RIM, AvantGo form strategic alliance

WATERLOO, ON -- Research In Motion Limited (RIM), a world leader in the mobile communication market, and AvantGo, Inc., the leading provider of mobile infrastructure software and services, today announced a strategic alliance focused on delivering wireless Web-based data and corporate applications to Fortune 1000 customers. The companies also announced they will co-market existing and future products and services to enterprise customers and channel partners.

AvantGo's mobile business solutions enable enterprises to increase the return on their existing information technology investments by improving productivity and operational efficiency through the use of wireless devices. With RIM's ‘Always On, Always Connected' solutions, enterprises deploying AvantGo Enterprise solutions for business intelligence, sales force automation, supply chain management, patient care, field force automation and other corporate applications will enjoy mobile immediate access to Web-based data and applications using RIM's BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds.

"Our expertise in advanced wireless communications solutions is a strong complement to AvantGo's expertise in delivering robust Web-based mobile business software and services to large enterprises," said Jim Balsillie, Chairman and Co-CEO at RIM. "Combining our market-leading Blackberry solution with AvantGo's ability to enable access to corporate applications allows organizations to extend the power of their enterprise information systems to mobile environments."

"We are extremely pleased to be teaming up with RIM to enable enterprises to deploy broad-based business applications to BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds using integrated AvantGo and RIM products," said Richard Owen, AvantGo's CEO. "For mobile and wireless users who are away from their desks, the combined AvantGo and RIM solution will provide an exceptional end-user experience by taking full advantage of data synchronization, nationwide wireless access and asynchronous notification or push--allowing fast, reliable interactive access to applications."

Source: Research In Motion