Press Release
May 19, 2004
Flowfinity Demonstrates Seamless Integration of Wireless Enterprise Applications
Eases Pain of Wireless Integration through BizTalk and other Application Specific Connectors
Wireless Enterprise Symposium - CHICAGO - Flowfinity Wireless Inc, a leading provider of wireless application products and platforms, is demonstrating its approach to ease the pain of integration with enterprise applications at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Chicago this week. Flowfinity provides business application products and platforms that work with the BlackBerry® wireless platform from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM).
Flowfinity offers a simple integration interface to connect its applications to any existing system such as a custom database application, a CRM system, an ERP system, or any vertical market application. Today, Flowfinity is announcing support for Microsoft® BizTalk to further ease this connection process for I.T. managers.
"We are very focused on making sure our customers can easily connect their enterprise systems to mobile professionals in the field using BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds," said Dmitry Mikhailov, CEO of Flowfinity Wireless Inc. "Our approach to seamless integration supports open standards, embraces emerging connectivity platforms like Microsoft BizTalk, and engages third party developers to build packaged Connectors to name-brand systems."
Flowfinity provides an answer to the frequent question: "Can I connect my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld™ to the systems I already have?" Through its development partners, Flowfinity products and platforms can be connected to name-brand systems like Siebel, SAP, JD Edwards, Remedy, Heat, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Great Plains, PeopleSoft, Onyx, IBM Lotus® Notes, Oracle and many legacy systems, such as AS/400.
Flowfinity also has partners offering pre-packaged integration to name-brand systems it calls "Connectors". Connectors for Heat and Microsoft Navision are currently available and Connectors for Microsoft CRM and Lotus Notes/Domino will be demonstrated at the show. Major partners offering these Connectors include: Aston, CGI, Delta Indigo, InterNoded, Lan2Lan, and TenDigits.
Aston Business Solutions, the world's largest Microsoft Business Solutions partner, has combined their Microsoft Navision and .NET expertise with the Flowfinity Solutions Platform to extend Navision sales and service functionality to BlackBerry users. According to Aston's CEO John Matterson: "Now all Microsoft Navision users are empowered to adopt BlackBerry for access to critical information when they are away from their desk."
Flowfinity's approach to seamless integration has been endorsed by its customers and partners with deployments underway in both Europe and North America.
"Our customers are demanding that we provide powerful business solutions without requiring painful integration projects," said Gunnar Schaening, Marketing Manager Mobile Business Solutions for BlackBerry at T-Mobile in Germany. "The Flowfinity approach removes this obstacle for our customers."
About Flowfinity Wireless
Flowfinity Wireless provides business applications to improve the productivity of mobile professionals by enabling them to securely, reliably receive and use information anytime and anywhere without having to "ask for, then wait for" it. Flowfinity uniquely combines high usability and capability with painless integration, resulting in an unrivaled total cost of ownership. Flowfinity products are used for field service, inspections, sales, and inventory management use cases in a wide variety of vertical markets. Flowfinity is technology partners with Research In Motion (RIM), Microsoft, Borland, Sun and IBM. Today, Flowfinity has a growing base of customers and partners in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. Reach Flowfinity Wireless at flowfinity.com.
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