Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Selects Mobile and Wireless Tools from Odyssey Software.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 Cap Gemini Ernst and Young (CGE&Y) announced today that they have chosen mobile application data access infrastructure from Odyssey Software Odyssey Software was a computer game developer founded in 1987 in Eastham, Massachusetts by Art V. Cestaro III. The company produced games for the Amiga and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). as the toolset for seamless development and deployment of wireless and mobile enterprise applications throughout their Scandinavian mobile practice. Odyssey Software products selected for use by CGE&Y includes ViaXML and CEfusion. ViaXML is a powerful open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced based mobile and wireless application infrastructure that enables web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. to be exposed and called over the Internet on both mobile 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). and Win32 platforms, while CEfusion is a rich set of tools and infrastructure for building and deploying robust mobile enterprise applications using the core Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. data access technologies for Pocket PCs and other devices powered by Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. . Effective wireless mobile applications can be created more rapidly with Odyssey Software technology because the familiar desktop development experience is extended to the mobile application development environment. The flexible toolsets from Odyssey Software enable a wide range of developer choice: whether the mobile application calls for secure encrypted data transfer over the Internet, direct peer-to-peer interaction, application controlled synchronization, or traditional client-server data access architectures with automatic software distribution. This wide range of capabilities enables Cap Gemini Ernst & Young developers to take advantage of their familiarity with Win32 development strategies and to quickly build a new class of high performance mobile applications. "Odyssey Software's tools are ideal for the new class of highly scalable mobile and wireless applications that will drive the success of the wireless enterprise at the velocity that the market requires," said Andreas Sjostrom, Consultant Mobile Solutions, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. "With these rich mobile connectivity options available, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young developers can easily deliver on the promise of wireless and mobility's successful integration with the business processes of our customers." "Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is recognized world-wide as a leader in helping traditional businesses and "dot companies" continue to implement growth strategies and leverage technology in the new economy, and they clearly understand how easily effective mobile applications can be developed using our technology," said Mark Gentile, president of Odyssey Software. "Our tools are all about power and choice - developers are able to choose whether pure on-line access, or a hybrid of on-line and disconnected operation, is the most effective mobile architecture for the business application that they are building." About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the largest management and IT consulting firms in the world. The company offers management and IT consulting services, systems integration, and technology development, design and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help traditional businesses and high-growth middlemarket companies continue to implement growth strategies and leverage technology in the connected economy. The organization employs more than 58,000 people worldwide and reports global revenues of about 7.7 billion euros (1999 pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma ). More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.cgey.com. About Odyssey Software Odyssey Software, Inc. is a leading provider of mobile and wireless application data access infrastructure, which extends the enterprise across the Internet to the palm of your hand. Developers can quickly build and deploy rich mobile applications using the core Windows DNA technologies - as well as open Internet standards such as XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. , HTTPS (1) (HyperText Transport Protocol Secure) The protocol for accessing a secure Web server. Using HTTPS in the URL instead of HTTP directs the message to a secure port number rather than the default Web port number of 80. - with real-time, online, interactive access or application-controlled synchronization with centralized data and business logic over any wireless LAN or WAN, wired or dial-up connection. Odyssey Software's products include ViaXML, open standards based mobile and wireless application infrastructure that enables web services to be exposed and called over the Internet, CEfusion, a set of powerful tools and infrastructure for building and deploying robust mobile enterprise applications for Pocket PCs and other devices powered by Windows CE; APIfusion, tools and infrastructure for PalmOS, Windows-powered, and DOS devices; and ViaDB, a Universal OLE DB Provider that works with ADOCE ADOCE ActiveX Data Objects for the Windows CE operating system 3.x (available for Windows-powered Pocket PCs and Handheld PC 2000 devices) to allow direct online access to data stored in remote servers powered by 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. , Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft Exchange and other database systems with OLE DB connectivity. Odyssey Software tools and infrastructure are used for wireless mobile and landline enterprise computing by BP Oil, AT&T, General Electric, Microsoft, Northrop-Grumman, Pitney-Bowes, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical, Smith-Kline Beecham, Johnson & Johnson, MasterCard, Kellogg's Foods and many other companies. For more information about Odyssey Software please call 716-214-2409 (Ext. 201), send e-mail to info@odysseysoftware.com or visit the company's Web site at www.odysseysoftware.com |
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