PALM SIGNS 50,000 DEVELOPERS.Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) announced that more than 50,000 developers are registered to create third-party solutions for the Palm OS platform - a significant milestone in the handheld computing market. From Internet stock Internet stock The equity security of a company engaged primarily in a business associated with the Internet. Also called dot-com. trading and package tracking to medication dispensing and travel guides, Palm OS developers all over the world are already shipping thousands of mobile applications and hundreds of snap-on hardware products, spawning an entire new industry. In addition, Palm has alliances with many of the leading corporate software providers and is licensing the Palm OS platform to some of the world's most innovative enterprise and consumer electronics leaders, including Nokia and Sony. "Palm recognizes that our success is based not only on building groundbreaking products with a premier handheld operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , but also on the powerful, creative and enthusiastic support of our developer community," says Mark Bercow, vice president of strategic alliances and platform development for Palm. Applications span mobile, wireless and web applications in financial, transportation, government, retail, automotive, healthcare and education, as well as specific solutions for key corporate tasks such as customer relationship management and sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. . The more than 500 available hardware snap-ons include such product as wireless modems, mobile printers, audio recorders, as well as vertical industry devices such as a fingerprint ID security device and a blood sugar monitor. A primary component of Palm's platform strategy includes building relationships with leading solution providers and electronics manufacturers. Computer Associates, 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) , Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. , Sun Microsystems and Tivoli are among the leading enterprise software vendors who have announced that their applications will support the Palm OS platform. Manufacturers licensing the Palm OS platform to create products under their own brand names include Handspring, Nokia, QUALCOMM, Sony, Symbol Technologies, and TRG TRG Training Group TRG The Resource Group TRG Technical Resource Group TRG Technical Review Group TRG Technology Research Group TRG Tory Reform Group TRG Tactical Reconnaissance Group TRG Training received (on overtime forms) . Palm also has OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and relationships with Franklin Covey and IBM. |
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