Aether Systems Announces New Products to Simplify Adoption of Wireless and Mobile Data for Enterprise Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2003 Aether aether: see ether, in physics and astronomy. Aether god of whole atmosphere. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 42] See : Air Attache ATTACHE. Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister within the meaning of the Act of April 30, 1790, s. 37, 1 Story's L. U. S. (TM) Mobile Office Solution is First of New Applications Based on Aether Fusion(TM); Aether 20/20V(TM) Provides Nationwide Vehicle Location and Management for Enterprise Fleets Aether Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AETH), a leading provider of wireless and mobile data solutions, today announced new products designed to simplify the adoption of wireless and mobile data applications for enterprise customers. Aether Attache is a mobile office solution that leverages the Aether Fusion platform to provide device- and network-independent access to corporate e-mail and groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. . Aether 20/20V is the newest addition to Aether's suite of fleet management products, providing a simple and 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. nationwide solution for vehicle location and management. These products, as well as today's announcement of a strategic alliance agreement with EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , are the first deliverables from a comprehensive strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. process Aether conducted over the last several months. The core tenets of Aether's strategic growth plan are: -- A targeted market focus on industry and application segments that have demonstrated near-term growth potential based on proven ROI from wireless and mobile solutions. These segments include transportation, logistics, mobile office, field service, government and Homeland Security. -- A development focus on applications that leverage the extensible Aether Fusion platform and other Aether technology assets and alliances that expand the strength of the company's product portfolio. -- Expansion based on strategic business alliances with proven leaders in target markets. "Enterprise deployments of wireless and mobile applications are growing at a steady pace, but we expect an acceleration in the next 12-24 months, as newer, more integrated and easier to use product suites focused on specific task and/or and/or conj. Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved. Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing. industries arrive, and make deployments easier," said Jack Gold, Vice President of Mobile 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. at META Group. "Mobile office workers in particular, present an under-served market, as most current deployments require extensive amounts of work to get workers up and running. Easy, out of the box, and extensible solutions will significantly increase the willingness of enterprises to deploy solutions, and reduce cost and implementation time." Dave Oros, Aether Chairman 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. , said, "Enterprises want to use wireless and mobile technology in concert with applications that solve real business problems and drive fast 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). . Aether understands that customers deploying new technology must have the freedom to choose, based on an extensible platform that becomes more cost-effective as new applications are deployed, rather than being left with multiple point solutions and the exponential 1. (mathematics) exponential - A function which raises some given constant (the "base") to the power of its argument. I.e. f x = b^x If no base is specified, e, the base of natural logarthims, is assumed. 2. cost of ongoing support and management. With the new developments we've announced today, our objective is to bring focus and clarity not only to our own enterprise business strategy, but also to the broader, maturing world of mobile workers in the enterprise." Aether Attache - Extensible, Fusion-based Mobile Office Solution Aether Attache enhances enterprise productivity by extending collaborative applications to the mobile office user, regardless of what device and carrier network is used. Built on the foundation of Aether Fusion - which provides enterprise class security, scalability, device and network independence, and ease of use - Attache is designed to address the needs of office workers who have a demonstrated need for mobile access to corporate e-mail and groupware. Attache provides a tangible return on investment to enterprises by delivering: -- Measurable improvements in productivity, customer response times and service levels. -- Investment protection - flexibility to choose from multiple devices and networks based on business needs. -- Extensibility - ability to deploy additional applications on an extensible platform that becomes incrementally cost-effective with each new deployment. -- Scalability based on enterprise-class application servers. -- End-to-end end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. security, which ensures data is never compromised. Aether Attache is in controlled release and will be generally available within the current quarter. Aether 20/20V - Nationwide Vehicle Location & Management for Enterprise Fleets 20/20V was acquired by Aether as part of last year's acquisition of certain assets of @Track Communications. Over the past six months, Aether has made significant enhancements to the system to better address the needs of enterprise customers. Going forward, Aether will market and sell Aether 20/20V to enterprise fleets that are part of the nearly 30 million commercial vehicles operating 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. . Aether 20/20V is the most efficient and cost-effective nationwide vehicle location and management solution available. Location and status information is delivered in real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. to a powerful and intuitive Internet-based host, providing easy anywhere, anytime management of fleets. Using Aether 20/20V, fleet managers have a solution to the problems they face on a daily basis - lack of visibility; lack of accountability; vehicle misuse; poor customer service metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. ; inconsistent levels of productivity; and overall lack of control. More than 40 fleets already use 20/20V, and several enterprise-level fleets are piloting the enhanced Aether 20/20V solution. Aether is marketing the product to enterprise-level customers including those managing mobile sales teams, service vehicles, utility fleets, delivery vehicles, and virtually any enterprise that has a mobile workforce. Aether 20/20V is available immediately. One of Aether 20/20V's early customers is mechanical and industrial contractor Edwards, Inc. "Using Aether 20/20V, the productivity increase from our sales force allows us to see more prospects and improve our overall sales effort by 10%, resulting in an impact of $5 million per year in revenue," said Forrest Boone, Vice President, Edwards, Inc. About Aether Systems Inc. Aether Systems delivers wireless and mobile data solutions that make people more productive and their organizations more profitable. Aether's products and services are built on Aether Fusion, the company's standards-based platform that allows for secure, reliable extension of critical information to virtually any wireless or mobile environment. Return on investment in Aether solutions comes from a unique combination of strengths - quick access to multiple back-end information sources, workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. that is optimized for specific industries, and turnkey See turnkey system. deployment services and professional support. Backed by years of in-market expertise, Aether is making it possible for thousands of businesses and government agencies to unleash the power of the mobile workforce. For more information, please visit www.aethersystems.com |
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