Bonita Software Announces Rollout Strategy for Java Technology-Based ToGo Mobile Solutions; Applications Designed to Provide Intuitive Use of Mobile Wireless Devices.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
The company outlined its strategy for its ToGo Mobile Solutions suite that includes ToGo(R) Applications, ToGo(R) Provisioning Platform and ToGo(R) Developers Kit and APIs. The staged rollout will start with the commercial availability of ToGo Applications in the first quarter of 2001. The ToGo Applications include LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. supported directory look-up, email and expense reporting. ToGo Applications are designed so that one version of an application can be seamlessly administered to any type of mobile wireless device equipped with Sun's Java 2 Platform Java 2 Platform - Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition Micro Edition (J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. (TM)). This will allow an administrator to easily support different types of devices that are being used by their users, from a 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). to a mobile phone. ToGo Applications are designed to work efficiently on mobile devices, effectively handling the constraints and maximizing the capabilities of each device. For example, ToGo email can be configured for a wireless Internet-enabled phone to review and respond to the most recent messages by viewing just the subject headings. Users can also connect to multiple POP or IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol email servers on the fly, allowing them to use the same phone to view and respond to different email accounts. The concurrency Operations that are performed simultaneously within the computer. For example, dual-core CPUs provide complete overlapping of two independent processes. See dual core, hyperthreading, multiprocessing, multitasking, multithreading, SMP and MPP. concurrency - multitasking functionality of ToGo applications presents one view of the data and application eliminating the need for data synchronization. Further, ToGo Applications free the user from the constraints of the WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. browser-based method allowing them to execute and access the applications regardless if the device is in a connected or disconnected mode, making ToGo Applications ideal for mobile use. "In the rapidly growing wireless market, carriers require a secure, well supported, open platform to deploy the same content to a variety of mobile devices. Java 2 Micro Edition provides this functionality, allowing manufacturers and carriers to differentiate and provide more value to their subscribers," said Curtis Sasaki, director of marketing, Consumer Technologies at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Bonita's ToGo Mobile Solutions suite helps companies ensure that their applications will extend to any type of mobile device, any time and anywhere." Bonitas ToGo Developers Kit will be made available to selected independent software vendor partners and developers to quickly extend their existing solutions to mobile devices by writing one version of their application that can be deployed out to multiple devices and to leverage the complete benefits of a ToGo-ready application. The first offerings of ToGo Mobile Solutions, ToGo Applications, will be commercially available in Q1 of 2001 followed by the ToGo Provisioning Platform and the ToGo Developers Kit in Q2 of 2001. About Bonita Software Bonita Software is a leading provider of wireless solutions and infrastructure software to mobilize information and applications to any type of wireless device. Bonita's products, ToGo(R) Mobile Solutions and ToGo In-Vehicle Solutions are designed to deliver information and data reliability, availability, scalability and affordability to its customers, by enabling the convergence of the Internet and mobility on cell phones, pagers, PDAs, and in-vehicle communication systems. Bonita is headquartered in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , with technical offices near Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. in Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. . Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java and J2ME are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Bonita Software and ToGo are trademarks and registered trademarks of Bonita Software Inc. |
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