Integrated Software Solutions Teams with Fujitsu for New Mobile Solution

Integrated Software Solutions Inc. (ISS) has combined its TouchPointMobile application with Fujitsu's TeamPad mobile platform, creating a wireless solution that can help customers anywhere in the store with price lookup, checkout and real-time credit-card verification.

ISS' TouchPointMobile, using a Java development environment, XML/XSL standards and based on Windows CE technology, is a new browser-based application. The application is fully integrated into the enterprise and by using the TeamPad 500 outfitted with a scanner,
magnetic-stripe reader and printer, employees can perform a number of customer/client-assisted procedures real-time as well as accessing up-to-the-minute reports needed to stay abreast of all the day's activities.

"Fujitsu's versatile TeamPad mobile computers are the ideal platform for TouchPointMobile," says Barry Henderson, vice president of application development of ISS. "Designed for wireless, networked applications, Fujitsu TeamPads are easy for mobile workers to learn and operate because they support the familiar Windows CE environment, and their versatility makes them easily adaptable for a wide variety of uses."

According to IDC, a global industry research firm, handheld devices retain strong momentum, even though the U.S. economy has slowed. It estimates that worldwide shipments will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 39% from 13.6 million in 2000 to 70.9 million by 2005, with the U.S. market representing the largest opportunity for handheld device vendors.