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NEWS FLASH 2000 - 45 (Dec. 2000)
(Updated on Dec. 13, 2000)

PRODUCTS, SERVICES &  APPLICATIONS

AvantGo Expands the Feature Set of its AvantGo Enterprise Product

As the global workforce becomes increasingly mobile and highly competitive, companies are recognizing that it is necessary to be continually assessing and expanding how they exchange information remotely.

To meet the growing needs of the enterprise, AvantGo has released a new set of features for AvantGo Enterprise, allowing for remote access to critical information residing in Web, Microsoft Exchange, and Lotus Notes applications.

AvantGo Enterprise Interactive 3.6:

  • Delivers Web-based content and applications over wireless and wireline networks to handheld devices and Web-enabled devices
  • Provides the tools to enable the enterprise to build, integrate, deploy and maintain a mobile environment
  • Integrates with existing Web application infrastructure, providing personalization and automatic application updating
  • Built on a scale architecture

AvantGo Enterprise™ for Microsoft Exchange™:

  • Seamless access to Microsoft Exchange and Web applications for mobile devices, requiring no changes to the enterprise network architecture.
  • Delivers e-mail, calendar, and Web access to wireless handhelds.
  • Uses existing e-mail addresses.
  • Reflects changes immediately in Microsoft Outlook
  • Integrated with AvantGo Enterprise Interactive administer Web and messaging.
  • Integrates with company’s NT Domain user list.

AvantGo Enterprise Lotus Notes:

  • Converts custom Lotus Notes database applications into fully functional handheld applications without programming
  • Synchronizes Lotus Notes e-mail, calendar, address book, to do list, and expense applications with applications on Palm OS devices.
  • Integrates with Lotus Domino to provide wireless and disconnected access
  • Enables development and deployment of CRM, SFA, help desk surveys, order entry, and inventory management applications.

"Our mobile professionals are sophisticated device users who want information on demand. With AvantGo Enterprise, we can now put timely information from both Microsoft Exchange and our Web-based applications into their hands, commented George Surdu, director of IT systems, Ford Motor Company.

For more information: http://avantgo.com/corp/news/press_archive/2000/release12_04_00.html

MobileInfo Comments and Advisory: AvantGo's enterprise edition should be popular with those enterprises that are willing to utilize AvantGo infrastructure. It should ease the transition effort. However, organizations should evaluate long term cost of outsourcing relatively standard functionality with Exchange and Lotus Notes against in-house implementation with alternative solutions - there are many to choose..

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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