Motorola, HiddenMind and BuildNet Plan to Make Wireless Construction Management a Reality.Business/Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 BuildNet/HiddenMind applications running on new Motorola Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (language, programming) Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition - (J2ME) Sun's Java platform for consumer devices. J2ME defines Configurations and Profiles for different classes of small memory device, from smart cards to pagers to set-top boxes. (J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) A version of Java 2 for cellphones, PDAs and consumer appliances. J2ME uses the K Virtual Machine (KVM), a specialized Java interpreter for devices with limited memory. )-enabled handset platform show potential of wireless applications Motorola, Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MOT), a global leader in wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , HiddenMind Technology, Inc., a leading mobile applications service provider (m-ASP), and BuildNet, Inc. a leading provider of management software to homebuilders and suppliers in the residential construction industry, today demonstrated innovations in the future of wireless construction management at Sun Microsystems' annual JavaOne(SM) Conference in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . BuildNet unveiled construction management applications developed for use on Motorola's new handset computing platform See platform. . These wireless applications are enabled by HiddenMind's Java technology-based Wireless Desktop(TM) workflow platform. The new wireless handset-computing platform from Motorola's iDEN(R) Subscriber Group represents another advance in wireless communications. By utilizing the power of Java(TM) 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME(TM)), handsets integrating the platform will bring unprecedented features and functionality to wireless users. Details of the new platform are outlined in a separate announcement made during JavaOne. BuildNet applications deployed on the handset platform represent a major step forward for construction and other field management applications. When the BuildNet E-Building Exchange is operational, BuildNet applications should provide its community of users, including builders, subcontractors, and their allied trading partners, with highly advanced wireless communication capabilities in real time. When deployed in a wireless environment, these applications should allow builders using any of BuildNet's seven construction management systems to engage in in-the-field, business-to-business e-commerce, and in transactions such as inventory queries, requests and return requests for prices and quotes, purchase orders, delivery sign-offs, invoices and invoice acknowledgements, directly from their job-sites. BuildNet applications use dynamic wireless workflow technology Workflow technology is a new field of software products designed to improve the design of information systems. It involves use of workflow engine to execute models of processes. The models can be edited by persons not experienced in programming (e.g. from HiddenMind to run on the new handset platform. Wireless Desktop is a small program residing on the new handset that takes advantage of packet data to allow dynamic workflow in a wireless environment. BuildNet applications are the first to use the Wireless Desktop on the new handset, and marks the first time applications could be executed off-line in an open environment. "With the incorporation of J2ME into mobile devices, Motorola once again leads the market with the new wireless handset computing platform," said Bill Werner, corporate vice president of Motorola, Inc. and general manager of the iDEN Subscriber Group. "With the help of application developers like HiddenMind and BuildNet working to make of the Java platform's flexibility in a lightweight environment, we begin to see the potential of 3G wireless computing today Computing Today was a computer magazine published by Argus Specialist Publications, it was printed in the UK from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. It gave computer hardware and software reviews, programming tutorials and program listings for many of the popular home ." "We created our Wireless Desktop technology to enable secure device- and applications-independent rendering of a wide variety of transactional data across a wide range of wireless devices. In doing so, we are able to take full advantage of the advanced capabilities afforded by Motorola's technology based on Sun's J2ME platform," said Ken Tyra, president and chief executive officer of HiddenMind. "The Wireless Desktop allows users of Motorola's new handsets to multitask on their wireless devices, to make use of forms-based data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. and to communicate with multiple devices across multiple carriers." "The building industry is looking to technology for a competitive advantage," said Keith T. Brown, chairman of BuildNet. "By working with wireless leaders like Motorola and HiddenMind, we should be able to deliver meaningful applications to our community of users, providing them tools to enhance quality and increase profitability." Motorola, HiddenMind and BuildNet have entered into a three-way agreement to bring BuildNet's applications to market on Motorola's new multiple communications and computing handset. About HiddenMind Technology, Inc. HiddenMind Technology, Inc., located in Cary, N.C., is a mobile applications service provider (m-ASP) that has developed an innovative wireless software platform for collaborative data communications among people, devices, software applications and the Internet. HiddenMind's solutions enable wired and wireless integration of ASP, enterprise, B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. applications. Additional information about HiddenMind is available at www.hiddenmind.com. About BuildNet, Inc. BuildNet, Inc., located in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C., is a leading provider of management software to homebuilders and suppliers in the residential construction industry. BuildNet's objective is to be the business-to-business e-commerce solution for the residential construction industry. To reach that objective, BuildNet has designed the BuildNet E-Building Exchange to provide secure Internet-based procurement, e-commerce and information services See Information Systems. for homebuilders, suppliers and manufacturers. BuildNet is testing the BuildNet E-Building Exchange and expects to initiate a limited market rollout during 2000. BuildNet's aggregated software customer base includes homebuilders that accounted for approximately 43% of 1999 U.S. single-family home closings. Learn more about BuildNet by visiting www.buildnet.com. About Motorola and iDEN Motorola, Inc. is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 1999 were $33.1 billion. iDEN handsets are the only integrated digital wireless phones that allow users to place telephone calls, connect to the Internet(1), send text messages(1), send and receive e-mail(1), and share information instantly with one or hundreds of individuals with the push of a button. MOTOROLA, the Stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. M Logo and all other trademarks indicated as such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc.(R) Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. Sun, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Java, JavaOne and PersonalJava are all trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and all other countries. (1)Network and subscription dependent feature. Not available in all areas. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . The actual results might differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements for various reasons, including BuildNet's limited Internet operating history, the development and rollout of the BuildNet E-Building Exchange and the acceptance of the BuildNet E-Building Exchange by any of the BuildNet's existing software customers or any new customers. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in the BuildNet's SEC filings, including its Registration Statement on Form S-1. |
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