Extended Systems Boosts High-End Performance, Maximizes IT Security and Adds Mobile Web Services to its OneBridge Mobile Solutions Platform
4.2 release helps organizations undertaking enterprise-wide deployments of mobile applications
BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2004-- Extended Systems (Nasdaq:XTND), a leading provider of mobile application solutions for the enterprise, unveiled today several enhancements to its OneBridge Mobile Solutions Platform. Notable new features include increased synchronization performance to support enterprise-wide mobile application deployments, enhanced administrative monitoring and control, mobile Web Services capabilities, and expanded device support.
In the past, large customer deployments typically ranged from hundreds to several thousands of users. With organizations now undertaking enterprise-wide deployments of business applications out to over 10,000 mobile workers, or in some cases to hundreds of thousands of their mobile customers, boosting platform performance is a requirement. Enterprises using the OneBridge Mobile Platform now handle millions of mobile transactions for customers with zero downtime.
IT administrators will also benefit from OneBridge's strengthened monitoring and control functionality which enables them to gain greater centralized control over large-scale deployments through improved audit and management capabilities.
Explains Jeffrey Siegel, chief marketing officer at Extended Systems, "Gaining control over mobile devices should be a core consideration for any IT organization entrusted with maintaining corporate security. Extended Systems' newest release of its mobile enterprise platform now provides corporate IT with unprecedented management and control features -- including the recently announced OneBridge Mobile Secure module and the robust monitoring features found in 4.2 -- providing tremendous control over mobile environments."
Data delivery between an enterprise's existing application and data infrastructure with mobile devices has been enhanced by the addition of Mobile Web Services support. Mobile Web Services provides an industry-standard way to access any Web Services from any device in both connected and disconnected models, greatly simplifying the task and cost of application integration.
New mobile devices supported include laptop and tablet PC's and the latest smartphones including HP's iPAQ 6315 and 2210/2215, Orange's SPV M1000, the XDA II from O2, Audiovox's 5050, Samsung's i600 and Kyocera's 7135 -- bringing the number of supported devices to 70 across the Symbian, Palm, and Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms. All large enterprise organizations have a heterogeneous device environment which is growing in diversity as the number of innovative device form-factors continues to proliferate. With the latest OneBridge release, enterprises deploying mobile PC's and an ever-growing range of devices will have their evolving mobility needs addressed.
Pricing and Availability
OneBridge Mobile Solutions Platform 4.2 is currently available. Please call 1-800-235-7575 for additional information and a complete list of supported devices or visit the company Web site at www.extendedsystems.com.
About Extended Systems
Extended Systems provides the expertise, strategy and solutions to help enterprise organizations streamline their business processes through mobile technology. The Company's OneBridge Mobile Solutions suite enables companies to mobilize critical enterprise applications such as e-mail, field service, sales force automation (SFA), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM). Extended Systems has more than 2,500 enterprise customers worldwide and key alliance relationships.
Founded in 1984, Extended Systems has offices and subsidiaries in the United States and worldwide. For more information, call 1-800-235-7576 or visit the Company Web site at www.extendedsystems.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the success of our OneBridge Mobile Solutions Platform. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the overall economic conditions and the level of information technology purchasing by existing and potential customers, the success of key business relationships, continued growth in the markets for our products, the perceived and realized benefits of mobile devices, the timely development and acceptance of new products and technologies, the risks associated with development of new products and product enhancements, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and other risks as detailed from time-to-time in Extended Systems' SEC filings, including its 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed September 29, 2003 and its 2004 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2003, February 17, 2004 and May 17, 2004.
Contacts
Extended Systems
Amy Childress, 208-287-6083
amy.childress@extendedsystems.com
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