Questra Corporation Joins Phone.com Alliance Program for Wireless Technology Integration

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Questra Corporation, an Internet systems integration firm, has joined the Phone.com Alliance Program to enable its clients' existing Internet applications to take advantage of wireless technology. The partnership will allow Questra's clients to utilize Phone.com's UP.Browser, a microbrowser for mobile phones, to interact with Web-based applications and increase productivity. The Phone.com Alliance Program aims to promote wireless information access and coordinate the exchange of ideas among its members.

Key Takeaways:

  • Questra Corporation, an Internet systems integration firm, has joined the Phone.com Alliance Program to integrate wireless technology with its clients' existing Internet applications.
  • The partnership will enable Questra's clients to utilize Phone.com's UP.Browser, a microbrowser for mobile phones, to interact with Web-based applications.
  • The Phone.com Alliance Program has over 200 employees and has offices in five locations, including Atlanta, Boston, Raleigh, Rochester, and San Jose.
  • Questra has practices focused on e-Strategy, e-CRM, e-Business Intelligence, e-Appliances, and e-Services, and delivers its services through its Accelerate project delivery methodology.
  • Phone.com's UP.Browser presents graphical and textual information, accepts user choices, and interprets alphanumeric data entry, enabling any Web-based application to perform sophisticated interactions with a wireless subscriber.
  • The partnership will allow businesses to extend internal infrastructures to mobile workforces, suppliers, and customers, decreasing costs and increasing enterprise efficiency.
  • John Canosa, Questra's chief scientist and director of Questra's iLAB, stated that the partnership will enable organizations and people to interact using the Internet anytime, anywhere, over any device.
  • Kathy Simpson, director of developer marketing for Phone.com, stated that Questra's expertise in systems integration will enable businesses to extend internal infrastructures to mobile workforces, suppliers, and customers.

Statistics:

  • The Phone.com Alliance Program aims to promote the concept of wireless information access and coordinate the exchange of ideas and information among its members.
  • Questra has over 200 employees and offices in five locations.
  • Phone.com's UP.Browser has a microbrowser for mobile phones.
  • The partnership will decrease costs and increase enterprise efficiency by extending internal infrastructures to mobile workforces, suppliers, and customers.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, April 11, 2000
  • Questra Corporation
  • Phone.com, Inc.
  • Questra iLAB is a trademark of Questra Corporation.
  • Phone.com, the Phone.com logo, and the "UP." family of terms are trademarks of Phone.com, Inc.
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