Speeds Software Updates, Administration
EVERETT, Wash., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, web-enabled software
development tool for automated data collection applications promises to
dramatically reduce the time it takes to write, install and administer
software for Intermec data collection computers and terminals.
Using Intermec's new dcBrowser(TM), developers can write a single, web
server-based application to control multiple types of data collection devices.
Software updates and administrative tasks are performed instantly via the
Internet, lowering development and support costs and increasing service
quality to users. dcBrowser is part of Intermec's plan to integrate web
capabilities throughout its entire Enterprise Data Collection(TM) line of
products.
Customers with web-based IT management systems that use desktop browsers
to distribute information to legacy systems are now able to fully integrate
Intermec's latest data collection product lines into their mix.
"dcBrowser lets us access an intranet server with the customer's existing
hand-held devices or leverage new technology. The choice and pace of change is
up to the customer," said Daniel Worden, president and chief executive, WNS
Inc.
Using dcBrowser, customers are able to dynamically create HTML pages using
data residing in such databases as Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Microsoft SQL and
Access. In addition, a wide variety of web server development platforms are
available, including Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2, AIX, Sun Solaris and other
UNIX systems.
"Intermec's dcBrowser is another leading technology development in the
data collection industry," said Mike Jones, Intermec group product manager.
"Customers will be able to develop mission critical applications using
state-of-the-art web development tools for integration into web-based
application architectures."
The dcBrowser capabilities will prove to be attractive to customers in any
industry who would like to move to web-based e-commerce applications. The
Intermec dcBrowser enables developers to write data collection applications
using advanced tools and integrate them into web-based architectures, slashing
development time and lowering costs. Due to its flexibility, the dcBrowser
greatly reduces application distribution and support costs. Developers write
only one web server application to connect with any standard browser and then
connect with the same application on multiple types of Intermec data
collection devices, performing updates instantly.
About Enterprise Data Collection(TM)
Enterprise Data Collection empowers people by creating a real-time
information exchange between sales, finance, customer service, manufacturing
and distribution. Intermec Enterprise Data Collection links together wireless
networking, data collection technologies, and software solutions for quick and
easy management of information from any point in the global supply chain.
Intermec's open systems solution seamlessly connects with a company's existing
information systems and is backed by the broadest product line in the business
and a global partner program.
About Intermec
Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE: UNA) company, is a global
leader in the development, manufacture and integration of automated wired and
wireless data collection and mobile computing systems. The company's products
and services are used by customers in multiple industries to improve
productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations, from supply
chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service.
UNOVA is a $2 billion industrial technologies company with global
leadership positions in data collection and wireless communications solutions
for mobile workers in industry, distribution, healthcare and government, as
well as manufacturing technologies for metal cutting and composite production
processes.
This and an entire press kit of Intermec news is available at
http://www.intermec.com/newsroom. And visit Intermec at SCANTECH '99 Oct. 5-7 in
Chicago at Booth #417.
For more information, contact Intermec Technologies Corp. at 6001 36th
Avenue West, P.O. Box 4280, Everett, WA 98203-9280, USA, call 800-347-2636,
or visit Intermec's web site at: http://www.intermec.com . For more
information about Intermec's Intellitag RFID systems, call 800-923-4824 or
972-733-6600.
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CONTACT:
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