REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Visto Corp. hopes a whopping $70 million financing round can propel it to the forefront of the white-hot wireless e-mail space.The developer added to its already-fat wallet with the latest round, which was led by DFJ ePlanet Ventures. Current investors Draper Fisher...
Enterprise infrastructure company Sybase Inc. announced it will acquire wireless e-mail company Extended Systems Inc. in a cash deal worth $71.3 million. The move directly pits Sybase's wireless enterprise subsidiary, iAnywhere Solutions, against wireless e-mail vendors like Research In Motion Ltd. and Good Technology...
The wireless enterprise market-long a scene of sedate players and leisurely sales cycles-has cracked open with finger pointing, name calling, innuendo and otherwise rabid competition. "It really is a great indicator that it (the market) is starting to blossom," said Jason Guesman, vice president...
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems said it has partnered with Tekco Technologies Co. Ltd., which provides applications design and serves as a domestic distributor of mobility licenses and services in China. Tekco will offer Extended Systems' OneBridge Mobile Platform as its flagship mobility product. Tekco will...
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems launched a new security offering created to address the growing problem of securing sensitive data on wireless devices.OneBridge Mobile Secure provides "on device" encryption capabilities, allowing employers to install corporate security policies to personal digital assistants, smart phones, laptops and tablet...
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise and synchronization companies Extended Systems and Intellisync Corp. announced that they have mutually agreed to settle the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Intellisync in April 2002. Intellisync was formerly called Pumatech Inc.Under the settlement agreement, Extended Systems will make a...
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise and synchronization companies Extended Systems and Intellisync Corp. announced that they have mutually agreed to settle the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Intellisync in April 2002. Intellisync was formerly called Pumatech Inc.Under the settlement agreement, Extended Systems will make a...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synchronization company Intellisync Corp., which recently changed its name from Pumatech, announced it will acquire rival synch company Search Software America for $20 million in cash. The move comes on the heels of the company's latest quarterly release, which shows rising revenues...
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc. reversed past losses with a slim profit in its second quarter, but the news failed to please Wall Street as the company's stock dropped slightly following its report to about $6 per share.Extended Systems reported a net...
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc. reversed past losses with a slim profit in its second quarter, but the news failed to please Wall Street as the company's stock dropped slightly following its report to about $6 per share.Extend Systems reported a net...
BOISE, Idaho-The wireless enterprise market continues its march with Extended Systems announcing an expanded agreement with European operator Orange to offer wireless e-mail services to Orange subscribers.Under the new agreement, Orange will offer Extended Systems' OneBridge Mobile Groupware solution, which supports wireless access to...
BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems Inc. said it has adopted a stockholder rights plan to fend off unsolicited takeover attempts. This will be applied by issuing a dividend of one right for each share of its common stock."The rights plan is not intended to prevent a...
In an interesting turnaround, Motorola Inc. said it will use synchronization technology from Extended Systems in one of its new mobile phones instead of technology from its former subsidiary Starfish Software Inc.Motorola announced just last month it sold its Starfish subsidiary to Pumatech Inc....
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems introduced its new Live Connect technology, which the comapny said allows for automated delivery of e-mail and corporate information from enterprise database applications."By adding unattended delivery of information to its mobile solutions kit, Extended Systems ensures that e-mail,...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Action in the wireless enterprise space continues, with two providers scoring government contracts.First, Aether Systems Inc. announced that the Garden City, N.Y., Police Department will use its PacketCluster Patrol product to wirelessly access real-time information from the newly created New York state...
BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc. reported revenues for its fourth quarter of $5.6 million and a net loss of $2.2 million, news that sent the company's stock up slightly to $2.08 per share.Extended Systems' president and chief executive officer, Steve Simpson, said...
ATLANTA—Consolidation moves across the wireless data industry continue to hit in waves, this time with three companies announcing sales or mergers.O2wireless Solutions Inc., which offers outsourced telecommunications services, announced it will merge with telecommunications infrastructure provider Baran Group Ltd. Under the merger, which is...
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—A wave of consolidation hit the wireless data industry as two major companies announced acquisitions to expand the scope of their products and the extent of their influence.Wireless data giant Openwave Systems will pay about US$76 million to acquire two...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Corporate software and service provider Pumatech Inc. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc., allegations that Extended Systems promptly asserted were "baseless and without merit."A little over four hours after Pumatech said it filed its suit, Extended Systems...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Handspring Inc. made its latest in a series of announcements aimed at the corporate market, inking a deal with Extended Systems to provide education and training to business users looking to deploy wireless products and services.Specifically, the companies will work to sell...
As the nation's two dominant personal digital assistant makers watch their stocks crumble, their revenue expectations halved and the fires of a price war blazing, some in the industry wonder whether the PDA market isn't quite the gold mine many had hoped.Others, however, see...
Citing the slowdown in the U.S. economy and market conditions, personal digital assistant stalwart Palm Inc. and Extended Systems Inc., which provides mobile information management solutions, ended their proposed merger agreement."While this turn of events is disappointing, Palm and Extended Systems agree that this...
Palm Inc.'s planned acquisition of Extended Systems, a provider of mobile information management solutions, hit a bit of a snag after Palm's stock price plummeted last week to less than $7 per share.The sell-off began after Palm issued a warning concerning earnings, noting revenue...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Palm Inc. agreed to acquire Extended Systems Inc., a mobile solutions vendor, allowing Palm to provide both handheld computers and enterprise-class mobile infrastructure software and support for multiple operating systems, including Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows CE, EPOC and RIM. The deal...
