Symbol Technologies and Puma Technology to Deliver Handheld Computing Solutions with Satellite Forms and Intellisync Anywhere Product Lines
NEW ORLEANS — February 1, 1999 — At the Symbol Worldwide Sales & Partner Conference, Puma Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:PUMA), the industry leader in Universal Synchronization Solutions(TM) software, and Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SBL) will jointly announce a marketing relationship. Through this alliance, Symbol will resell and OEM Puma's Satellite Forms(TM) and Intellisync Anywhere(TM) products. This enables custom application deployment and synchronization for the Symbol SPT family of handheld computing devices through its direct sales force and distribution network. Additionally, Symbol will incorporate the Satellite Forms engine into future versions of Symbol devices based on the Palm OS, so that users and system integrators will be able to easily deploy and run Satellite Forms applications "out of the box."
Puma will demonstrate its broad range of powerful mobile computing solutions at the Symbol Worldwide Sales & Partner Conference. Puma will exhibit its Intellisync Anywhere, Satellite Forms, and Intellisync(R) for PalmPilot Connected Organizers and Windows CE devices February 1-5, 1999, in the Partner Pavilion, Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, La.
"We have viewed Satellite Forms as a critical component since the beginning of our efforts with 3Com/Palm Computing," said Keith Kanneg, Director of Symbol Technologies Software Marketing Business Unit. "Puma has done a tremendous job in helping people and companies integrate their important data with handheld computers. The combination of Symbol's leadership position in the mobile computing market space, and the Satellite Forms and the upcoming Intellisync Anywhere product lines from Puma makes for a great partnership."
Symbol is the world leader in vertical market handheld solutions with a strong focus in barcode scanning, wireless LAN technology and integrated mobile computing. Symbol's new class of handheld devices require an advanced technology capable of data synchronization, remote access to terminals, and connectivity to both the Palm OS and Windows CE-based platforms.
"The combined offering of our Satellite Forms' robust custom application support and Intellisync Anywhere remote and LAN synchronization solution provides companies like Symbol with the means to expand the reach of their businesses across the entire mobile computing spectrum," said Puma President and CEO Brad Rowe. "Symbol's leadership position in delivering complete, custom mobile computing solutions, makes it the ideal partner to resell and OEM our solutions for custom-application development and enterprise-wide deployment of handheld devices. The combination of Symbol products, channels, and relationships with Puma's product lines greatly expands the reach of handhelds into vertical market applications. Together with Symbol, we look forward to offering the corporate enterprise the most comprehensive package currently available."
CUSTOM HANDHELD APPLICATIONS WITH SATELLITE FORMS(TM)
Satellite Forms is a premier rapid application development (RAD) tool for devices based in the Palm Computing platform including Symbol Technologies' SPT family of devices , 3Com connected organizers, and the IBM WorkPad PC Companion. With Satellite Forms, users can rapidly develop handheld applications that integrate with enterprise data from Lotus Notes, Oracle, DB2, Microsoft Access and other databases. MobileXtension(TM) for Lotus Notes, a companion product to Satellite Forms, lets organizations quickly and easily extend and deploy existing custom Lotus Notes applications to Palm Computing platform mobile devices.
ANYTIME, ANYWHERE ACCESS WITH INTELLISYNC ANYWHERE
Puma's recently announced Intellisync Anywhere product line redefines the business role of handheld computing and communications devices by making them powerful, cost-effective, and tightly integrated extensions of the extended enterprise. A much-anticipated extension to Puma's Intellisync family of synchronization software, Intellisync Anywhere empowers corporations worldwide to widely adopt handheld computers by uniquely providing remote and LAN-based synchronization of leading handheld devices, such as Palm Computing and Windows CE-based devices with leading groupware applications such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. Intellisync Anywhere lets handheld users stay up-to-the minute, getting email, calendar, to-do, and contact information regardless of location or wired/wireless connection. With Intellisync Anywhere and a modem-enabled handheld, users can securely connect from the road by dialing up to the Intellisync Anywhere Server, or users can also connect by just by placing their device cradle on any PC on the LAN. Because Intellisync Anywhere is server-based, there is no need to leave office PCs powered up or continuously logged on, eliminating a clear security risk.
ABOUT SYMBOL
Symbol Technologies is the world leader in bar code-driven mobile computing systems with an installed base of more than six million scanners and hand-held computers, and more than 30,000 wireless local area networks. The company designs, manufactures and markets bar code scanning equipment, application-specific hand-held computers and wireless communications products and systems that are used as strategic building blocks in solutions for retail, package and parcel delivery, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, health care and other industries. Customer information is available from Symbol Technologies at 1-800-SCAN-234.
ABOUT PUMA TECHNOLOGY
Puma Technology (NASDAQ:PUMA) is the leading provider of Universal Synchronization Solutions for a world on the move. Its Intellisync, Intellisync Anywhere and Satellite Forms software product lines connect consumers, mobile professionals, the extended corporate enterprise and Internet services to Palm Computing platform and Windows CE handheld devices, telephony devices and other handheld and small data communication devices. The open Intellisync platform lets users synchronize the critical connection between both wired and wireless handheld devices and the vast stores of information found in corporate databases, the Internet and individuals' PC applications. Intellisync has been adopted worldwide by individuals, companies, mobile device manufacturers, Internet "portals" and service providers, all of which benefit from Puma-enabled software: up-to-the-minute, anytime, anywhere data. The company, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., maintains a web site at www.pumatech.com.
Puma Technology, Intellisync, Intellisync Anywhere, Universal Synchronization Solutions and Satellite Forms and MobileXtension, are trademarks of Puma Technology, Inc. that may be registered in some jurisdictions.
CONTACT:
McGrath/Power Public Relations
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Nadia Jamshidi or Kathy O'Connell
408/727-0351
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or
Symbol Technologies, Inc.
Doug Picker, 516/738-4699
picker@symbol.com