agentGO Enters Pilot Program to Deploy Mobile Solution for Student Advantage.Business Editors & High Tech Writers AUSTIN Austin. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,907), seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the Hormel meatpacking company, whose Spam Town museum , Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000 agentGO, a mobile infrastructure provider, today announced the official launch of the SA ALERT pilot program in partnership with Student Advantage, Inc. (Nasdaq: STAD), the leading offline and online portal to the higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. community, enabling local businesses to message their student customers directly. The pilot program will be rolled out in Hanover, New Hampshire Hanover is a town located on the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,850 at the 2000 census. It is best known as the home of Dartmouth College. . agentGO and Student Advantage created SA ALERT which allows students to opt in to receive marketing messages of their choice from local merchants participating in the program through email or on mobile devices such as cellular phones, pagers, and Personal Digital Assistants. Students can sign up to receive the messages by going to http://alert.studentadvantage.com. By acting as an application service provider, agentGO will host and manage the personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. and delivery technologies, thus assisting Student Advantage in its mission to help students save money, work smarter, and make more informed life decisions. "Student Advantage is positioning themselves ahead of their competition and we are excited about helping them extend their reach through the use of wireless devices," said Andres Carvallo, Chairman 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 agentGO. "I am confident that through personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. wireless messaging, agentGO can further extend Student Advantage's reach to the student market." "We are excited to enter the market of wireless messaging with one of the leading mobile solutions providers. We believe that agentGO's technology will allow us to quickly enter this exploding market and explore new information distribution channels, thereby enhancing the Student Advantage message," said Jay Summerall, Executive Vice President of student services for Student Advantage, Inc. About Student Advantage Named to the Fast 50 list of New England's technology companies by Deloitte and Touche and "Best of the Web" by Forbes magazine, Student Advantage, Inc. is the leading offline and online portal to the higher education community. Founded in 1992, Student Advantage, Inc. reaches their constituents through its Student Services, University Services and Business Services groups. The mission of the company is to help students save money, work smarter, and make more informed life decisions. Today, Student Advantage, Inc. reaches millions of students through its online Web site www.studentadvantage.com and offline Student Advantage(R) Membership Program. The Company has proprietary commerce relationships with nearly 50 national retailers and 15,000 local participating locations in 125 cities throughout the country, including AT&T, Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run (R), Staples staples U-shaped stainless steel or vitallium units with sharp points used for surgical fixation. epiphyseal staples used to staple epiphysis to metaphysis; have metal bracing at the corners. , Textbooks.com and Tower Records. About agentGO agentGO is the leading mobile infrastructure provider offering rapid deployment of its third generation and agent-based customized mobile solutions across public and private networks. Our solutions enable Global 2000 companies to implement wireless initiatives and extend current enterprise applications to mobile users quickly and cost-effectively. Through strategic partnerships and alliances with systems integrators An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. , OEMs, ISVs and wireless carriers, agentGO offers the most easy to use, complete and cost effective wireless solutions. |
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