Tadpole Partners With PointBase To Enhance Its Java-Based Offerings For Mobile Markets
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 2, 2000 – PointBase, leader in mobile wireless and 100% Pure Java™ data management products, today announced that Tadpole-RDI, Inc., the California-based hardware business unit of mobile business computing specialist Tadpole Technology plc, has formed a strategic partnership with PointBase to offer its embedded Java database with Tadpole's J-Slate™ pen computer, a new breed of wireless internet device.
The addition of the PointBase database enables Tadpole to provide J-Slate users with the ability to store local extracts from enterprise databases and to automatically synchronize any changes with the originating database.
The Pointbase database and data management tools also ensures that J-Slate users will never have to worry about losing data - PointBase transparently manages the synchronization of data transfers to and from the J-Slate ensuring that even when wireless reception is intermittent all data integrity is preserved.
Tadpole selected PointBase technology because its 100% Pure Java databases can interface with all major enterprise database on any computing platform that supports Java.
Bernard Hulme, president of Tadpole-RDI and CEO of Tadpole Technology, plc, comments: "Enterprises are looking for an efficient way to let mobile workers use wireless devices to tap into corporate applications and databases and to automatically update them without losing data, even when wireless reception is intermittent." He adds: "PointBase technology increases J-Slate's overall value to customers because it delivers a very easy-to-use, easy-to-manage solution to the complex problem of data synchronization over wireless networks."
"Tadpole's commitment to deliver world-class mobile Java solutions to enterprise customers complements our passion in bringing the benefits of Java-based data management to mobile users," adds Bruce Scott, president and CEO of PointBase, who also co-founded Oracle Corporation. "Pointbase's partnership with Tadpole will open up opportunities in new markets for us by introducing our technology to industries that are building next-generation apps on Java."
About Tadpole's J-Slate
The J-Slate is the world's first mobile wireless internet device that is optimized to run Java based web and internet applications in vertical markets. Designed from the ground up for workers who need a simple-to-use, rugged hand-held pen computer, the J-Slate runs Java applications either standalone or via a Web browser, and shields users from the complexity of an operating system.
By standardizing on Java, the J-Slate has a completely open development environment that allows customers to target applications and deploy solutions that meet their specific requirements. In target markets for the J-Slate, most customers need connectivity to enterprise class databases such as IBM DB/2, Lotus Notes, Microsoft SQL*Server, Oracle, Sybase, etc. Pointbase will provide this connectivity.
Developer Applications For J-Slate
PointBase supports all of the important standards for data management, such as SQL, and Internet connectivity, such as HTML and HTTP. This allows developers to create applications for the J-Slate which can be integrated quickly and easily with enterprise applications which typically rely heavily on SQL and have global reach through the Internet.
The synergy of PointBase and J-Slate's long battery-life, large bright color display, instant-on and wireless connectivity provides a full work shift of usage in most environments.
About Tadpole
Tadpole Technology plc (www.tadpole.com) is a listed company on the London Stock Exchange (EPIC-TAD) with facilities in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Bristol (UK), and Irvine and Carlsbad (California). Its Tadpole-RDI hardware business unit is the global leader in portable UNIX workstations and servers and innovator of the world's first Java-enabled rugged pen computer.
Its Tadpole-Cartesia software business unit is an emerging leader in enterprise-class mobile information systems for the world's utilities, telecommunications and public service industries that open new vistas for better management and productivity of field workers, lead to improved customer service and reduced operational costs, and enable user industries to fully capitalize their investments in corporate GIS and CAD data.
Its recently-acquired Endeavors Technology business unit develops open-source web technology software to support wide area wireless e-processes and e-services across mobile workforces and multiple organizations.
Further information on Tadpole's businesses on 760-929-0992, or by email sales@tadpole.com.
About PointBase
PointBase, the leader in mobile wireless data management, develops, markets, and supports solutions for extending and synchronizing enterprise data out to wireless devices, Internet appliances, mobile applications, PDAs, and networked servers. The company's 100% Pure Java products solve the problem of managing data for applications deployed globally across a diversity of platforms.
PointBase was established in 1998 by Bruce Scott, co-founder of Oracle Corporation and Gupta/Centura Software, and Jeff Richey, one of the key developers of the Sybase SQL database server. The management team includes industry veterans from IBM, Oracle, Sybase, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. More information about PointBase at http://www.pointbase.com.
Note to Editors—All trademarks mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners. Java, and 100% Pure Java, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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