Sendia Wireless Workspace 2.0 Delivers Rich and Manageable Mobile Appl

Sendia Wireless Workspace 2.0 Delivers Rich and Manageable Mobile Applications

    Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

    ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2005--

Sendia's New Wireless WorkSpace Now Includes Highly Advanced Yet Easy-to-Use Developer Edition for Rapidly Mobilizing Business Applications on BlackBerry and Other Wireless Devices

    Sendia Corporation, a leading wireless business application platform company, announced today the availability of Wireless WorkSpace 2.0, a complete wireless application mobilization suite that gives enterprise and application developers the power to securely and reliably extend virtually any enterprise application to popular wireless handheld devices, including BlackBerry(R) Wireless Handhelds(TM), developed by Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM)
    "Sendia's Wireless WorkSpace has completely revolutionized the way our project supervisors work in the field," said Randy Myers, president of Pardee Homes, a division of Weyerhaeuser Corporation. "Wirelessly extending our construction management software gives our field supervisors the ability to dynamically schedule subcontractors and submit job completion forms from their BlackBerry handhelds, saving significant time and money on every home we build. Most importantly, our field supervisors are working smarter and more efficiently than ever before."
    "Customers are increasingly leveraging the BlackBerry platform to extend their corporate applications wirelessly and Sendia's Wireless WorkSpace can significantly enhance the development process," said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion. "Sendia is providing companies with greater flexibility to choose which applications they want to extend via BlackBerry and to develop and deploy those applications quickly and easily."
    "Beyond its cutting-edge infrastructure, what is most impressive about Sendia's Wireless WorkSpace is the degree to which it leverages over-the-air capabilities to put IT administrators in complete control of their mobile user base," said Neil Strother, Senior Analyst for In-Stat. "With more and more enterprises going wireless, management and scalability become an increasing challenge, and Sendia meets this challenge head-on."
    "Wireless WorkSpace will completely transform the way organizations implement their wireless strategies going forward," said Andy DeMari, president and CEO of Sendia. "We've taken an extremely complex task -- wireless application development -- and simplified it so practically any organization can design, develop, deploy, and manage wireless applications on their own, resulting in greater efficiency, productivity and cost savings."

    Enterprise-class Mobility Solution

    Wireless WorkSpace 2.0 serves the needs of both large enterprises and small-to medium sized businesses (SMB's) and is available in two editions: the Developer Edition for rapidly designing and developing wireless enterprise applications; and the Enterprise Edition, a complete product suite for deploying and managing those applications.
    Sendia's Wireless WorkSpace is made up of four main software components that work together to deliver a complete wireless mobility solution for enterprise-class applications.

--	WorkSpace Server: Multi-layer server that ensures reliable and secure exchange of data between the server and the wireless handheld device.
--	WorkSpace SmartClient: Client-side application that resides locally on the handheld device and provides the rich operating environment for the mobile application. It is deployed over-the-air directly to the device.
--	WorkSpace Console: Web-based management console which provides a broad set of over-the-air administrative capabilities for the deployment, monitoring and remote control of WorkSpace applications.
--	WorkSpace Studio (Developer Edition only): Development environment that enables the swift creation of robust and secure mobile wireless applications in a develop-once-and-deploy-to-any-device framework.

    Wireless WorkSpace 2.0 Developer Edition

    Wireless WorkSpace 2.0 Developer Edition includes the WorkSpace Studio, a development environment in which application developers armed with basic web development skills can quickly and easily develop and test rich mobile applications using an easy drag-and-drop user interface. Fully functional mobile applications can be completed in as little as three weeks, resulting in faster time to market and greatly reduced development costs.
    Developer Edition handles network and back-office integration complexities so developers can focus on designing application business logic without worrying about mobile platform specific differences, intermittent wireless connectivity, or security issues. Application developers can determine which functionality will be available on the device, which data sets are to be mobilized, and the layout of the mobile device screens. Developer Edition integrates with standard device simulators and includes an SQL inspector for the tracking and testing of bugs. All Studio-developed applications are deployed via the Sendia WorkSpace Console and run on the WorkSpace SmartClient environment.

    Wireless WorkSpace 2.0 Enterprise Edition

    Wireless WorkSpace Enterprise Edition provides the platform upon which the mobilized applications run and are managed. All WorkSpace-developed applications feature the following key attributes:

    -- Highly Productive On/Offline User Experience.
    WorkSpace-powered applications function on or offline and
    provide an immediate, consistent and responsive user
    experience in which users never have to wait or search for a
    wireless connection while a user's most relevant data is
    stored on the device.

    -- Completely Secure. Wireless WorkSpace employs end-to-end
    256-bit AES encryption to ensure sensitive enterprise
    information remains secure.

    -- 100 Percent Reliable. Sendia's transport services guarantee
    that data exchanged between the device and the server is never
    lost, duplicated or delivered out of sequence.

    -- Manageable. The WorkSpace Console offers full, over-the-air
    mobile application lifecycle management. At-a-glance
    monitoring keeps IT in control.

    -- Massive Scalability. Thousands of users may be deployed and
    upgraded over-the-air simultaneously, so IT personnel never
    have to touch or recall the mobile devices when distributing
    upgrades or troubleshooting.

    Availability

    Wireless WorkSpace 2.0 is available directly from Sendia or through its North American network of partners. Contact Sendia directly at (877) SENDIA-1 or visit www.sendia.com for a list of resellers and contact information.

    About Research In Motion

    Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, Research In Motion provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. Research In Motion technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. Research In Motion's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry(R) wireless platform, the Research In Motion Wireless Handheld(TM) product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, Research In Motion operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Research In Motion is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq:RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

    About Sendia

    Sendia Corporation develops and markets software that extends existing enterprise applications to wireless handheld devices such as the BlackBerry(R) Wireless Handheld(TM) and palmOne Treo(TM). Sendia's mission is to make wireless work flawlessly for the business user. The company's Wireless WorkSpace technology provides third-party developers with the tools they need to extend the core functionality of virtually any business application to the handheld. Sendia's advanced mobile application server, centralized management system, development studio, and device-side smart-client enable rapid development, deployment and management of secure wireless applications fully integrated into business back office systems.
    Sendia is focused on driving user adoption together with enterprise application vendors, building strong partnerships and OEM relationships with leading vendors such as Siebel, PeopleSoft and salesforce.com. Available in hosted and on-premises editions, Sendia-powered applications are fast, easy to use, and reliable wireless solutions that customers trust to get the job done.

    To learn more, visit www.sendia.com. With Sendia, wireless works.

    Sendia is a registered trademark of Sendia Corporation, Santa Monica, California. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

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CONTACT: Teri Bruno Public Relations Teri Bruno, 714-536-8407 TeriBruno@aol.com or Sendia Corporation Christopher Lumby, 310-752-7019 chris.lumby@sendia.com

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