Computer Associates and Red-M Join Forces to Link Bluetooth Into Enterprise Infrastructure Market.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers ISLANDIA, N.Y./WEXHAM SPRINGS, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001 Partnership enables companies to ensure wireless service levels and security Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA), the world's leading provider of eBusiness management solutions, and Red-M(TM), a leading supplier of advanced Bluetooth networking product solutions, today announced a global partnership that will allow customers to consistently manage secure Bluetooth technology as an integral part of their eBusiness environment. The partnership includes the integration of Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) , CA's market-leading enterprise management solution for eBusiness, with Red-M's award-winning Bluetooth networking products and technology. By closely monitoring the networking functions of a Bluetooth network, Unicenter TNG will help ensure that any interruption in service is identified and reported immediately to an administrator for rectification rectification /rec·ti·fi·ca·tion/ (rek?ti-fi-ka´shun) 1. the act of making straight, pure, or correct. 2. redistillation of a liquid to purify it. , thus minimizing the impact on critical eBusiness processes. CA's partnership with Red-M is an extension of CA's strategic mobile eBusiness initiative, that enables rapid and secure deployment and management and integration of enterprise applications for wireless systems and devices - including WAP gateways (Wireless Application Protocol gateway) Software that decodes and encodes requests and responses between the smartphone microbrowsers and the Internet. It decodes the encoded WAP requests from the microbrowser and sends the HTTP requests to the Internet or to a local , laptops, PDAs and Internet-enabled phones. "In joining forces with a premier Bluetooth networking solutions company, CA is demonstrating its ongoing commitment to managing the growing range of wireless resources found in today's eBusiness environments," said Jeff Gartner, vice president, eBusiness solutions marketing, CA. "This integrated management and security is essential if customers are to use Bluetooth devices to support critical eBusiness services in a cost-effective manner." With the solidly managed mobile infrastructure provided by Unicenter TNG and Red-M's products, corporations and service providers alike can offer wireless services that bring true business benefits to customers and employees anywhere, at any time. "We are excited to be a part of CA's mobile eBusiness initiative as we bring together best-of-breed technologies in our respective fields," said Simon Gawne, VP of Business Development and Marketing for Red-M. "By bringing together Red-M's Bluetooth access technology and CA's enterprise management technology, we are creating a compelling eBusiness initiative for customers who want to get to market quickly with their mobile strategy while maintaining optimum security and manageability." Red-M will be demonstrating its solutions at CA World, July 8-12, 2001 in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . About Computer Associates Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) delivers The Software That Manages eBusiness. CA's world-class solutions address all aspects of eBusiness process management, information management, and infrastructure management in six focus areas: enterprise management, security, storage, eBusiness transformation and integration, portal and knowledge management, and predictive analysis and visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all . Founded in 1976, CA serves organizations in more than 100 countries, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, please visit http://ca.com. About Red-M Red-M is an acknowledged leader in the Bluetooth networking market. The company develops and markets hardware and software product solutions that enable mobile data, voice and video communications inside buildings and public concourses to a range of devices - including computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), 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. ) smart phones and other emerging information appliances See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. - using wireless Bluetooth technology. Red-M was founded as an internal start-up of Madge Networks Madge Networks NV. founded by Robert Madge and best known for its work with Token Ring, was a global leader and pioneer of high speed networking solutions in the mid 1990s, and also made significant contributions to technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Ethernet. N.V. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MADGF) and is now an associate company, having secured $35m second round funding from Apax Partners and Amadeus Capital in April 2001. Red-M launched the world's first Bluetooth networking products in October 2000 with the 3000AS access server and 1000AP access point. The company has filed a number of patents around the design and implementation of Bluetooth networking technology, including its unique Red-M BIAS(TM) (Bluetooth Internet access See how to access the Internet. server) technology. Red-M has won several awards including the first ever Award for Innovation at the annual Bluetooth Congress in June 2000 and more recently PC Magazine's 'UK Technical Innovation Award'. Red-M is an Associate Member of the Bluetooth Special Internet Group (SIG) and is an active member of the Personal Area Networking (PAN) working group. Information on Red-M can be found at www.red-m.com. Red-M, the Red-M logo, Red-M BIAS, are trademarks, and in some jurisdictions may be registered trademarks of Red-M (Communications) Ltd. Madge is a trademark, and in some jurisdictions may be a registered trademark of Madge Networks N.V. or its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . Other trademarks appearing in this release are the property of their respective owners. PC Magazine's UK Technical Innovation Awards is a trademark of VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User Business Publications Limited |
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