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Press Release
palmOne Professional Services Makes Creating Customized Mobile Business Solutions Easier Than Ever Before
MILPITAS, Calif., April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- palmOne, Inc.'s Professional Services group is making it easier than ever before to develop and deliver customized mobile solutions for palmOne(TM) business customers.
palmOne Professional Services, in conjunction with select system integrators, independent hardware and software vendors, and value-added resellers, provides businesses with the resources and know-how required to conceive, design, test, implement and deploy customized mobile solutions with palmOne devices. It also offers technical expertise to help businesses complete mobile solutions already in progress. palmOne Professional Services can work on-site with developers, leading or assisting with any stage of a mobile solution's development lifecycle.
The group offers a range of services from full lifecycle scoping, design and development of mobile solutions to technical support and training. In addition, for businesses who require pilot projects, or that do not want to invest in the upfront costs for infrastructure, development or ongoing maintenance, palmOne Professional Services offers a mobile application hosting service that can quickly be customized and deployed for a small monthly fee. palmOne manages the services infrastructure and provides an organization with personalized access to a secure website to view, download and manage data captured from handhelds in the field.
"palmOne Professional Services is a key element in our strategy of increasing the business-critical value of palmOne handheld solutions in many segments of the market," said Jason Zajac, vice president, product planning and strategy, at palmOne. "Our Professional Services group has extensive knowledge of industry best practices and significant expertise designing and building the most elegant and user-friendly solutions on the market today. With our products and professional services, we are ready to address the mobility needs of any business scenario."
For example, an insurance company may want to provide its field sales force with mobile solutions for generating quick and accurate policy quotes for customers, but may lack the support to develop a custom mobile application for palmOne handhelds. In this scenario, palmOne Professional Services could educate in-house staff on the tools and best practices associated with developing the most efficient mobile solutions and then provide technical expertise to assist the company's application development and deployment efforts.
palmOne Professional Services also works with partners such as PayJunction that specialize in advanced off-the-shelf mobile financial solutions that enable businesses to manage mobile sales transactions wirelessly. "Many clients request a customized user interface that extends our successful off-the-shelf EasySwipe solution," said Randy Modos, president, PayJunction Inc. "By partnering with palmOne Professional Services, our development team focuses on the secure network transaction layer, while palmOne Professional Services provides the custom user-interface development."
palmOne Professional Services Offerings
-- Developer Mentoring -- Offers expertise to companies that already have
project management and development resources in place but need external
technical resources to help with a mobile solution.
-- Architecture Assessment -- Evaluates the design, tools and approach
used for a mobile application development effort, including integration
with existing systems; handheld user-interface design; and the design
of communication conduits, such as wireless.
-- Prototyping/Proof-of-Concept -- Quickly mocks up a prototype of a
mobile application that is in development so an enterprise can assess
an early version of its custom mobile application.
-- Application Development -- Takes a set of requirements and designs and
develops them according to palmOne's coding and user-interface
standards, delivering a complete mobile solution that has been fully
tested on an enterprise's target platform.
-- Full Lifecycle Management -- palmOne Professional Services will lead or
assist with any phase of a mobile solution's development, from concept
through deployment.
-- Mobile Workshop -- Addresses the business needs, requirements and goals
of enterprises regarding a mobile solutions initiative so they can make
informed decisions before undertaking a mobile solution project.
More information on palmOne Professional Services is available at http://www.palmone.com/us/enterprise/proservices/ .
About palmOne, Inc.
palmOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLMO) delivers what matters most to customers -- whether a single consumer or company of thousands -- enabling users to improve their personal lives and professional productivity through mobile devices and solutions.
palmOne is the name adopted in October 2003 by Palm, Inc., when it spun off PalmSource, Inc., maker of the Palm OS(R) platform software, and acquired Handspring, Inc. Uniting the Zire(TM), Tungsten(TM) and Treo(TM) subbrands, the creation of palmOne launched a new, stronger market leader in handheld computer and communications hardware and software solutions.
More information about palmOne, Inc. is available at http://www.palmOne.com .
NOTE: palmOne, Zire, Tungsten, Treo and Palm OS are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to palmOne, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.
SOURCE palmOne, Inc.
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