AirClic to Power AppLabs' Scan2order for Mobile Order Management.Business Editors/High Tech Writers AirClic, AppLabs Partner to Meet Demands of Mobile Procurement Using Wireless Devices AirClic Inc, a leading Web-based software and services platform company, and AppLabs Technologies, a leading provider of innovative enterprise solutions, announced a licensing agreement to offer an inventive application that eases administrative tasks associated with ordering supplies. AppLabs developed the application to enable enterprise customers to quickly scan or manually enter product bar codes from a catalog or bin label directly into an online ordering form. Thanks to AirClic's Mobile Information Platform (MIP MIP See: Monthly income preferred security ), AppLabs' Scan2order application will help enterprises and customers complete orders faster, easier and more securely. MIP is a Web-based software platform enabling fast and secure mobile information access. Using SmartCodes(TM), in this case a product's bar code or reference number, as the key to information access, MIP lets users order products at the touch of a button. Scan2order is accessible from any mobile device, phone or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). that supports BREW or J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. . The application is also available using the AirClicker, a small, handheld scanning device See scanner. available through AirClic. Rather than manually taking down order numbers for products and then relaying those numbers by phone or Internet, customers can now scan or digitally enter numbers directly into an order form. End-users increase efficiency by reducing order processing costs and entry errors. Wholesalers can better retain and attract new customers while increasing order size and frequency, and keeping better track of valuable customer information. AppLabs' Scan2order is targeted at product manufacturers or distributors looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. innovative ways to increase their catalog sales. Buyers quickly scan an item's bar code with their mobile phone, PDA, or AirClicker and the vendor processes the orders through Scan2order's Web-based interface. AppLabs also customizes and integrates services enabling Scan2order customers to tie data into their existing systems. For those who have not yet invested in a full-fledged order management system, AppLabs' Scan2order can be used as the primary IT backend for the customer's operations. AppLabs developed this application through AirClic's Community Enabler (ACE) program, which provides open, easy-to-use tools for third-party application developers to build and deploy mobile applications using the AirClic's MIP. About AirClic Inc. Founded in 1999, AirClic Inc. (www.airclic.com) is a Web-based software and services platform company providing the mobile information market with an end-to-end content-aware infrastructure to more easily and economically transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting with their global users. Any number can be turned into a SmartCode(TM) when scanned, spoken or manually entered to initiate context-based transactions between virtually any application and any communication device using the Internet, wireless infrastructure or a phone line. AirClic is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pa., and maintains offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. About AppLabs Technologies AppLabs Technologies, with US operations based in Philadelphia, provides innovative enterprise solutions to Global 2000 customers as well as leading technology companies worldwide. By leveraging its offshore development center, which is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified, AppLabs is able to provide cost-effective IT services in software testing Software testing is the process used to measure the quality of developed computer software. Usually, quality is constrained to such topics as correctness, completeness, security, but can also include more technical requirements as described under the ISO standard ISO 9126, such , application development, wireless solutions, and application migration. For more information on AppLabs, please visit www.AppLabs.com. |
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