NEWS FLASH 2000 - 25 (July 2000)
(Updated on July 25,  2000)

PRODUCTS, SERVICES & APPLICATIONS

Orsus Solutions Mobilizes the Internet with iGlue/Wireless

To meet the demand for mobile Internet services, Orsus Solutions has announced its iGlue/Wireless™ application, which allows carriers, e-businesses, and enterprises to leverage existing e-business systems for wireless access. It enables end-users to access data and to perform transactions via any breed of wireless device and PDA.

Using iGlue/Wireless, the second in the iGlue™ product suite, organizations can transform existing Web content and services to wireless in a matter of days. The product was designed to support the special needs of the mobile end-user, who is confined to using a small screen and keypad. Users can access data and conduct transactions without the frustration of scrolling down numerous screens until reaching the desired result.

The application’s features such as quick deployment and an optimized user experience are based on the business process rather than on the data conversion of other applications. The business process is customized for all devices regardless of protocols and formats. The application can be integrated with other mission-critical systems such as customer care, billing, and location-sensitive services.

"While other tools developed for the shift from e-business to m-business are still stuck in the Internet paradigm, where Web pages are squeezed to fit on microbrowsers on wireless devices, we operate outside this model," explained co-founder of Orsus Solutions. "Our model leverages existing business processes already located within organizations. We don’t dice and slice, but take these existing processes and adapt them specifically for wireless use."

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Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: We are wary of vendor claims of deploying wireless applications in a matter of days. Customizing of a customer's business process has never taken days. Weeks and months are more realistic and even then it is a good achievement. We are not talking of a canned application like e-mail but line of business application. If you just replace old transactions and processes with wireless-enabled versions, you have put highly unoptimized wireline network traffic on a low-speed wireless network. You have also given up on huge benefit potential from business process reengineering with mobile computing.

Note: This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology architectures.

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