PeerDirect & Interactive Taxi Showcase Wireless ''Backseat Portal'' at Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit 2005
11-Apr-2005
Attendees Invited to Test Drive Innovative Taxicab Service System Designed to Enhance the Passenger Experience in Extreme Networking Environments
WHAT: This year Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit attendees
will have the unique opportunity to experience firsthand the
latest taxicab passenger service system powered by Interactive
Taxi and PeerDirect (http://www.peerdirect.com), a leading
database replication and data synchronization technology
developed by Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS).
These two companies have teamed up to create a new kind of
touchscreen Internet portal for passengers, recently installed
in over 800 taxicabs between Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco.
Passengers can now access the most accurate, up to date news
from major national and local media outlets, get fully
localized listings of special events and happenings in and
around the city, book restaurant and show reservations, buy
movie tickets and pay their cab fare with a credit or debit
card...right from the back seat of the taxicab. They can also
access real-time traffic information, emergency news and Amber
Alerts, GPS tracking and mapping information, as well as
advertisements and public service announcements.
And, the performance of the Interactive Taxi portals makes
passengers think that they are linked directly to a broadband
Internet connection, thanks to PeerDirect's innovative data
synchronization and database replication technology.
PeerDirect works "in the background" to eliminate the impact
cellular data networks have on application performance,
enabling lightening-fast access to Internet content, even when
no connection is available.
WHERE: Attendees can interact with the latest "cybercab"
system on display at the Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit
being held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel in
Orlando, Florida, Booth #31.
WHEN: April 11 - 13, 2005
For more information on the latest in database replication and
data synchronization technology and mobilized software design trends,
visit http://www.peerdirect.com or contact:
Judy Mintz Matthew Card
ObjectStore, SparkSource, Inc.
a division of Progress Software 781-274-6061, x211
781-280-4286 mcard@sparksource.com
jmintz@progress.com
About Gartner Wireless and Mobile Summit 2005
Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit 2005 offers participants new concepts and best practices to increase ROI on wireless investment, insights on the future of wireless, and unbiased perspectives on devices, systems, integration and the latest trends. Attendees have access to the information necessary for them to reduce costs, while maximizing their mobile initiatives. More information on the Summit is available at www.gartner.com/us/wireless.
About Interactive Taxi
Interactive Taxi is a subsidiary of Targeted Media Partners, LLC. Targeted Media is an emerging media company committed to developing the types of technologies that allow marketers to utilize the benefits of sight, sound and motion, as well as interactivity, to make their out-of-home messages timely, relevant and compelling to consumers. More information can be found at http://www.tmp-llc.com.
About PeerDirect
PeerDirect products and services are built on industry leading data synchronization and database replication technology to support both mobile and remote users that are either not always connected to the enterprise network, or have connections that are not always capable of supporting the service-level requirements of their applications. This technology allows application developers to create truly mobilized software that always appears to the user to be reliably connected.
Based in Bedford, Mass., with additional development operations in Toronto, PeerDirect products and services are developed by the ObjectStore division of Progress Software Corporation and provide customers with a comprehensive range of enterprise technical support, consulting and training. More information on PeerDirect can be found at http://www.peerdirect.com or by calling +1-781-280-4080.
About Progress Software Corporation
Progress Software Corporation (PSC) (Nasdaq: PRGS) supplies industry-leading technologies for all aspects of the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. PSC, headquartered in Bedford, Mass., operates through the Progress Company, Sonic Software Corporation, ObjectStore and DataDirect Technologies. PSC can be reached at http://www.progress.com or +1-781-280-4000.
PeerDirect is a trademark or registered trademark of PeerDirect Corporation in the U.S. and in Canada. Any other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Progress Software
ObjectStore, a division of Progress Software
Judy Mintz, 781-280-4286
jmintz@progress.com
or
SparkSource, Inc.
Matthew Card, 781-274-6061, x211
mcard@sparksource.com
