and the market acceptance of these services. These risks and other risk factors are described in Aether's report 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. with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999 and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Aether undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited and are used by permission. "BlackBerry by Aether" used by permission. |
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