Brience Provides Mobile Software Platform for Leading E-Commerce Technology Outfitter iGo.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000 iGo Customers Will Be Able to Search and Make Purchases Using a Multitude of Wireless Devices Brience, Inc., the leading provider of network-aware mobile platform software that extends enterprise applications to wireless devices, today announced that iGo, the nation's leading retailer and manufacturer of mobile technology parts and accessories for laptops, cell phones and wireless devices, will use the Brience 2.0 Framework(TM) to mobile-enable its online commerce site, www.igo.com. Wireless purchasing is quickly becoming a cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to of e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent study by WirelessWeek, which found that Web-enabled wireless sales transactions grew almost 700 percent from May 1999 to May 2000. "As the leader in a growing and increasingly important space, iGo is in a perfect position to demonstrate the power of m-commerce, not only through its growth as a business, but through its business model," said Keyur Patel, chief strategy officer of Brience. "The Brience 2.0 Framework is designed to enable enterprises like iGo to extend the power of their already successful e-businesses to wireless devices without adding infrastructure or compromising enterprise-level performance and security." "As an m-commerce provider to over 2/3 of the Fortune 500 companies, we were interested in the most scalable, rapidly deployable mobile solution available," said iGo 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. , Ken Hawk hawk, name generally applied to the smaller members of the Accipitridae, a heterogeneous family of diurnal birds of prey, such as the eagle, the kite, the Old World vulture, and the secretary bird. . "Having this specific need, we quickly dismissed the Application Service Provider model and instead determined that a pure-play mobile software platform vendor would best suit our needs. Brience was the clear choice to mobile-enable iGo." About iGo Established in 1993 and headquartered in Reno, Nev., iGo Corp. designs, manufactures and distributes parts and accessories for mobile technology products such as laptops, cell phones and wireless devices. iGo's mission is to help keep the mobile professional powered up and connected. iGo's products are available toll-free, online, through a dedicated corporate account team and 1,100 resellers. iGo has a number of strategic partnerships with leading industry giants including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Ericsson and Fujitsu. Some of iGo's corporate accounts include AT&T, UPS, Johnson & Johnson and Merck. iGo went public in October 1999 and trades under Nasdaq: IGOC IGOC Immigration Guardian of Children Act (Australia) . For more information about iGo or to access archived news releases, please see "About iGo" at www.igo.com. About Brience Brience is the leading provider of mobile platform software for the Adaptive web. The Brience 2.0 Framework platform is a highly scalable, rapidly deployable system that extends enterprise applications and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the content to any wireless device over any bandwidth while delivering a consistent and rich user experience to enable the always-on enterprise. Additional information about Brience can be found at http://www.brience.com or by calling 1.866.BRIENCE. Note to Editors: Brience and Brience 2.0 Framework are trademarks of Brience, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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