
Press Release
ZUMASYS PLACES THREE FINALISTS AT MEA MOBILE IMPACTTM AWARDS FOR 3G WIRELESS MOBILITY SOLUTIONS
November 29, 2004
Zumasys announced today that three of its customers, American Red Cross, Seating Concepts and Valor Computer Systems, are finalists in the 2004 Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA) Mobile ImpactTM Awards program. This program recognizes leading enterprises for successful and innovative deployments of mobile enterprise solutions in North America, Western Europe and around the globe. The MEA is a global advocacy group promoting the business benefits of workforce mobility to enterprise end users and decision makers.
Paul Giobbi, President of Zumasys, was ecstatic. "This is our third wireless award for 2004, with a total of 10 customer nominations, and we couldn't be more excited about how these wireless solutions are giving our customers increases in their productivity that accelerates their business."
"Each of the case studies submitted by our finalists was of superb quality, offering important lessons to other enterprise managers in IT departments worldwide," said Daniel Taylor, managing director, MEA. "By supporting such a peer competition, the MEA intends to propagate the business benefits of workforce mobility."
ABOUT THE MOBILE IMPACTTM AWARDS
The 2004 Mobile ImpactTM Awards will be given in five different categories, including: Cost Effective Extended Enterprise Computing and Connectivity, Field Force, Greatest Foresight in Mobile Management, Mobile Office, and Most Pragmatic Mobile Security Solution. Entries were scored on a 50 point scale by a panel of independent judges including Kara Gattine from SearchMobileComputing.com and Eugene Signorini from Yankee Group. The finalists represent submissions with an average raw score of at least 60%. Winners will be announced at a reception in Santa Clara, California on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 and successful case studies will be highlighted in a special advertising section to be published in the January issues of Fortune and Business 2.0 magazines.
ABOUT ZUMASYS
Zumasys specializes in architecting and implementing multi-vendor technology solutions that allow remote offices and mobile users to work together wirelessly, improving customer service and profitability. Zumasys applies its expertise with the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite to create centralized application portals that are accessed over cellular-based mobile Internet connections (i.e. 3G Wireless). These wireless application portals ultimately lower costs, increase productivity and ease application deployment. For more information, visit www.zumasys.com.
ABOUT MEA
The Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA) is a global advocacy group promoting the business benefits of workforce mobility to enterprise end users and decision makers. The MEA provides a vendor-neutral and technology-independent clearinghouse for information about the mobile enterprise including news, case studies, research, business analysis tools, and more. This information is available - free of charge - to enterprise managers, solutions providers and industry professionals. This helps enterprise decision makers to make informed decisions about the technical architectures within the context of enterprise business objectives. As a not-for-profit organization, the MEA is funded through dues from participating vendors, service providers and systems integrators. The MEA currently represents more than 650 members worldwide. More information can be obtained at www.mobileenterprise.org. |