AirSoft wins 1995 Mobility Award for remote access; beats Novell NetWare Connect and DCA RLN for mobile computing honor.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1995--Adding to its list of honors, AirSoft Inc.'s AirAccess 2.0 has received the first Mobility Award for remote network access software from Mobile Insights '95, sponsored by Mobile Letter and PC World Magazine. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. J Noun 1. Dr. J - United States basketball forward (born in 1950) Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving . Gerry Purdy, editor-in-chief of Mobile Letter and director of the Mobile Insights '95 conference where the award was given, "AirAccess combines unprecedented performance with great ease of use and the flexibility to communicate via both wired and wireless links." AirAccess is the first high-performance mobile networking software Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . application for wired and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. that allows mobile PC users to work exactly as they do at their desktops. AirAccess extends the familiar desktop and local area network (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. ) usage paradigm to mobile computers, enabling mobile PC users to access data on standalone desktop PCs and LAN servers directly from their standard applications. The 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 Insights 1995 Mobility Award is the first award series devoted specifically to recognizing products and leaders in the mobile computing and data communications industries. AirSoft won the remote network access software category over Novell Inc.'s NetWare Connect, Aironet's Wireless FieldNet and DCA's Remote LAN Node. The Mobility Award joins the 1994 PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence AirSoft received at COMDEX/Fall. "AirSoft is honored to be recognized by the industry's leading experts assembled at Dr. Purdy's Mobile Insights '95 conference, and we are committed to delivering similar breakthroughs in the future," said Jagdeep Singh, AirSoft president and chief executive officer. AirSoft Inc., the mobile networking software company, provides high-performance wired and wireless communications software products that allow remote and mobile users to work as they do at their desktops. CONTACT: AirSoft Inc. Michael Staiger, 408/777-7500 GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute Jennings Lydia Bell, 415/974-6200 |
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