GiveMePower Accepted As Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner: GiveMePower First CAD Software Vendor To Become Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2003 GiveMePower Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :GMPW) today announced it has been accepted as a Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Windows(R) Embedded Partner, the first computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD) software vendor to be distinguished as a member of this prestigious Microsoft partnering program. The Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) An IEEE standard security protocol for wireless 802.11 networks. Introduced in 1997, WEP was found to be very inadequate and was superseded by WPA, WPA2 and 802.11i. ) is a strategic worldwide initiative dedicated to providing partners with increased business opportunity, market awareness and technology advantage for 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 Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. .NET and Windows XP Embedded An enhanced version of Windows XP for compact applications such as PDAs, handhelds and other appliances that use the x86 CPU. It supports such features as CompactPCI and the ability to boot from flash memory or CD-ROM. computing solutions. The largest program of its kind, WEP includes many of the world's leading hardware and software companies, including Hitachi, 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) , Intel, Macromedia, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Rockwell, Siemens, Samsung, TDS TDS total dissolved solids. , Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , Toshiba, Trimble Navigation, and ViewSonic. "It is a testament to our technology and our development team that we are the first, and to date only CAD vendor to become a Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner," states Bill Walton, 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. of GiveMePower. "Becoming a Windows Embedded Partner allows us to reach virtually all of the world's leading mobile device manufacturers who can benefit by including our Windows CE .NET-based CAD technology as a value-added component on their devices." Leveraging the Company's position as the only current provider of full-featured 2- and 3-dimensional CAD and digital blueprint processing for Windows CE .NET computing, GiveMePower gains access to a wide range of Microsoft resources designed to assist the Company in bringing their PowerCAD CE mobile and wireless CAD solutions to market faster. Key benefits available to the Company include: -- Listing GiveMePower in the Windows Embedded Marketplace, reaching thousands of potential partners and customers who may be interested in embedding PowerCAD CE as a value-added component on their Windows CE .NET hardware devices. -- Promoting GiveMePower solutions through the Microsoft WEP InfoBlast newsletter, reaching 3,500+ partners and Fortune 1,000 companies who have requested to receive the latest Windows Embedded product news. -- Increasing GiveMePower exposure to key press, analysts and customers by issuing Microsoft supported press releases promoting the latest PowerCAD(R) embedded solutions. -- Using the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner logo, distinguishing GiveMePower as a member of the industry's largest partner base with specialized development expertise on Windows Embedded platforms. -- Submitting GiveMePower customer case studies, eligible for exposure on Microsoft.com. -- Generating more sales leads and gaining greater market exposure by participating and exhibiting along side Microsoft in the Microsoft booth at Windows Embedded trade shows. -- Advertising in the Microsoft Windows Embedded Resource Guide, with a circulation of 100,000 copies between trade magazines and Microsoft Windows Embedded trade shows. For more information on GiveMePower products and services, or to download free trial versions of GiveMePower products, call 1-888-97-POWER (toll free U.S./Canada), or visit the Company's Web site at www.givemepower.com. For more information on Microsoft Windows Embedded partners, visit www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/. About GiveMePower Corporation GiveMePower develops, markets and supports affordable, high-performance desktop and mobile/wireless software solutions for the $17.5-billion CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. software industry. A Microsoft Mobile Solutions and Windows Embedded Partner, GiveMePower is the first company to offer full 2- and 3-dimensional, AutoCAD(R) compatible design and digital blueprint processing for Windows CE(R) and Windows CE .NET(R)-equipped mobile computers, including Pocket PCs, Pocket PC cell phones, tablet PCs, handheld PCs and industry specific devices utilizing Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile(TM) operating systems. More than 200,000 users and business partners in 40 countries around the world power their designs and collaborate on their projects using GiveMePower technologies. All trademarks property of their respective owners. (C)2003 GiveMePower Corporation . All Rights Reserved. With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking" statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of the Company could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the continued demand for the Company's products and services, worldwide economic conditions, changes in governmental regulations and policies, the emergence of competitive products and services, unforeseen technical issues and those risk factors contained in the Company's filings with the SEC. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion