ClientSoft Announces Wireless Revolution For Microsoft Windows CE.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998-- ClientSoft in.Touch(TM) Provides Wireless, Mobile Solutions to IBM Mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. , AS/400 and Internet Applications ClientSoft(TM) Inc., a leader in the e-Solutions marketplace, announced today at the CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , that in.Touch, its latest software innovation, will be the first software solution of its kind to bring IBM mainframe and AS/400 systems into the "wireless world," via Microsoft Windows CE(TM) operating system. ClientSoft delivers mission critical applications and information via any Web-browser with an easy-to-use, intuitive graphical interface that is optimized for wireless data transmission. Additionally, those same applications can be accessed via the first-ever Windows CE Terminal TN3270E/TN5250 Emulator for 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) S/390 mainframes and AS/400's -- wireless access with no changes needed to the original applications. "This revolutionizes business and heightens the competitive advantage that information technology can bring to an enterprise's mobile professional," exclaimed Scott C. Nevins, President and 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. , ClientSoft. "in.Touch is a secure, low-cost, high performance solution that promotes a new freedom in how and where business is conducted with the customer." in.Touch is... A state-of-the-art wireless communication middleware, in.Touch is virtually network independent, supporting AT&T CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) A low-speed, digital, wireless data network that is an enhancement to an existing analog cellular network. Based on IBM's CelluPlan II, CDPD provides a packet overlay onto the AMPS network and moves data at 19. and BellSouth Wireless Data's Mobitex protocol. What makes in.Touch so unique, is that it networks wireless technology over the Internet and then optimizes the transmission of data within the wireless Windows CE environment. With ClientSoft, the Windows CE user is "in touch," and fully integrated, with the back-end systems running the enterprise. ClientSoft Inc. Reinvented in 1998, ClientSoft Inc. was joined by industry leaders to form a new executive team, alliances were formed with key investment firms, service providers and wireless carriers, and a significant partnership was announced with IBM(R). ClientSoft's exciting products and services are geared specifically towards the enterprise-to-enterprise, wireless-to-enterprise, and enterprise-to-Web (a.k.a. e-Solutions) markets. The evolution of the company is driven by the R&D efforts of an engineering team that has been intact and growing since 1987. ClientSoft's products are used by hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies, as well as universities and government including: Abbott Labs, ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. , Dow Jones, Duke University, Goodyear, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen , Great American Insurance, U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin and Motorola. ClientSoft is privately held and headquartered in Tarrytown, NY. More information is available at www.clientsoft.com. -0- IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. All products and/or trademarks referenced herein are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective vendors. |
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