AnyDay.com Selects NetMorf to Provide Mobile Access for Leading Online Calendar.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 NetMorf's Leading M-Commerce Platform to Give Millions of Users Access to Personal Schedules via Wireless Devices NetMorf, Inc., the premier mobile commerce (m-commerce) platform for e-businesses, today announced that AnyDay.com, which recently announced plans to be acquired by Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PALM), selected NetMorf's SiteMorfer(TM) solution to design and deliver a new wireless application for its leading Internet-based calendar system. With over three million users registered, AnyDay.com combines an integrated calendar, address book, reminder service and task manager with an event directory, to deliver up-to-the-minute personal services personal services n. in contract law, the talents of a person which are unusual, special or unique and cannot be performed exactly the same by another. These can include the talents of an artist, an actor, a writer, or professional services. anytime and anywhere. To add the flexibility of mobile communication, AnyDay.com chose SiteMorfer to provide convenient access to content, information and contacts from any location. Now, AnyDay.com users will be able to schedule appointments; receive meeting reminders, news and Web content; and stay connected to friends, family and colleagues from any wireless-enabled handheld device, while enjoying fast, predictable and reliable service. Underscoring the tremendous demand for personal productivity solutions, Palm recently announced its intention to acquire AnyDay.com. 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. the GartnerGroup, Palm Computing is the leader in personal digital assistants (PDAs), with an estimated 80 percent market share of the more than six million devices in use. "Wireless access is the next logical step for AnyDay.com as we work with Palm to create the Internet's most dynamic mobile portal," said Steve Watts, 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. and co-founder of AnyDay.com. "Designing the right mobile application to support and grow with our dynamic environment is critical to the success of this service; it has to be fast, easy and intuitive. Of the several solutions we evaluated, only SiteMorfer leverages our existing systems and provides direct data access to the millions of unique calendars we host, integrates the unique features found in today's mobile devices, and sends the correct information to customers at each of those devices instantly." With wireless access, busy professionals will be able to access their AnyDay calendars during a business trip by connecting with the Internet from a Palm VII The Palm VII product family consisted of two products, the Palm VII and the Palm VIIx Palm Pilots. These were produced by Palm, Inc., before it was split into PalmOne and PalmSource. They had antennas for wireless data communication on the Mobitex network under the now defunct Palm. or a mobile telephone. The Palm/AnyDay mobile portal will notify travelers of changes in their flight schedules allowing them to make changes in their schedule on the fly. Users will also be able to access the extensive AnyDay events database, including professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. schedules, local movie listings, book releases and major cultural events in the city they are visiting. For instance, someone visiting San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden could use their wireless device to access the Palm/AnyDay mobile portal to find out when the Giants are playing, where and when to see The Perfect Storm, and when the San Francisco Philharmonic is playing. The Web has swept in a new era for business, extending its reach to millions of customers and business partners. Now, with the availability of 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. , m-commerce is unlocking an exciting new channel for instant connection to the actionable content and transactions of e-business from any location. "In today's breakneck break·neck adj. 1. Dangerously fast: a breakneck pace. 2. Likely to cause an accident: a breakneck curve. pace of e-business, extending enterprise data to users - such as meeting scheduling, contact information and availability - is critical for corporate survival. By leveraging the SiteMorfer platform, AnyDay's powerful calendaring system can now reach their customers whenever and wherever they need it," said Michael Maggio, president and CEO, NetMorf. "AnyDay's selection of NetMorf demonstrates our ability to deliver a scalable, highly-available mobile platform for mission-critical B2E B2E Business to Employee B2E Business to Enterprise , as well as B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. applications." About AnyDay.com AnyDay.com, Inc., the creator of the Internet's leading time management solution, was founded in 1998 and has headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. By extending the capabilities of the online calendar with group organizing, events directory, integrated e-mail scheduling system and more, AnyDay.com empowers people to efficiently organize all aspects of their professional and personal lives. The AnyDay service is available to mobile Internet users everywhere from AnyDay.com, and via a link from two Palm web sites (www.palm.com and www.palm.net). About Palm, Inc. Palm, Inc. is the leading provider of handheld computing devices (IDC, December 1999), including the Palm III(TM), Palm V(TM) and Palm VII(TM) series of handheld computers. The Palm OS platform is the foundation for the industry-leading handheld computers from the company as well as products from its strategic partners such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , QUALCOMM, Franklin Covey, Handspring, TRG TRG Training Group TRG The Resource Group TRG Technical Resource Group TRG Technical Review Group TRG Technology Research Group TRG Tory Reform Group TRG Tactical Reconnaissance Group TRG Training received (on overtime forms) and Symbol Technologies. Platform licensees also include Sony and Nokia. Designed to support the increasingly mobile and geographically dispersed nature of information management, the company's handheld solutions allow people to carry their most critical information in their pockets. For more information, please visit www.palm.com. About NetMorf NetMorf delivers mobile commerce platforms for e-businesses that want to expand market reach, strengthen customer relationships and improve customer retention. Through its patent-pending technology, professional services and domain expertise, NetMorf enables e-businesses to extend their sites to anyone with a mobile phone, 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). or other wireless device. Unlike other tools that only source from HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , the company's SiteMorfer solution delivers maximum performance and flexibility by sourcing directly from the back-end databases and applications that drive e-business. NetMorf is privately held and backed by solid financing from leading venture capital investors such as VantagePoint Venture Partners. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., NetMorf can be reached at www.netmorf.com. NetMorf and SiteMorfer are trademarks of NetMorf, Inc. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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