Ameranth Technology Systems Changes Name to Ameranth Wireless.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2001 Developer of the 21st Century Restaurant(R) System for Wireless Ordering and Payment Processing Finds New Name More Descriptive of Product Offerings Ameranth Technology Systems Inc. announced today that it has officially changed its name to Ameranth Wireless Inc. This name change represents a rebirth re·birth n. 1. A second or new birth; reincarnation. 2. A renaissance; a revival: a rebirth of classicism in architecture. of the company, which has traditionally supplied custom developed and integrated handheld software to large corporations. Ameranth found demand for their services so great, that development of a shrink-wrapped restaurant product was in order. This product, the 21st Century Restaurant(R) software version 2.0 for wireless ordering and payment processing, is currently in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the and will be available for integration with Aloha TableService POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale on March 8th. The company further felt that the name Ameranth Wireless better expressed their sound commitment to putting "Wireless to Work(TM)." "Ameranth makes software enabling (programming) software enabling - (Or "enabling") Modification of the design or implementation of software to allow internationalisation to take place. In particular, enabling may refer to the modification of software to support double-byte character sets, hence "Unicode PocketPC handhelds to wirelessly communicate with fixed information systems," said Ameranth 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. W.J. Kitchen. "While we do help our customers in customizing and obtaining the whole system -- including the hardware -- we are focusing on the development of plug and play software products such as the 21st Century Restaurant for wireless ordering and payment processing. The name 'Ameranth Wireless(TM)' is concise and helps us differentiate ourselves from VARs and systems integrators." The 21st Century Restaurant software version 2.0 is being launched at Aloha Technologies Focus 2001 show in Dallas, on March 8th. The software, which runs on Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Powered PocketPC handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. and communicates via Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs,) interfaces with legacy POS systems for wireless tableside ta·ble·side n. The area beside or around a table, especially in a restaurant. adv. & adj. Made or prepared alongside a table: lamb that was carved tableside; a tableside recitation of the menu. ordering and payment processing. The 21st Century Restaurant system is currently installed in two beta locations with Aloha Technologies POS. For more information, please visit www.ameranth.com or call 888/AMERANTH. AMERANTH WIRELESS,(TM) INC (www.ameranth.com) is a leading provider of wireless system software to the hospitality industry. The company's software applications, which run on PocketPC wireless handheld computers, communicate with legacy back office systems over wireless LANs A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area -- moving the point of activity from fixed terminals to where it belongs -- by the customer's side. Ameranth's 21st Century Restaurant system is set to become the industry standard for wireless ordering and payment processing in restaurants. |
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