FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vantive Selects Synchrologic for
New Mobile Functionality
CRM leader is latest in a series of application vendors to integrate SyncKit data synchronization server
ATLANTA (March 29, 1999) - Synchrologic, Inc. (www.synchrologic.com) today announced The Vantive Corporation (NASDAQ: VNTV) has incorporated the SyncKit data synchronization server into the latest release of Vantive On-The-Go, which mobilizes the Vantive Sales and Vantive FieldService applications within the Vantive Enterprise suite.
The Vantive Corporation is a leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, with more than 700 customers worldwide. Synchrologic is a premier provider of data synchronization for Windows and Web-based applications. The company's SyncKit enables bidirectional data updates between the enterprise database server and occasionally-connected mobile laptop and handheld computers.
"Vantive is committed to integrating best-of-breed technologies with our CRM applications to further extend functionality and improve performance," said Steve Sherman, Executive Vice President of Development. "We believe Synchrologic represents the state-of-the-art solution in data synchronization. Moreover, the technology will give us a competitive advantage in the market. We selected Synchrologic because of their superior technology and deep expertise on this complex technical problem."
According to Synchrologic CEO Said Mohammadioun, "Both OEM customers like Vantive, as well as corporations with custom-built applications, benefit from Synchrologic's industrial-strength synchronization. Our customers gain a mature and market-tested solution, a complete suite of backend administration capabilities, and faster time-to-market. Vantive's selection of Synchrologic is testament to our technology's robustness, scalability and reliability. Integrating our synchronization server with Windows or Web-based applications extends them for anytime, anywhere use for laptop users and Palm Computing Platform users."
META Group Program Director for Application Development Strategies, Elizabeth Shahnam, offers "Data synchronization is one of the most critical and complex components in a CRM application. Because of this, an increasing number of CRM vendors are relying on partners with best of breed solutions to solve their synchronization challenges, rather than trying to build something on their own." "It's a good strategy for CRM vendors," she continues, "and as a result of their partnerships, these vendors are able to offer some of the most efficient and cost effective data synchronization in the industry."
With the integration of SyncKit, Vantive On-The-Go now offers a foundation to support synchronization between different vendor databases on the server and client. SyncKit also improves scalability to better manage large volumes of data and thousands of users. Other benefits of SyncKit include increased flexibility to change business rules and logic, since it provides a graphical Rules Builder to determine who gets what data, as opposed to writing code. SyncKit also eases administration with a tool set that facilitates user management, monitoring, database optimization and diagnostics.
About the Vantive Corporation
Vantive is a worldwide leader in the front-office software market with more than 700 customers and $163 million in revenue in 1998. Vantive's vision is to bring technology solutions to the front-offices that create competitive advantage through strong and enduring customer relationships. The Vantive Enterprise is an integrated suite of web-enabled software that increases sales, marketing, call center, help desk and field service effectiveness. Founded in 1990, Vantive is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and distributes its products in more than two dozen countries. Contact The Vantive Corporation at 1-800-VANTIVE, 1-408-982-5700 or www.vantive.com.
About Synchrologic, Inc.
Synchrologic is the leading developer of mobile data synchronization software for Windows and Web-based applications. Today, its products are deployed to thousands of mobile users of custom-built corporate applications in field sales, field service and remote retail. Its flagship product, the SyncKit server, is licensed by over a dozen leading packaged enterprise application vendors and supports synchronization between Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Microsoft SQL Server (NASDAQ: MSFT), IBM DB2 (NYSE: IBM), Informix (NASDAQ: IFMX), Sybase SQL Anywhere (NASDAQ: SYBS), Microsoft Access, Oracle Lite, and IBM UDB. Two complementary products, SyncPipe and SyncPump, handle remote data transport, external data mapping and data transformation issues for developers, and offer specific functionality for mobile workers. SyncKit for the Palm Computing Platform allows mobile workers to use the Palm computing device as their sole productivity device or as a companion to their laptops. For more information, contact Synchrologic at 888-345-SYNC, , or www.synchrologic.com.
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Vantive, Vantive Enterprise, Vantive On-The-Go, Vantive Sales and Vantive FieldService are trademarks of The Vantive Corporation. SyncKit, SyncPipe and SyncPump are trademarks of Synchrologic, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
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