In one fell funding swoop, the corporate wireless e-mail market has a new major contender.Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised an astonishing $50.4 million during an extended, three-month fund-raising round. The news comes shortly after Visto acquired fellow wireless corporate e-mail company...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-The wireless messaging and e-mail market continues its race toward consolidation with news of two new funding and acquisition deals, including a massive $50 million investment in wireless e-mail company Visto Corp.Visto said it extended its recent round of private equity financing...
The two main rivals in the PDA operating system business sought to bolster their offerings, each touting improved and enhanced products.Further, Microsoft Corp. announced two additional licensees for its operating system for personal digital assistants. Computer maker Gateway Inc. and consumer electronics company JVC...
NEW YORK-Palm Inc.'s operating system business PalmSource announced a range of new deals to bolster the enterprise appeal of its product, including new agreements with IBM Corp., Visto Corp., Novell and others.Under PalmSource's deal with IBM, the companies said they plan to collaborate on...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it will merge with ViAir Corp, and the combined company will do business under the Visto name.Visto provides personal and corporate mobile access solutions. ViAir makes messaging solutions for up to nine major wireless operators worldwide."Combined with our operator,...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it will merge with ViAir Corp, and the combined company will do business under the Visto name.Visto provides personal and corporate mobile access solutions. ViAir makes messaging solutions for up to nine major wireless operators worldwide."Combined with our operator,...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Mobility software and service provider Visto Corp. said it received $31 million in financing, which was led by new investors WaldenVC and Rustic Canyon Ventures."This financing shows how critical wireless access is to key corporate data for mobile professionals," said Brian Bogosian,...
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...
After three years of providing mobile communications services to consumers, Visto Corp. is turning its focus toward the enterprise market with its mLynx Access Family of mobility access software and services. Gartner Group recently predicted more than one-third of employees worldwide will use some...
NEW YORK--With the debut of its Arch Message Center in November, Arch Wireless Holdings Inc. plans to simplify the lives of its customers by allowing them pager access to electronic mail from varied sources.Available for a 90-day free trial with a $1.50 monthly cost...
I3 Mobile Inc. opened a development center in Dallas focused on WAP, speech recognition, location, m-commerce and advertising applications. The facility will serve as the company's research and development hub.ESPCard Inc. introduced its M-server Infrastructure, which it said enables m-commerce applications more quickly than...
Add another wireless application service provider to the mix, as Everypath Inc. commercially launched a service designed to extend Web content wirelessly, at Internet World 2000 last week.The company's technology allows enterprise customers and dot-com companies to make their content available on wireless devices...
SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp. announced several cooperative activities focused on supporting the Wireless Application Protocol at its third annual Wireless Data Conference.Companies cooperating with Nokia in the effort include Excite@Home, InfoSpace, Intelligent Information Inc., JP Systems, Macromedia, MapQuest, Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch and Visto Corp.
