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vVAULT JOINS FORCES
WITH RIM TO ENHANCE AND EXTEND WIRELESS EMAIL FOR BUSINESS
USERS
Company Joins BlackBerry
ISV Alliance Program
San Francisco, CA (February 12,
2002) - vVault, a leading
provider of mobile productivity applications and software
infrastructure, announced today that it has joined Research
In Motion’s (RIM's) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSE: RIM) BlackBerryTM
ISV Alliance Program and plans to offer products that
extend and enhance the functionality of the popular
BlackBerry wireless email solution. Members of RIM’s
alliance program provide enterprise-level software products
and work collaboratively with RIM to implement strategic
marketing plans for their BlackBerry applications.
A leader in real-time mobile access
products for business users, vVault believes RIM has
a proven platform for productivity applications, and
plans to provide high-value applications to complment
BlackBerry.
“The BlackBerry wireless email solution
is a serious business tool that converts otherwise unproductive
time to bottom line benefits for mobile workers,” stated
vVault CEO Stephen Burke. “We share RIM’s mission, and
are excited to be working together on next-generation
extensions that will further untether workers from their
desks and offices.”
vVault’s application for BlackBerry,
to be announced in Q2 2002, will leverage RIM’s secure
email-transport system and offer new features for mobile
professionals. The solution will radically benefit typical
BlackBerry users, who send and receive about 8,500 time-sensitive
e-mails per year, and are away from the office about
39 percent of the working day.
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