SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS)
and Franklin Covey (NYSE: FC) today announced they will work together to
deliver corporate training courses based on the industry-leading
Palm Computing(R) platform and Franklin Covey's popular time and life planning
concepts. With this initiative, Franklin Covey becomes the first premier
Palm(TM) Training Alliance provider, offering new training courses designed
specifically for enterprise customers. These courses will include Franklin
Covey's popular time and life planning concepts, using a Palm Computing
platform device as the primary planning tool, as well as training on other key
enterprise applications such as group scheduling using Microsoft Outlook. The
companies will jointly market the new training programs to their respective
customer bases.
Franklin Covey, one of the larger distributors of the industry-leading
Palm Computing devices from 3Com, now offers basic training courses on Palm
Computing connected organizers at no cost to customers visiting any of
Franklin Covey's 125 company-owned retail stores across the country. Starting
this month, Franklin Covey will offer customized corporate on-site seminars
covering strategies, tips and options for using Palm Computing platform
devices with desktop personal information management (PIM) software such as
Franklin Covey's ASCEND software.
In the spring, Franklin Covey plans to introduce its flagship technology
training based on its popular "What Matters Most" time and life management
content featuring Palm Computing platform devices as a primary planning tool
in combination with Franklin Covey's ASCEND software or Microsoft Outlook.
This training program will also include new Palm(TM) software applications
relative to the "What Matters Most" content as well as a number of exciting
new training concepts designed for Palm Computing organizer users.
"Franklin Covey has long been one of Palm Computing's key OEM providers,
as we have combined the world's leading handheld computer with Franklin
Covey's training concepts to create a powerful solution for both individual
consumers and enterprise clients," said Mark Bercow, vice president of
strategic alliances and platform development for Palm Computing, a 3Com
company. "We are excited about this evolution in our relationship and we look
forward to broadening our enterprise customer base together with Franklin
Covey."
According to Stephen M. R. Covey, president of the training and education
business at Franklin Covey, "We have had excellent success with the Palm
devices and see a great opportunity to enhance this device with our training
principles. We will begin now with basic Palm training in our stores and then
move this spring to deliver a new training program based on our popular
Franklin Covey time and life management course, 'What Matters Most.' We see
Palm Computing as a key partner and the industry leader in the handheld
category. With our training concepts and the Palm devices, we can deliver
compelling training programs to help clients dramatically improve their
effectiveness."
In a separate announcement today, 3Com announced the Palm Training
Alliance, a new program designed to provide world-class training solutions for
corporations deploying Palm Computing platform devices at the enterprise
level. Through the program, 3Com will work with qualified training vendors to
provide enterprise customers with easy access to high-quality training
providers, courses and materials to facilitate handheld integration with
enterprise applications.
About the Palm Computing Platform
The Palm Computing platform is the foundation for the market-leading 3Com
Palm III(TM) and PalmPilot(TM) connected organizers and other handheld
computing products from Palm Computing's strategic partners, all leaders in
their respective markets. These include IBM, which sells the IBM WorkPad PC
Companion into the enterprise market, Franklin Covey, which supplies Palm
devices for both the consumer and enterprise markets based on their popular
time and life management planning concepts, QUALCOMM, which will sell its pdQ
CDMA Digital Smartphone in 1999, and Symbol Technologies, which develops and
markets the SPT 1500 device with bar code scanning capabilities used in
retail, transportation, parcel and postal delivery, manufacturing and health
care.
About 3Com
With more than 200 million customers worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects
more people to information in more ways than any other networking company.
3Com delivers innovative information access products and network system
solutions to large, medium and small enterprises; carriers and network service
providers; PC OEMs; and consumers. 3Com - More connected(TM). For further
information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at http://www.3com.com or the Palm
Computing site at http://www.palm.com.
About Franklin Covey
Franklin Covey provides solutions to help individuals and organizations
use proven principles to increase personal and organizational leadership
effectiveness, trust and productivity. It trains more than 750,000 people
each year. More than 17.5 million people now use its planners, agendas,
software and Palm Computing devices. Franklin Covey has more than 12 million
books in print with more than 1.5 million being sold each year, including
Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. There are 125
Franklin Covey stores throughout the U.S., which provide individuals, families
and organizations tools for effective living. Visit http://www.franklincovey.com for
additional information.
3Com and Palm Computing are registered trademarks, and Palm, PalmPilot,
Palm III and More connected are trademarks, of 3Com Corporation or its
subsidiaries. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the
respective companies with which they are associated. No products mentioned
herein are manufactured by Pilot Corporation or Pilot Corporation of America,
manufacturers and distributors of writing instruments.
SOURCE 3Com Corporation; Franklin Covey
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CONTACT:
Todd Simons of Franklin Covey, 801-975-9992,
tdsimo@franklincovey.com; or Elizabeth Cardinale of 3Com
Corporation, 408-326-9390, elizabeth_cardinale@3com.com
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