LAN2LAN Announces RIM Partnership and Enterprise Solutions for BlackBerry Handheld.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WOKING, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2004 LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. 2 LAN, a leading networking and wireless integration specialist, has announced a number of strategic partnerships that enable the RIM Blackberry(TM) handheld to support a number of sophisticated, enterprise applications for the first time. LAN 2 LAN today becomes the first UK officially accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Research In Motion (RIM) provider of an integrated wireless, enterprise application service for the BlackBerry handheld device. Previously, BlackBerry users in the UK could use their devices for 'always on' email and PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated (Personal Information Management) functions only. Gary Duke, sales director at LAN 2 LAN explains: "The opportunities for expanding the usage of the BlackBerry in UK corporations are vast. Increasingly, mobile workers in a range of market sectors, including local government, utilities and financial institutions, want access to critical applications systems and corporate data, whilst on the move. Our value added network (networking) Value Added Network - (VAN) A privately owned network that provides a specific service, such as legal research or access to a specialised database, for a fee. A Value Added Network usually offers some service or information that is not readily available on public integration expertise is helping to satisfy the growing demand for additional enterprise application functionality from new and existing Blackberry users." LAN 2 LAN has also signed a strategic partnership with Flowfinity Wireless, a provider of solutions and platforms for business applications used by mobile workforce professionals. The agreement with Flowfinity means that UK organisations with large mobile field and sales forces can now access vital IT and business data via a BlackBerry handheld. Flowfinity provides a range of wireless application products and platforms that improve the productivity and effectiveness of mobile professionals. LAN 2 LAN has also signed a strategic partnership with US-based Idokorro Mobile to provide full integration and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for Idokorro's BlackBerry mobile administration product in the UK and Ireland. The partnership between LAN 2 LAN and Idokorro provides IT Administrators with the tools they need in order to securely manage IT networks from anywhere at anytime using a BlackBerry. LAN 2 LAN's wireless application delivery supports a wide range of mobile computing applications, such as mobile access to back-end databases ie IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. , Microsoft SQL server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. etc, word processing tools, spreadsheets and presentation applications, as well as supporting the existing email and calendering calendering, a finishing process by which paper, plastics, rubber, or textiles are pressed into sheets and smoothed, glazed, polished, or given a moiré or embossed surface. tools, such as IBM Lotus Domino, and MS Exchange that have made the device popular to date. For more information, please consult www.lan2lan.com |
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