HP Builds On Mobile E-services With WAP-enabled Commerce Platform.High Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 Hewlett-Packard Company today built on mobile e-services with its scalable, secure platform to support wireless and conventional Internet commerce. In addition, HP confirmed the platform's adoption by a variety of customers. The mobile e-services commerce platform will enable customers to conduct transactions, from anywhere, at anytime, using any type of communications device Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. . With the increased popularity of Internet-enabled mobile phones and handheld devices, HP expects PC-centric e-commerce business models to dramatically expand to include mobile devices. "The full benefits of e-commerce will be reaped only by those companies who integrate mobile devices into their transactions," said Duane Zitzner, president of HP's Computing Systems. "Companies not only need to support mobile clients, they also need to prepare their infrastructures for the exponential growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear. of Internet transactions as mobile devices proliferate." E-commerce in a Mobile E-services World HP has created a flexible, open platform with the security, performance, availability and manageability necessary for mobile e-commerce. By using this platform as a foundation, e-service providers, enterprises, dot coms, solution providers and others can quickly deploy mobile e-services to take advantage of the wireless revolution. Internet software vendors can integrate their applications with this platform to leverage its security and high-availability features. The first version of HP's mobile e-services commerce platform is built on HP 9000 Enterprise Servers and HP NetServer systems, running HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (1) and Microsoft(R) Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R), respectively. The platform supports conventional Internet and wireless transactions via 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. ) servers from Nokia or the Wireless Internet Platform of TANTAU (WAP 1.1 compliant). HP's services and support provide proactive assessment, management and design services to ensure high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and security, as well as direct connection to HP support engineers and six-hour call-to-repair on hardware for reliable reactive support. The platform integrates HP's e-speak technology, which allows developers to dramatically reduce the time required to create, deploy and manage e-services. A secure Web console allows remote console A terminal or workstation in a remote location that is used to monitor and control a local computer. management from a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Transacting Commerce via Mobile E-services -- A Reality Today Adopters of HP's commerce platform for mobile e-services, running on the Nokia WAP server, include banking giant KBC Bank KBC Bank NV is a Belgian universal bank, focusing on private clients and small and medium-sized enterprises. Besides retail banking, insurance and asset management activities (in collaboration with sister companies KBC Insurance NV and KBC Asset Management NV), KBC Bank also and e-commerce solution provider Smith-Gardner. In addition, LetsBuyIt.com is incorporating the HP platform into its e-commerce infrastructure to enable European consumers to co-buy products and check deal status via mobile devices. "Online retail has grown from a curiosity to a hyper-competitive marketplace," said Jan-Erik Gustavsson, chief technology officer at LetsBuyIt.com. "Wireless access via WAP will soon become standard operating procedure standard operating procedure Medtalk A technique, method or therapy performed 'by the book,' using a standard protocol meeting internally or externally defined criteria; a formal, written procedure that describes how specific lab operations are to be performed. for dot coms, so being first to market is important. By working with an innovator like HP, we were able to deploy our system quickly and benefit from HP's e-services expertise and flexible financing. HP's platform offers the uptime, performance and features that we need to retain customers." In another innovative deployment, EDB EDB ethylene dibromide; a grain fumigant toxic to chickens. Novit, a Norwegian banking application service provider (ASP), is leveraging the mobile e-services commerce platform on TANTAU's Wireless Internet Platform to provide customers at dozens of banks with a complete set of mobile services, including account transfers, balance inquiries and bill payment. "Mobile e-banking is changing financial services forever," said John Arne Haugerud, chief executive officer at EDB Novit. "We're using HP's secure commerce platform to let people bank when and where it's most convenient. I expect mobile banking and payment to eliminate the need to carry cash, write checks to pay bills, or even go to a bank or ATM." Pricing and Availability The commerce platform for mobile e-services is available immediately. Pricing and configuration options vary based on the hardware and software. About Mobile E-services Mobile e-services are value-added, Internet-based services, such as customer services, for completing complex tasks and financial transactions and accessing personalized information - deployed over mobile telephony networks. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services. HP plans to spin off Agilent Technologies and distribute its shares to HP shareowners by mid-calendar year 2000. Agilent consists of HP's test and measurement, semiconductor products, chemical analysis and healthcare solutions businesses, and has leading positions in multiple market segments. HP has 85,400 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. Microsoft and Windows NT are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. |
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