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***For Immediate Release***
Webalo's Revolutionary Mobile Dashboard Delivers Business Reports Instantly to the Pockets and Palms of the Mobile Workforce
Unique IBM-Hosted Web Service Now Broadly Available; Fast Setup, Easy to Use
SANTA MONICA, CA – FEBRUARY 7, 2007 – Webalo, a new leader in mobile business intelligence, announced today that its breakthrough Mobile Dashboard Service has been released to worldwide production status, and is available for full-functionality, 30-day free trials. The Mobile Dashboard makes it possible for existing business reports such as scorecards and dashboards to be distributed in seconds to the mobile workforce, utilizing popular devices such as RIM Blackberry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm Treo, and Java-enabled smartphones. Dynamically-generated reports preserve the look and feel of each device, and tailor themselves to work around any limitations imposed by screen sizes.
The release marks the successful conclusion of nearly a year of by-invitation-only beta tests, and over 5 years of development by Webalo.
Prior to the Mobile Dashboard, companies that wished to communicate critical business intelligence about their operations to managers and decision makers in the field were faced with programming and maintaining expensive "mobile middleware" that was frequently rendered obsolete with each new generation of mobile devices, or each new report. Webalo has solved this problem for all time with a unique, hosted service that automatically transforms reports into device-specific "applications" that are delivered at administrator-defined times to mobile devices. "On-the-go" end users can quickly find the data that they need, online or offline, with a dynamic, highly-configurable interface that is tailored to their specific device. Data is easily viewable, and the interface supports bookmarking and modifying views, and extended security.
The secure, IBM-hosted Mobile Dashboard service allows administrators working from a Web browser in their own office to quickly set up mobile users, and configure reports for distribution to them. Once set up, updated reports are simply emailed to the service, which immediately transforms them for distribution, and delivers them to the devices. The administrator's console uses the latest in "wizard" technology, and supports reports of any [reasonable] complexity.
Webalo is offering a full-functionality, 30-day free trial to interested companies. For more information, or to sign up online, visit http://webalo.com/mobile_dashboard.html.
About Webalo
Webalo enables developers and system integrators to "put the user in charge" by dramatically simplifying and shortening the process of delivering high-functionality applications targeted specifically to individual user needs — wherever the user happens to be, and on whatever device the user chooses. This is accomplished with an important, new capability called the User Proxy that provides the missing link between today's Web services or applications and the entire spectrum of end-user devices — from desktops and laptops, to PDAs and cell phones.
The User Proxy, and the "User-oriented Architecture" it provides, is ideal for the rapid and high-functionality deployment of business intelligence information to mobile devices. For such high-value information, Webalo has created the Mobile Dashboard service — an on-demand service based upon the User Proxy technology that enables companies to immediately re-target business intelligence to users' mobile devices.
Software vendors and system integrators such as Actuate, IBM, Nokia, Q4bis, and RIM are working with Webalo, the User Proxy and Mobile Dashboard solutions to enhance their coming generation of service oriented business applications and mobile devices. Webalo is privately held, and is located in Santa Monica, California. The company was founded in 2000. For further information, visit www.webalo.com.