BellSouth Wireless Data Takes Leading Wireless Enterprise Solutions On Nationwide Tour.WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1999-- Showcase Kicks Off at Spring COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). With Discover IT Keynote Address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. by BellSouth Wireless See BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network. Data President and 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. BellSouth Wireless Data and its partners are showcasing the most advanced wireless enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. solutions available today at top trade venues across the country - beginning with this month's Spring COMDEX show April 19-22 in Chicago - through its "1999 Wireless Enterprise Solutions Tour." As part of the kickoff for the nationwide, five-event tour, BellSouth Wireless Data president and CEO William F. Lenahan will serve as the keynote speaker on Monday, April 19, at the COMDEX Discover IT Wireless & Mobile Showcase. BellSouth Wireless Data and wireless industry leaders Research In Motion Limited (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 :RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) See RDRAM. See also RIM. ) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :RIM), Infowave, Dynamic Mobile Data and GoAmerica will demonstrate the latest wireless enterprise solutions for interactive paging, accessing corporate e-mail, web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. applications and information and application development tools and services. Visitors to the exhibit at the COMDEX/Spring Discover IT Wireless & Mobile Showcase (Booth No. W1215) will experience live product demos and see a host of real-world customer applications, all of which are enabled on the nationwide BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network The name of the Mobitex network in the U.S. when BellSouth acquired all interest in RAM Mobile Data U.S. and formed BellSouth Wireless Data. See Mobitex. (SM). "The 1999 Wireless Enterprise Solutions Tour offers a first-hand demonstration that advanced wireless data solutions for the enterprise are no longer just a promise - they are a reality," Lenahan said. "The products and services that we and our strategic partners are demonstrating at Spring COMDEX and at other stops on the tour are just a sampling of the gamut of what is available today for enterprises that want to wirelessly enable large segments of their workforces easily and cost-effectively." The 1999 Wireless Enterprise Solutions Tour will feature the following: -- BellSouth Wireless Data will demonstrate the BellSouth Interactive Paging(SM) Service, which allows members of work groups, mobile professionals, working parents and others to send and respond to messages in seconds rather than minutes via Internet e-mail and other pagers, and send messages to fax machines and telephones via the RIM Inter@ctive(TM) Pager 950, a wearable, hand-held device with a full keyboard. There also will be demonstrations of BellSouth Powertool(TM) Software, an integrated application development environment that provides a simple but powerful framework to create solutions for devices, such as the RIM Inter@ctive Pager 950, using the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network. -- RIM will demonstrate the BlackBerry(TM) mobile email solution for Microsoft Exchange users. BlackBerry is the first complete, secure, integrated, wireless email solution for the mobile professional that gives Microsoft Exchange users untethered Unattached to any data or power source by wire or fiber; in other words: wireless. Contrast with tethered. access to their corporate email wherever they go. The BlackBerry solution includes the BlackBerry Handheld with integrated email/organizer software, PC docking cradle, innovative desktop software, and single mailbox integration with Microsoft Exchange. -- Infowave will display the Infowave Office Enabler (IOE IOE Institute of Education (UK) IOE International Organisation of Employers (Geneva, Switzerland) IOE Industrial and Operations Engineering IoE Institute of the Environment (UCLA) ) solution, which enables enterprise users to send and receive Microsoft Exchange-based e-mail from Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Windows CE-based portable devices or laptops. -- Dynamic Mobile Data will demonstrate the Mobile Server, which enables the RIM Inter@ctive Pager 950 to query SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. and MAPI-based applications. The Mobile server solution includes software to build custom forms that the end-user can fill out on the Inter@ctive Pager for their requests. -- GoAmerica Communications will exhibit its Web@Hand(TM) portfolio of wireless E-mail, corporate intranet and Internet applications, including the Go.Web(TM) nationwide service for real-time access to Internet information on a variety of hand-held devices. After COMDEX/Spring, the Wireless Enterprise Solutions Tour will be featured at the following events: PC Expo, June 22-24 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; the 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). Forum, August 10-13, also in New York City; the Microsoft Exchange Conference, October 4-6 in Atlanta; Wireless IT '99, November 2-4, in Santa Clara. For online information on the above partners, see http://www.bellsouthwd.com/new/tour.html. During his keynote address at COMDEX's Discover IT Wireless & Mobile Showcase, BellSouth Wireless Data's Bill Lenahan will discuss the past, present and future of wireless computing, and how it is changing the shape of computing and communications. Among the highlights of Lenahan's speech will be an overview of the current wireless data market landscape and the emergence of the interactive market segment. About BellSouth Wireless Data BellSouth Wireless Data, L.P., headquartered in Woodbridge, N.J., is an expert in providing proven wireless data communications solutions that eliminate the barriers between critical information and mobile users. The company, a winner of the prestigious Sears Innovation Source of the Year and Partners in Progress awards for 1997, delivers a competitive advantage and increases personal productivity for aggressive, innovative companies and individuals leveraging communications technologies to meet their strategic goals. BellSouth Wireless Data operates its wireless data service throughout the United States, covering more than 93 percent of the urban business population located in 266 metropolitan areas with a total population of 200 million people. BellSouth Wireless Data is a subsidiary of BellSouth Corporation, which provides telecommunications, wireless communications, cable and digital TV, directory advertising and publishing, and Internet and data services to nearly 33 million customers in 19 countries worldwide. E-mail: bellsouthwd.info@bellsouthwd.com. Web site address: www.bellsouthwd.com. |
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