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Extended Systems, Intellisync settle patent dispute

BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise and synchronization companies Extended Systems and Intellisync Corp. announced that they have mutually agreed to settle the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Intellisync in April 2002. Intellisync was formerly called Pumatech Inc.Under the settlement agreement, Extended Systems will make a...

Extended Systems, Intellisync settle patent dispute

BOISE, Idaho-Wireless enterprise and synchronization companies Extended Systems and Intellisync Corp. announced that they have mutually agreed to settle the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Intellisync in April 2002. Intellisync was formerly called Pumatech Inc.Under the settlement agreement, Extended Systems will make a...

Pumatech changes name to Intellisync

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless synchronization company Pumatech Inc. announced it changed its name to Intellisync Corp. and began trading under the Nasdaq stock symbol SYNC on Feb. 18. The company said the move builds on the strength of the well-known and internationally recognized Intellisync brand...

Pumatech changes name to Intellisync

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless synchronization company Pumatech Inc. announced it changed its name to Intellisync Corp. and began trading under the Nasdaq stock symbol SYNC on Feb. 18. The company said the move builds on the strength of the well-known and internationally recognized Intellisync brand...

Pumatech finalizes Synchrologic acquisition

Synchronization company Pumatech Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of Synchrologic Inc., which develops wireless enterprise products and services. Pumatech expects to announce revised financial guidance for its second and third fiscal quarters based on the integration of Synchrologic into the company's operations. "We...

Pumatech releases new software

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synchronization company Pumatech Inc. today released its new Intellisync: goAnywhere software, which the company is selling through its Web site and retail partners for $100 per year.Pumatech said the software gives personal digital assistant and mobile-phone users remote access to Microsoft Outlook...

Visto charges Infowave, Seven with patent infringement

Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies Infowave Software and Seven Networks Inc.The nation's courts have already engaged several such lawsuits from similar players, with Research In...

Visto files patent-related lawsuits

Patent battles continue to rage across the wireless enterprise industry, as Visto Corp. joins the fray with separate lawsuits against rival wireless e-mail companies Infowave Software and Seven Networks Inc.The nation's courts have already engaged several such lawsuits from similar players, with Research In...

Pumatech makes third acquisition this year

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synchronization company Pumatech Inc. continued its buying spree with the acquisition of wireless enterprise company Spontaneous Technology (SponTec) of Salt Lake City. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Just one day after the announcement, Pumatech released its new Enterprise Intellisync Server, Wireless...

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Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.'s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing up for the carrier's unlimited local calling rate plan. Retail price for the 2270...

Pumatech acquires Loudfire assets

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synchronization company Pumatech Inc. solidified its role as one of the industry's consolidators with the announcement it would acquire the assets of Loudfire Inc., which offers Internet and wireless access to Microsoft Outlook.Terms of the deal were not disclosed."This acquisition will provide...

Fresh from ViAir buy, Visto adds $50M in VC funds

In one fell funding swoop, the corporate wireless e-mail market has a new major contender.Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised an astonishing $50.4 million during an extended, three-month fund-raising round. The news comes shortly after Visto acquired fellow wireless corporate e-mail company...

Extended Systems adopts defense plan for hostile takeover

BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems Inc. said it has adopted a stockholder rights plan to fend off unsolicited takeover attempts. This will be applied by issuing a dividend of one right for each share of its common stock."The rights plan is not intended to prevent a...

Motorola selects Extended Systems synch software for A760

In an interesting turnaround, Motorola Inc. said it will use synchronization technology from Extended Systems in one of its new mobile phones instead of technology from its former subsidiary Starfish Software Inc.Motorola announced just last month it sold its Starfish subsidiary to Pumatech Inc....

Good to expand enterprise biz with Neomar buy

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Good Technology Inc. is acquiring the assets of wireless enterprise software provider Neomar Inc. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.Good will gain Neomar's wireless enterprise platform, as well as six of the company's 25 employees. Good said it...

Microsoft to use Pumatech sync software

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Investors roared their approval of a new deal between synchronization company Pumatech Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN business, sending Pumatech's stock up almost 75 percent to $1.45 per share.Under the deal, Microsoft's MSN service will use Pumatech's Intellisync software to provide synchronization...

Microsoft to use Pumatech synchronization software

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Investors roared their approval of a new deal between synchronization company Pumatech Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN business, sending Pumatech's stock up almost 75 percent to $1.45 per share.Under the deal, Microsoft's MSN service will use Pumatech's Intellisync software to provide synchronization...

PDA makers win first round in patent dispute

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In the latest round of patent disputes, a district court in Delaware ruled in favor of personal digital assistant makers Handspring Inc. and Palm Inc., asserting the companies' products do not infringe on patents held by NCR Corp.In Handspring's case, the court...

Pumatech synch software included in Kyocera PDA

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless synchronization company Pumatech Inc. said Kyocera Corp. will use the company's Intellisync Lite software to synchronize e-mail, contact and calendar information for Kyocera's upcoming PocketCosmo Java-based wireless personal digital assistant.The corporate-focused PocketCosmo is expected to begin selling sometime this month.

Pumatech sues Extended Systems for patent infringement

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Corporate software and service provider Pumatech Inc. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against wireless enterprise company Extended Systems Inc., allegations that Extended Systems promptly asserted were "baseless and without merit."A little over four hours after Pumatech said it filed its suit, Extended Systems...

Brightpoint enters agreement to sell Pumatech products in U.S.

INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint Inc. announced its Brightpoint North America L.P. subsidiary has entered an agreement with Pumatech Inc. to market, sell and support Pumatech products in the U.S.Pumatech develops enterprise-level software products and services, like Intellisync and Intellisync Anywhere software, that deliver relevant information wirelessly.

Pumatech execs take pay cut to help company back to profitability

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Software and services provider Pumatech Inc. announced all officers and corporate vice presidents of the company will forego 10 percent of their salaries to help the company in its effort to reestablish profitability.The company also said all other U.S.-based employees will undergo...

Pumatech announces falling revenues, slashes work force

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Software and services provider Pumatech Inc. today released its fourth-quarter results, showing falling revenues and a 20-percent cut in its work force.Pumatech's worldwide work force dropped to 215 full-time employees, and the company said it consolidated its business facilities in California and...

Telcel licenses Pumatech software

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Under an agreement announced today, Mexican wireless carrier Telcel licensed Pumatech Inc.'s Browse-it software to give its Palm OS users the ability to surf Web content in HTML format, both on and offline.