Extended Systems Provides Email Link to Mt. Everest; Mobile Software Solutions Company Demonstrates Complete Product Flexibility
07 Junho 2005 - 9:05AM
Business Wire
Extended Systems (NASDAQ: XTND), a leading provider of mobile
software solutions, today announced that Grania Willis, equestrian
correspondent at the Irish Times, has sent email messages and
digital images capturing her bid to become the first Irish woman to
climb the north side of Mount Everest. Using a PDA device enabled
with Extended Systems' OneBridge Mobile Groupware solution, Grania
has been sending Irish Times readers regular updates of her ascent
of the world's highest mountain, one of the most extreme and
hostile locations ever to be linked by electronic communications.
Grania launched her challenge to become the first Irish woman to
climb Everest via the mountain's technically demanding north side
in aid of two organisations in the front line against cancer, The
Friends of St. Luke's Hospital and the Irish Hospice Foundation, in
March. The expedition is sponsored by HP Ireland and Sord Data
Systems, Extended Systems' Irish reseller partner, who provided the
necessary technology equipment to allow her to send the articles
and images published in the Irish Times twice weekly during the
expedition. Grania commented: "Extended Systems' mobile solution
has been very easy to use and amazingly helpful in sharing my diary
and pictures with the outside world, something which would have
been unthinkable just a few years ago. The whole Sord team has been
extremely helpful in assisting me throughout the expedition and
helping me to learn how to use the different technologies
comfortably." Grania is supplied with an HP iPAQ 4700, connecting
to the Internet via a mobile satellite uplink to the Thuraya
satellite positioned 22,000 miles above the Earth. The iPAQ 4700
syncs with Extended Systems' OneBridge email synchronisation server
located in Sord's premises and gives Grania access to instant
communication via email. She has also been given an HP R707 5 Mega
Pixel Digital Camera to capture events as they happen. "Our
OneBridge Mobile Platform provides a totally flexible framework
from which organisations can launch their mobile strategy. Grania's
climb demonstrates that the technology works anywhere, regardless
of the location or the connection method. It can be utilized in the
most remote place on Earth since it will work via satellite as
well. Where other competitors would fail to deliver, supporting
only GPRS connections, OneBridge can function normally under these
conditions," said Charles Jepson, President and CEO at Extended
Systems. Sord's Business Development Manager, Brendan O'Brien,
stated: "The challenge to Sord was to source, integrate and test
all the necessary equipment in a short period of time. We were
greatly assisted by Grania's rapid appreciation and enthusiasm to
embrace new communications technologies in a very short timeframe."
OneBridge Mobile Groupware enables mobile device users to receive
live, instant access to email and PIM (personal information
management) information, working independently of connection mode,
time and location and providing the highest possible levels of
reliability with the widest range of connection choices. About Sord
Data Systems Sord Data Systems was founded in 1986, following a
management buyout of Sord Computers of Japan. The Company is
located in 5,500 Sq. Foot facilities in Sandyford Industrial Estate
in Co. Dublin. Employing 23 people, the company is one of Ireland's
leading IT infrastructure suppliers to Local and Central
Government, Corporate and Educational organisations. For more
information please visit www.sord.ie About Extended Systems
Extended Systems provides the expertise, strategy and solutions to
help enterprise organisations streamline their business processes
through mobile technology. The Company's OneBridge mobile solutions
suite enables companies to mobilise 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 0117 901 5000 or
visit www.extendedsystems.co.uk. This press release contains
forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the
success of OneBridge Mobile Groupware and the Company's ongoing
relationship with Sord Data Systems. These statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include
the success of the Company's customer relationships and other key
business relationships, overall economic conditions and the level
of information technology spending by existing and potential
customers, the timing of purchases by significant customers, 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,
continued growth in the markets for our products, and other risks
as detailed from time-to-time in the Company's SEC filings,
including its 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September
29, 2004 and 2005 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
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