Antenna Software Demonstrates A3 Mobile Solutions for BlackBerry at Government Security Expo - GovSec 2004.JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Enterprise-Class Wireless Applications Optimize optimize - optimisation Field Communications Field Communications was a division of Field Enterprises, which owned the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. The company owned independent television stations in the United States, with WFLD-TV in Chicago as its largest-market station. and Service Management on RIM Devices via Cingular Mobitex (MOBIle TEXt) A low-speed, packet-switched, wireless data network that operates in the U.S. at 8 Kbps in the 900 MHz band by Velocita Wireless. Mobitex was developed jointly by Ericsson and Swedish Telecom and first put to use in Sweden in 1986. Network Antenna Software, Inc., a leading provider of wireless solutions for the mobile enterprise, announced today a robust package of Antenna A3 wireless solutions for field personnel in the government sector. The three-tiered offering is tailored to meet the specific time-critical data requirements of field organizations via RIM handheld handheld: see personal digital assistant. wireless devices on Cingular Wireless' Mobitex network. Antenna's A3 applications enable field personnel to remain in constant communication, access 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. work orders and customer data from back-end (programming) back-end - Any software performing either the final stage in a process, or a task not apparent to the user. A common usage is in a compiler. A compiler's back-end generates machine language and performs optimisations specific to the machine's architecture. systems and respond quickly to events. Antenna will be showing Antenna A3 solutions in the Cingular Wireless booth (#3213) at the GovSec conference in Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , D.C. on July July: see month. 28th and 29th. The Antenna A3 offering is designed to operate on RIM BlackBerry blackberry, name for several species of thorny plants of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). See bramble. blackberry devices, including the 957 and 950 handheld devices, and is available in three solution packages designed to satisfy the requirements of, and achieve rapid 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). for, organizations of differing size and operational need:
1. The Antenna Messaging package provides two-way messaging on the
RIM Blackberry 950 and 957 devices using Antenna's powerful A3
MobileManager application. Now, Government Agencies and
Enterprise customers that have already deployed RIM handhelds
can further leverage their investment by adding unique
dispatch and scheduling features such as user management,
group messaging, and delivery status reporting. Emergency
notifications, rapidly changing safety or security conditions
and even sudden shifts in business or competitive markets are
all opportunities where immediate, ad-hoc communication with
employees is essential.
2. The Antenna Messaging Plus package includes all the features of
the Antenna Messaging with the added benefits of more advanced
messaging functions on the RIM 957 device. Antenna Messaging
Plus includes the Antenna A3 Escalation Manager for advanced
escalation process management. This integrated capability
automates the normally unwieldy and error-prone process of
ensuring that messages are handled correctly if not responded
to promptly or if other message conditions occur. Using
Antenna's Escalation Manager user-defined work flow rules and
exception handling procedures guarantee messages are always
managed correctly in response to delivery issues such as lack
of user acknowledgement, invalid PIN or a device that is
unreachable. Also included in the Antenna Messaging Plus, is
Antenna's flexible, CIS host interface. This interface allows
field personnel to wirelessly interact directly and securely
with their back-end systems via a RIM device.
3. The Antenna Enterprise offering combines all the features of
the Antenna Messaging Plus with two additional components that
help organizations reap the full benefit of mobile enterprise
technology -- the Antenna A3 Mobility Dashboard, and the
Antenna A3 SmartClient & A3 Studio modules. The A3 Mobility
Dashboard is a Web-based portal that provides access to
advanced Antenna modules such as Real-Time Status Board and
Device Manager. Real-Time Status Board provides comprehensive,
at-a-glance views of users, message statuses and in-depth
visibility into transaction details. Device Manager is an
integrated asset management and wireless administration tool
that provides IT managers and service supervisors complete
control over devices in the field; it includes critical
functions like remote password modification and application
locks in the event a device is lost or stolen.
In many instances, organizations require secure,
real-time, bi-directional access to critical back-end
enterprise systems such as Siebel, SAP, Peoplesoft and others
via their RIM BlackBerry device. The Antenna Enterprise
offering also incorporates the Antenna A3 SmartClient
application suite, which includes comprehensive field service,
sales force, and knowledge management modules. Taking
advantage of the Mobitex store-and-forward functionality,
Antenna A3 SmartClient users can continue using the
application even without wireless coverage (for example, in a
basement or hospital), greatly increasing their productivity
and efficiency. Antenna's A3 Studio is a full-featured
wireless application development environment. With it, users
can customize their applications, and configure work flows and
business processes using the Antenna's powerful built-in
scripting language to exactly meet their needs. In addition,
all application installations, modifications, and updates take
place wirelessly, or "over-the-air", allowing IT
administrators to send out application updates and installs
without requiring users to dock their device.
"Antenna's RIM BlackBerry based offerings meet the complex needs of both the government and commercial markets by driving valuable, time-sensitive data to the point of consumption by field personnel," said Peter Semmelhack, Chairman, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Antenna Software, Inc. "This approach elevates customer relationships and delivers true business value through increased quality of service and improved personnel productivity." Mobitex is the world's leading system for dedicated wireless data, providing a highly secure environment, the highest levels of reliability, faster data delivery and extensive seamless See seamless integration. coverage. Cingular operates the largest Mobitex network in the U.S., which covers 93% of U. S. business population, including 492 Metropolitan Statistical Areas and 130 airports. About Antenna Software Antenna Software is the largest, privately held mobile enterprise solutions provider 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. with thousands of users worldwide. Headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, Antenna's products provide proven, powerful mobile solutions, which integrate enterprise-class business applications with global wireless network communications and management capabilities. Antenna supports a growing client base of leading service organizations throughout the world. Key customers include Pitney Bowes  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , L-3 Communications
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