AvantGo Chosen by Microsoft for Strategic Alliance; AvantGo Invited to Join Microsoft's Mobility Council.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2002 AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), the leading provider of mobile enterprise software, today announced its participation in the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council. Microsoft formed the council in an effort to bring the most innovative and successful solutions to market with like-minded companies investing heavily in mobility. Mobile leader AvantGo provides solutions for the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Powered Pocket PC 2002 that automate business processes and improve the exchange of information between companies and their employees and customers, resulting in improved business efficiencies and more effective customer interactions. AvantGo solutions include: -- AvantGo M-Business Server, the best-of-breed mobile software platform for creating and deploying enterprise applications. -- Proven mobile business applications, including AvantGo Mobile Sales(TM), AvantGo Mobile Pharma(TM), AvantGo Mobile Delivery(TM), as well as AvantGo Pylon pylon (Greek: “gateway”) In modern construction, a tower that gives support, such as the steel towers between which electrical wires are strung or the piers of a bridge. solutions, which enable mobile and wireless access to e-mail and other personal information from Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. systems. -- The AvantGo Mobile Internet Service, the largest mobile application for smart devices in the world with over 2,000 media customers and over 4.5 million registered users. -- Client Services to assist in the strategy, design and delivery of end-to-end mobile solutions. "Many corporations view AvantGo enterprise solutions as a key element in their mobile computing strategy, which is one of the reasons we included its technology in Pocket Internet Explorer A version of Microsoft Internet Explorer for the Pocket PC operating system. for Pocket PC 2002," said Mary Rose Becker, Group Marketing Manager for Mobility at Microsoft Corp. "AvantGo has been a solid company producing valuable solutions for customers for years, so we're excited to further align ourselves with it via the Mobile Partner Advisory Council." Richard Owen, AvantGo's 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. , added: "We are pleased to be part of Microsoft's mobility 'inner circle,' providing proven mobile software solutions that are ideal for corporations deploying value-added applications on their Pocket PC 2002 devices." About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is the leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo solutions automate business processes and improve the exchange of information between companies and their employees and customers, resulting in improved business efficiencies and more effective customer interactions. AvantGo solutions include the best-of-breed mobile software platform for creating and deploying enterprise applications, proven customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), supply chain management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) and personal information management (PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ) mobile business applications, and professional services to assist in the strategy, design and delivery of end-to-end mobile solutions. AvantGo's customers, which include 28 of the Fortune 100 and over 2500 companies in 50 countries, include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Scottish Power, The US Senate, Tyco, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , American Express, The World Economic Forum, BG Group, plc., Genencor and Alcatel. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com. Note to Editors: AvantGo, AvantGo Enterprise, AvantGo Mobile Engine, AvantGo Mobile Sales, AvantGo Mobile Delivery, Dynamic Mobility Model and the AvantGo logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of AvantGo in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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