AvantGo and Kiva Announce Reseller Agreement; AvantGo Enterprise Mobilizes Kiva's Integrated Development Management Solutions for Local and State Government and Utilities.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. & Sandy, UTAH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2001 AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), the leading provider of mobile infrastructure software and services, and Kiva kiva (kē`və), large, underground ceremonial chamber, peculiar to the ancient and modern Pueblo. The modern kiva probably evolved from the slab houses (i.e. , a market leader in the area of Government Management Software and GIS (1) (Geographic Information System) An information system that deals with spatial information. Often called "mapping software," it links attributes and characteristics of an area to its geographic location. applications development, today announced a strategic reseller agreement. As part of the AvantGo Strategic Alliance Partners (ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. ) program agreement, Kiva will offer a mobile platform based on AvantGo's industry-leading enterprise server. In turn, AvantGo will provide engineering, marketing and sales resources to help Kiva mobilize its best-of-breed solutions. State and local governments and utilities using the integrated Kiva solution will be able to use AvantGo Enterprise to access their key development management information wirelessly in real-time or off-line when a wireless connection may not be available. The solution is designed to increase productivity, improve communication and provide timely information management to handle the many challenges faced in development management. "We provide best-of-breed information management solutions and AvantGo provides best-of-breed mobile customer management solutions, which makes this reseller relationship beneficial to both organizations," said Richard Morrey, President of Kiva. "By integrating our development management solutions with the AvantGo Enterprise mobile business platform our customers can wirelessly access the information they want and need when they are in the field - for example, when they are inspecting a new building, climbing a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. or assessing city infrastructure." "By licensing AvantGo's mobile business solutions, Kiva can now offer its government customers a proven and accepted mobile business platform that has become the solution of choice for enterprises that require wireless access to enterprise data and applications," added Michael Kritzman, AvantGo vice president of channel sales. "We have already seen a number of field service and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet companies adopt our platform and forming an alliance with Kiva as part of our ASAP program will bring us even closer to customers in these markets." About Kiva The exclusive and unique software developed by KIVA is specific to city, county and state government entities. The primary KIVA product, Permitting and Inspection System manages municipal and county development services including permits, licenses, inspections, violations and project management. Kiva's Land Information System (LIS LIS - Langage Implementation Systeme. A predecessor of Ada developed by Ichbiah in 1973. It was influenced by Pascal's data structures and Sue's control structures. A type declaration can have a low-level implementation specification. ), provides governments with the abilities to capture all of the necessary and optional information regarding land, parcels, lots, The KIVA Request For Services System (also, a complaint tracking system) and the KIVA Work Order System allows cities, counties, and states to prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. set priorities and schedule public requests. Kiva provides all these solutions through web-based applications See Web application. that make it the industry leader in Internet applications. For more information, please visit www.kiva.com. About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is a leading provider of infrastructure software and services that power the mobile economy. AvantGo Enterprise software enables businesses to increase the value of their corporate information systems by extending existing enterprise applications and critical information to employees, customers and business partners. The company also provides the AvantGo mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. service, a hosted network that enables hundreds of businesses to deliver their content and applications to more than two million mobile consumers. AvantGo is a pioneer in delivering real-world solutions for both wireless and off-line use. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com. Cautionary Statement Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the ability of the parties' sales forces to adequately market and sell the other party's products and services, the ability of the parties to timely develop and deliver products and services that are interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. with customers; possible delays in the release of products and services, and customer demand for such products and services. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business refer to the companies' reports filed with the SEC. AvantGo, AvantGo Enterprise and the AvantGo logo are trademarks of AvantGo, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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