Clarkston-Potomac, Inc. Joins Wireless Industry's Premier Trade Association.Business Editors/High Tech Writers DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2000 Membership in WAP Forum (Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Mountain View, CA, www.wapforum.org) An organization founded in 1997 to promote a wireless standard for smartphones and mobile terminals. In 2002, it merged into the Open Mobile Alliance. See OMA and WAP. enables e-business consultant to help clients benefit from extension of business models to wireless space In a move designed to extend its clients' e-business models to their mobile workforce and customer base, Clarkston-Potomac, Inc. has joined the Wireless Application Protocol (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. ) Forum. WAP is the world's largest organization dedicated to developing wireless information and telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. services for digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals. WAP is an open, global specification that empowers users of hand-held digital wireless devices--such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. , Smart phones and communicators--to instantly access and interact with information and services. WAP technology provides these users with the benefit of easy, secure access to relevant Internet/Intranet information and other services through mobile phones, pagers or other wireless devices. Clarkston-Potomac is a global leader in providing a mix of emerging business and technology solutions such as e-business strategy and implementation, customer relationship management, digital marketplaces, and enterprise application integration to a diverse mix of industries. The firm deploys these solutions via various platforms, including Internet, client-server and wireless. "Our membership in the WAP Forum serves as another example of Clarkston-Potomac's commitment to leveraging mobile technologies to help our clients take advantage of their current channels or create new ones," said Bruce H. Weber Weber, river, United States Weber (wē`bər), river, c.125 mi (200 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., N central Utah, and flowing north and northwest to join the Ogden River at Ogden. The combined stream flows to the Great Salt Lake. , Clarkston-Potomac's director of Mobile Strategies and Solutions. "Over the last year a number of the e-business strategies that we have developed for our clients have included wireless elements. The Wireless Application Protocol is allowing us to help many of these clients rapidly integrate these mobile solutions with the client's front and back office as well as e-business applications," he said. "In several cases, WAP technology actually proved to be a key element of the development platform. These clients are capitalizing on the benefits of having their e-business models extended to their mobile workforce and customer base." Weber added that Clarkston-Potomac was one of the first established consulting organizations to build a service offering around the wireless space. "We have always sought to leverage these technologies to further capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the Internet by helping our clients extend or change their existing business models." As an associate member of the Forum, Clarkston-Potomac has the opportunity to form alliances with other Forum members, and to use their patents and proprietary rights in e-business solutions for its clients. The WAP Forum is the wireless industry's leading association, whose primary goal is to bring together companies from all segments of the industry value chain to ensure product interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. and growth of the wireless market, and to facilitate simple, rapid delivery of relevant information and services to mobile users. The Forum has more than 500 members representing 100 companies. These companies include the vast majority of the global handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. market, carriers with more than 100 million subscribers, leading infrastructure providers, software developers and other organizations providing solutions to the wireless industry. About Clarkston-Potomac Clarkston-Potomac helps its clients Seize seize v. To exhibit symptoms of seizure activity, usually with convulsions. the Advantage by providing end-to-end, strategic business solutions driven by e-business. The company harnesses the power of the Internet to unleash its clients' business potential by providing a full range of services including strategy, implementation and application support. Through a client partnership approach, Clarkston-Potomac collaborates with its clients to articulate articulate /ar·tic·u·late/ (ahr-tik´u-lat) 1. to pronounce clearly and distinctly. 2. to make speech sounds by manipulation of the vocal organs. 3. to express in coherent verbal form. 4. a competitive business vision and assemble a high-energy deployment team to build business models with Coherent Speed. Clarkston-Potomac guides clients in the pharmaceutical, high tech, chemical, automotive markets. The company, with headquarters in Durham, N.C., has locations in Detroit, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Mumbai, India. For more information, visit the Clarkston-Potomac's Web site at http://www.clarkstonpotomac.com . |
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