CA/UNITED MICRO VENTURE TO DEVELOP PLATFORM FOR GPS-BASED E-BIZ APPS.'EverTrac' Will Design GPS-Based Devices For eBusiness And Consumer Markets Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) and Taiwan-based semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corp. have just formed EverTrac Inc., a US-based joint venture to develop a next-generation platform for Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (GPS)-based eBusiness and management applications. Well-known startup manager Imran Anwar This article or section has multiple issues: Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. Imran Anwar (born May 23, 1962 in Montgomery (now Sahiwal), Pakistan) is a Pakistani technology and business entrepreneur, journalist, TV personality and has been appointed EverTrac's chief executive officer. The EverTrac venture combines CA's expertise in mission-critical business computing with UMC's proficiency in wafer foundry and IC manufacturing services. The venture's resulting GPS platform will supply the technology needed to develop and deploy highly intelligent "local-aware" eBusiness applications that address "a wide array of logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation challenges for which conventional GPS tools have proven insufficient," the firms say. Working closely with numerous GPS technology providers and vertical-market solutions experts, EverTrac will design GPS-based devices for eBusiness and consumer markets and deliver related services that enable real-time tracking of mobile resources in the context of their respective mission- critical roles. For example, EverTrac technology could be used to develop lightweight security equipment that constantly monitors the whereabouts of children. "We are pleased to join forces with UMC UMC United Methodist Church UMC United Microelectronics Corporation UMC University Medical Center UMC United Microelectronics Corp (Republic of China) UMC University of Missouri-Columbia to develop critical technologies that aid businesses in maximizing their operational efficiencies and help consumers improve their safety and overall quality of life," says CA Chairman Charles Wang
Charles B. Wang (Chinese: 王嘉廉; Pinyin: Wáng Jiālián . "Under Imran's direction, EverTrac will play a major role in the delivery of key products and services for today's eBusiness-driven global marketplace." Anwar is well known for creating high-tech firms around the world and managing efforts in start-up environments. He is best known for his pioneering role in establishing Internet e-mail services There are two ways to get e-mail over the Internet. One is by using a mail program that is installed in your computer, and the other is Web-based e-mail that is accessible from any Web browser. Most of the time, you can get your mail via both methods. throughout Pakistan, as well as introducing eBusiness and Web-related technologies among Pakistani financial service companies, publishing firms and global media companies. He is also credited with having helped popularize pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. the international branded credit card industry in that region. |
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