CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
October 25, 2004
Implementation Investments
Paxar Selects Wavelink to Centrally Deploy, Manage and Secure Mobile Devices; Retail and Manufacturing Industry to Save Time and Money by Centrally Managing Devices Throughout the Wireless LAN Lifecycle
Wavelink Corporation, a leading developer of multi-vendor mobile application and infrastructure management software for the enterprise, today announced a software licensing partnership with Paxar Corporation, a global leader in providing innovative merchandising systems for the retail supply chain. Through this agreement, Paxar customers, which include the world's major retailers and their suppliers, will benefit from the ability to centrally manage their mobile devices throughout the wireless LAN lifecycle using Wavelink AvalancheT, the industry-proven, multi-vendor mobile device management solution for the auto-identification and data collection industry. Using Wavelink Avalanche, Paxar customers can now deploy, manage and secure Paxar's Monarch® brand bar code and radio frequency identification (RFID) products-including the new Monarch® Pathfinder® Ultra® Platinum, the industry-leading one-piece scan, print and apply device-from a central console.
"Wavelink is the clear choice to enable our customers to manage their mobile devices-no other company equals Wavelink in its support for the complex security and management challenges of our global customers across multi-platform, multi-vendor and multi-generational environments," said Linda Delaney, Paxar's senior director, Product Management. "Specifically, mobile printers are a critical component of the overall system, yet have often been unmanaged and excluded from the security of the network. Wavelink Avalanche solves this issue, enabling our customers to control all aspects of their mobile printing."
Wavelink Avalanche is ideally suited for managing industrial handhelds, PDAs and laptops from a broad range of vendors in a wide array of applications. Avalanche provides IT professionals with the tools needed to centrally manage mobile devices, thereby dramatically decreasing the cost of operating and supporting mobile devices, applications and end-users.
"Paxar customers include some of the biggest brand names in retail, apparel and manufacturing who require best-of-breed technology solutions to maintain their competitive edge," said Dave Bullis, president and CEO of Wavelink. "Through this agreement, we address the entire lifecycle of the mobile system for these customers, enabling them to keep their mobile business moving. This partnership expands our customer base in our core markets and underlines our strong commitment to help customers achieve a single point of visibility and management control across their mobile computing and wireless LAN systems."
"Retailers and manufacturers rely on their mobile systems to quickly respond to market demands and stay competitive," said William Terrill, senior analyst, Burton Group. "These companies often build their mobile environments over time, with hardware from many different vendors. Having a solution that can manage hardware from multiple vendors is crucial for companies to derive optimal benefit from their wireless LANs."
Key capabilities of Wavelink Avalanche allow enterprises to easily perform over-the-air policy configuration and software distribution; seamlessly manage and secure multiple types of mobile devices, PDAs and laptops; centrally manage mobile devices in a variety of network environments and across multiple geographical locations; roll out and enforce security policies with ease including WEP, WPA and 802.1X-based security models; remotely diagnose and remedy application and device problems; and configure mobile devices through barcode scans for simple and rapid device deployment.
Availability
Wavelink will begin to support Paxar's Monarch® brand bar code devices in November, 2005.
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