Business Travelers Have a New Oasis at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1997-- Blueshift blue·shift n. A decrease in the wavelength of radiation emitted by an approaching celestial body as a consequence of the Doppler effect. [ Geodesics Introduces CyberOasis Kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. on T Concourse--Mayor Campbell to Send First Email Traveling through an airport is enough. Imagine the added stress most business travelers experience in airports while lugging laptops, cellular phones and pagers to keep up with their business demands. At Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, the business world just became a little simpler. On Friday, September 12, Atlanta-based Blueshift Geodesics, Inc. will unveil its first CyberOasis on the T Concourse of the South Terminal (Delta Air Lines). CyberOasis is a kiosk-based, fully automated business center which gives individuals fast, convenient and economical access to a wide range of services, including email, faxing, Internet access See how to access the Internet. and popular business software. Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell will officially cut the ribbon and send the first Email to activate the kiosk's services. Hartsfield International Airport is a hub for millions of international and domestic business travelers. The airport has made a commitment to provide cutting-edge technology services to these travelers. Encouraging vendors such as Blueshift Geodesics to provide quality technology services Quality Technology Services Holding LLC provides Internet infrastructure and network services. Quality Technology Services include network bandwidth, application management, server management, and databases and security, media streaming, and colocation. is part of that strategy. The comprehensive business services offered by CyberOasis set it apart from other Internet kiosk products on the market. While its competitors offer standard Internet access only, CyberOasis offers users a spectrum of services including: High-speed Internet See broadband. browsing AOL/Compuserve access Business applications (Microsoft, Corel, Lotus suites) Telephone Travel reservations News/Sports/Weather Email Fax Email Fax A fax machine is an electronic device that consists of a scanner, a modem and a printer, which converts data in electronic signals and transmits it to a recipient over a telephone line; another fax machine converts these impulses into images and prints them services Laser printing FTP/Gopher/Usenet Financial updates "Most current kiosk technology provides simple information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. or shopping," said Hitesh Shah, chief executive officer of Blueshift Geodesics. "CyberOasis is industrial-strength business support for executives on the move. It is their office at their fingertips--right here, right now, when they need it." What about those business travelers who carry laptop computers? While laptops are an increasingly common piece of luggage for travelers, many are difficult to connect in airports for online communications. Most laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer modems only operate at 33.3 Kbps. The success of CyberOasis lies in its ability to meet the online demands of business users through its reliance on high-speed digital telecommunications -- CyberOasis provides transmission rates from 128 Kbps to 512 Kbps, more than 15 times that of laptop computers. To make CyberOasis not only fast but also easy, the service combines magnetic stripe A small length of magnetic tape adhered to credit cards, badges, permits, passes and tokens. The tape is read by magnetic stripe readers incorporated into ATMs, identification readers and payment terminals. credit card readers and easy-to-read, point-and-click instructions on the user interface. Users simply slide a major credit card through the reader, click the desired service and CyberOasis is ready to go to work. While some services are free, the basic price for CyberOasis usage is 33 cents per minute. Domestic faxes are $1 per page, sent or received. Laser printing is 50 cents per page. CyberOasis will also print a receipt if necessary. CyberOasis services at Hartsfield will be free for two weeks, from September 12 through September 26. The CyberOasis at Hartsfield is one of two of the first installations in Blueshift Geodesics' national strategy. A kiosk at Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County Airport in Bakersfield, Ca., will also launch on Friday. The company plans to launch 10 more locations this year and several hundred locations during 1998 at airports and convention centers. Blueshift Geodesics plans to dominate this burgeoning market by offering the most services in a variety of locations. Blueshift Geodesics, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., was launched in 1996 by its parent company, Atlanta-based Blueshift, Inc., a five-year-old provider of information technology solutions. Its primary focus is software development services and consulting to corporations ranging from mid-sized regional companies to Fortune 500 clientele. CONTACT: Blueshift Geodesics Hitesh Shah, 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. 770/368-1124 Ext. 303 1-888-BLUESHIFT hshah@blueshift.com or Duffey Communications Fonda Berosini/Chrissy Kowalczyk 404/266-2600 fondab@duffey.com/chrissyk@duffey.com Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com |
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