SAN JOSE, Calif. - (February 12, 2002) - Pumatech, Inc. (NASDAQ: PUMA), a leading provider of enterprise-level software products and services that deliver highly relevant information wherever and whenever it's needed, today announced a licensing agreement with Meeting Maker, Inc., a leading developer of cross-platform, collaborative group calendaring and scheduling solutions. Meeting Maker will utilize Pumatech's Intellisync for Web XML toolkit software to integrate the Intellisync synchronization engine into the new Meetingmaker 7.1 group calendaring and scheduling platform. This will enhance Meetingmaker product integration across Microsoft Outlook and additional mobile devices, including those based on the Windows CE and RIM platforms. The integration of Intellisync will enable Meetingmaker users to better leverage the variety of mobile devices increasingly being used by employees to manage personal and professional schedule, contact and task information. In addition, through the integration of Pumatech's Intellisync engine, the new Meetingmaker 7.1 platform will gain tighter integration with enterprise applications, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes.
"Our products are utilized in enterprise environments that encompass extensive networks of employees using a wide variety of mobile devices and software to manage information," said John T. Anderson, president of Meeting Maker. "Through our relationship with Pumatech, we will be able to provide our customers with a market-leading synchronization solution that will enable them to leverage popular devices, including Windows CE devices and RIM pagers, to manage personal and group calendar information in real time, bolstering the wide array of enhanced features within the new Meetingmaker 7.1 platform. The work with Pumatech will allow us to easily add new mobile and wireless capabilities in the future, and enable Meetingmaker to integrate with other key enterprise applications such as Outlook and Notes."
Pumatech's Intellisync for Web XML toolkit is a quick time-to-market solution designed to enable software developers, portals and telcos to synchronize Web-based applications with leading PIM (personal information management) software and mobile devices, including Microsoft Outlook and Palm OS handhelds. Leveraging Pumatech's Intellisync for Web XML toolkit, Meetingmaker 7.1 will be able to benefit from the same Intellisync platform utilized by such high-profile Pumatech customers as Yahoo!, Oracle, Siebel and nearly 200 others, providing Meeting Maker, Inc., with the potential to integrate support for these applications in the future.
"As a growing number of enterprises work to implement infrastructure that enables real-time information delivery and access, they are demanding applications that support the complete range of mobile devices used by their employees, customers and partners," said Brad Rowe, president and CEO of Pumatech. "With the integration of our powerful Intellisync synchronization engine, Meeting Maker demonstrates its commitment to providing customers with a flexible, extensible platform for managing important schedule information regardless of which device they use."
For more information about the availability of Meetingmaker 7.1 with the Intellisync engine, please contact Meeting Maker, Inc. For questions about partnership opportunities with Pumatech, please contact Pumatech Technology Licensing at http:/www.pumatech.com/tl_form.html.
ABOUT THE MEETINGMAKER 7.1 PLATFORM
Available later this quarter, the new Meetingmaker 7.1 platform will be a comprehensive, collaborative group calendaring and scheduling solution that delivers unequalled platform stability and high-performance scalability. The new version of Meetingmaker will provide a host of new features, including a Mac OS X client and server, Linux server, Web calendar publishing, LDAP and administrative APIs, SSL security, and support for Microsoft Outlook and Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows CE and RIM devices. A real-time, cross-platform group calendaring solution, designed to meet the diverse and complex scheduling requirements of organizations from small workgroups to the largest enterprises, Meetingmaker 7.1 will provide a rapid return on investment by enabling organization-wide productivity gains coupled with very low cost of ownership.
ABOUT INTELLISYNC FOR WEB
The Intellisync for Web XML toolkit is a quick time-to-market synchronization solution for Intellisync SDK and Runtime licensees who wish to synchronize their Web-based application with leading PIM software and devices, including Microsoft Outlook, Palm OS handhelds and many others. Intellisync for Web includes a pre-built, customizable Intellisync desktop client and Connector - ideal for customers who are looking to deploy a synchronization solution immediately, with minimal development work.
ABOUT MEETING MAKER, INC.
For over a decade, Meeting Maker has provided the leading real-time, cross-platform group scheduling solution, designed to meet the diverse and complex scheduling requirements of organizations from small workgroups to the largest enterprises. Meetingmaker is a market-driven business software tool that increases productivity while reducing cost, and provides instantaneous real-time access to free and busy time information. Meetingmaker is a highly scalable IP-based system supporting tens of thousands of concurrent users on a range of computing platforms including Java, Macintosh, Windows and UNIX. Meetingmaker is currently installed on over 1 million desktops at major corporations and academic institutions worldwide including Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, NASA, Qualcomm, Time/Warner AOL, Schlumberger, Harvard University, Yale University, and the University of Michigan. Product information and a free trial are available at www.meetingmaker.com.
ABOUT PUMATECH
Pumatech, Inc. (NASDAQ: PUMA) provides organizations with a comprehensive suite of enterprise-level software products and services that deliver highly relevant information - wherever and whenever it's needed. The company's portfolio makes Pumatech a single resource, providing the infrastructure necessary to expand the boundaries of information. Organizations can choose to use Pumatech's ready-made enterprise offerings, or they can leverage Pumatech's professional services team to create custom solutions built upon Pumatech's core enterprise platform. Pumatech's customer and strategic partner base includes Global 2000 companies such as Siebel, Oracle, Yahoo!, NTT DoCoMo, Boeing, CNET and General Motors. The company has headquarters in the Silicon Valley, Tokyo and London. Pumatech offers more information on its products and services at www.pumatech.com.
Forward-looking statements in this news release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks relating to possible product defects and product liability, risks related to international sales and potential foreign currency exchange fluctuations, continued acceptance of Pumatech's products, increased levels of competition, technological changes, dependence on intellectual property rights and other risks detailed from time to time in Pumatech's periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities.
Pumatech, the Pumatech logo and Intellisync are trademarks of Pumatech, Inc., that may be registered in some jurisdictions. Palm OS is a registered trademark of Palm, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Meetingmaker is a registered trademark of Meeting Maker, Inc.