BackWeb and Adjoined Consulting Announce Partnership to Optimize Pharmaceutical Field Force Operations; Anytime, Anywhere Access Improves Field Force Productivity and Enhances Administrative Efficiencies.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- BackWeb Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: BWEB BWEB Broadcast Web BWEB Bacula Web Interface ), a leading provider of software designed to mobilize web applications, announced today its strategic partnership with Adjoined Consulting, an industry-focused full-service management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , technology, and outsourcing firm. Adjoined will implement offline and mobile web solutions with a focus on Pharmaceutical field force operations. Adjoined and BackWeb will work to deliver solutions that increase the productivity of mobile professionals within the Pharmaceutical industry by providing them with access to critical information anywhere, anytime. Today's announcement marks the formal launch of the successful partnership which began earlier this year. To date, BackWeb and Adjoined have collaborated on five engagements, including work for the Biopharmaceutical group within Johnson & Johnson. Pharmaceutical field forces currently endure significant costs and lost productivity, as 30 percent or more of field time is consumed by administrative tasks and downtime while in the field. To address this issue, Adjoined has deployed BackWeb's leading offline web technology which enables customers to identify and capture the maximum business value from 24/7 access to critical web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. information, regardless of the availability of wireless coverage - further reducing the need to be connected to a network to complete administrative tasks and maximizing productivity of downtime. In addition, utilizing the BackWeb solution, Adjoined can help customers eliminate printing and distribution costs distribution costs distribute npl → Vertriebskosten pl by making needed materials available via a web-based browser. The partnership provides a new, substantially improved model for pharmaceutical companies to enhance field force effectiveness. "Mobile applications continue to be a critical strategic component of a company's IT portfolio," said Alan Crowther, Managing Officer of Adjoined Consulting's Enterprise Application practice. "BackWeb's mobile application solutions leverage sophisticated technology to deliver a unique field force operations solution that optimizes intermittent, or no bandwidth environments, and delivers key applications to field representatives, therefore maximizing the productivity of mobile workforces. "The tandem of Adjoined's expert consultants and the depth of BackWeb's technology delivers a dynamic combination to the market that provides a high and immediate return on investment," added Crowther. "The BackWeb model allows applications to be extended to the mobile environment - eliminating the need to recode Verb 1. recode - put into a different code; rearrange mentally; "People recode and restructure information in order to remember it" rearrange - put into a new order or arrangement; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room" them - for anytime, anywhere access and better leveraging of existing or legacy systems." "We are excited to be working with Adjoined to build a bold field force offering," said Pete Szalay, Vice President Sales and Marketing at BackWeb. "By formally announcing the combination of our products and Adjoined's deep industry expertise and technological capabilities, we're highlighting an exclusive solution approach that delivers an unprecedented return on our clients' mobile application investment." About Adjoined Consulting Adjoined Consulting is an industry-focused, full-service management consulting, technology services and outsourcing firm that offers strategic operational consulting, leading-edge technology integration, outsourcing solutions and original, independent research. With more than 200 Global 2000 companies as clients, Adjoined focuses on solving business challenges for clients in the consumer packaged goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale foodstuff, grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one & retail, life sciences, industrial products, financial services 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. , communications & media and travel & leisure industries. Headquartered in Miami, Adjoined also has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Tampa and outsourcing data centers in Boston and Phoenix. For more information on Adjoined Consulting visit www.adjoined.com. About BackWeb Technologies BackWeb mobilizes critical web applications and content for mobile workforces and remote offices. Mobile professionals can be productive anytime, anywhere, without interruption, regardless of connection status or network availability. BackWeb's patented web and polite synchronization mobile solution delivers a seamless and simple user experience. The solution is commonly deployed to sales forces, field employees, mobile managers and remote operations. Typical e-business applications include enterprise sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , e-learning and training and Human Capital Management (HCM HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. ). Content examples include document repositories and rich media. BackWeb customers include market leaders such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Eastman Kodak, GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a $18 billion (USD) unit of General Electric (GE). It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment headquartered outside the United States. , Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, KLA Tencor KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) is a semiconductor company which manufactures inspection equipment for wafers and reticles. KLA Tencor headquarters is in San Jose and offices are in Milpitas. KLA-Tencor was formed in May 1997 when KLA Instruments and Tencor Instruments merged. , Lam Research, and Pfizer. BackWeb also serves customers through partnerships with BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , Oracle PeopleSoft and SAP. BackWeb's operations are centered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and Rosh Ha 'ayin, Israel with field offices in New York and Europe. Make every minute of your mobile professional's day productive; visit www.backweb.com or call (877) 222-5932. (C) 2005 BackWeb Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. BackWeb is a registered trademark and Offline Access Server is a trademark of BackWeb Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Statements in this news release, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements of beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that the BackWeb(R) solution enables customers to identify and capture the maximum business value from 24/7 website access to critical information, regardless of the availability of wireless coverage, further reducing the need to be connected to a network to complete administrative tasks and maximizing the productivity of down time; enabling customers to eliminate printing and distribution costs by making needed materials via a web-based browser; and that BackWeb's mobile application solutions leverage sophisticated technology to deliver a unique field force operations solution that optimizes intermittent, or no bandwidth environments, delivering key applications to field representatives, therefore maximizing the productivity of clients' mobile workforces. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, the uncertainty of market acceptance of offline access products or our ability to license those products to customers; general economic conditions or any downturn in IT industry spending; the ability of BackWeb to develop innovative technology and deliver solutions that meet customer needs; and the potential emergence of competitive technologies or competitor companies. In addition, please refer to our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, which contain more detailed descriptions of the risk factors facing our business. BackWeb assumes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements in this release. |
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