AstraZeneca Selects Mobile Automation 2000 - Enterprise Edition to Manage Its Windows 2000 Machines.Business Editors/Technology Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000 Enterprise System Management Solution Provides Centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. Management of More Than 5,000 AstraZeneca Mobile Computers Mobile Automation Inc. (MAI MAI Mail (File Name Extension) MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment MAI Maius (Latin: May) MAI Ministerul Administratiei si Internelor (Romanian) ) today announced that AstraZeneca International (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AZN AZN Asian ) has purchased Mobile Automation 2000 - Enterprise Edition, the only Total System Management solution, to manage more than 5,000 Windows 2000 machines in its organization. "We are very impressed with both the technology and the level of support that Mobile Automation provided us during the evaluation and deployment process," said Matt Kuhlhorst, project manager with Andersen Consulting See Accenture. who spearheaded the technology evaluation and implementation for AstraZeneca. "Mobile Automation 2000's strongest feature, among others, is its ability to distribute software to clients that connect to the AstraZeneca network sporadically. "As a result, AstraZeneca now has the ability to ensure that mobile sales force users can successfully receive applications using their dial-up connections without requiring the sales force to adjust their personal network connection habits." AstraZeneca will use Mobile Automation 2000 - Enterprise Edition to perform application installations and updates on their sales force computers. "Mobile Automation 2000 - Enterprise Edition is the first system management solution that incorporates an enterprise-scalable architecture with a leading mobile system management solution to provide a single solution for managing all desktop, laptop and 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. ," said Douglas E. Neal, president and chief executive officer of Mobile Automation. "With MA2000 - EE, AstraZeneca now has a tool that allows them to reduce cost and proactively manage a large number of users from a single location." Pricing and Availability The average price per PC for Mobile Automation 2000 at 500 users is $47. The Mobile Automation 2000 Server is $4,995. About AstraZeneca AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of ethical (prescription) pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the world with healthcare sales of $15 billion and leading positions in sales of gastrointestinal; oncology; anesthesia, including pain management; cardiovascular; central nervous system (CNS See Continuous net settlement. CNS See continuous net settlement (CNS). ); and respiratory products. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , AstraZeneca is a $7.4 billion healthcare business with approximately 9,500 employees. For more information about AstraZeneca, visit www.astrazeneca-us.com. About the Company MAI develops mobile systems management solutions that extend IT's reach beyond traditional LAN-based tools. Founded in April 1997, Mobile Automation provides award-winning tools for controlling software distribution, application management and system configurations on the key mobile platforms -- Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. PCs, Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. and Palm OS. For more information regarding the company and its products, contact the company at 800/344-1150, ext. 2, Info@mobileautomation.com or http://www.mobileautomation.com. Note to editors: (c)2000 Mobile Automation Inc. All rights reserved. Mobile Automation and Mobile Automation 2000 are trademarks of Mobile Automation Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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