August 27, 2007 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
O’Neil Software’s Wireless Scanners Now AT&T® Certified Offering Optimal Performance
Irvine, California — It’s a product feature that O’Neil Software introduced long ago and record center users have been enjoying for quite some time now — the benefits of wireless scanning.
But fortunately some people are never satisfied. Their customers challenged them to make it even better and expressed the desire for the company’s RSMobile® software to communicate from anywhere, not just via a “Wi-Fi” hotspot. This prompted O’Neil to recently secure testing and AT&T Certification. Now their customers are even happier to learn that their software runs over the AT&T networks and enables instant communications with record center staff working in remote areas.
As a result, many record center activities, such as downloading and uploading pick lists and work orders; creating route operations assignments; uploading truck, work order and delivery validations can be accomplished directly from users’ handhelds, to a facility with no network communications.
RSMobile is built upon Windows Mobile™, the new branding for Microsoft®’s software Pocket PC. Using it gives companies the competitive edge by helping to shorten process implementation time from hours to just minutes, saving time, money and enhancing service levels. Users can react immediately to customer demands. Other features, such as Signature Capture, enables drivers to collect electronic signatures for each delivery on their route, via their handheld, speeding up business processing and improving customer service.
“AT&T Certification is definitely an advantage for equipment manufacturers and for customers because it assures the highest possible level of quality,” notes Ian Thomas, Vice President of Business Development at O’Neil Software.
He continues: “For quite some time now, our RSMobile software has been streamlining record center business processes and enhancing performance by enabling users to instantly respond to operations’ events as they occur, out in the field and at the point-of-activity. It connects them to their company’s RS-SQL® database, greatly reducing process implementation time, legwork and labor requirements. All we’ve done is simply addressed our customers’ challenge and taken it from Wi-Fi to AT&T Certification — thus providing optimal wireless service.”
Communications Over General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
With AT&T Certification, O’Neil’s RSMobile software, running on their wireless scanners, can communicate over GPRS. This is the world’s most ubiquitous wireless data service, available now with almost every GSM network. GPRS is a connectivity solution based on Internet Protocols that support a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications. With throughput rates of up to 40 kbit/s, users have a similar access speed to a dial-up modem, but with the convenience of being able to connect from anywhere.
AT&T Solutions Certification
AT&T requires that all software produced for resale or distribution pass Certification testing prior to being deployed on their wireless network. Testing is done to confirm that the solution performance, user interface, data integrity, application security and wireless data transmission efficiency all meet or exceed AT&T usability guidelines.
About O’Neil Software
Scan. Store. Manage. Deliver.™ Committed to leading the industry for over 25 years, O’Neil has been the software and hardware solutioneers™ for over 850 record centers in more than 60 countries, ranging from start-ups to multi-nationals. Their solutions manage/track multiple types of data including traditional storage boxes, file folders, documents and tapes; from deposit to destruction, work order to invoice. They are also industry pioneers for barcode tracking, portable printers, laser scanners, wireless handhelds and web technology. O’Neil Software is Microsoft Gold and AT&T Certified. Regional coverage includes the Americas, Europe, India/Middle East and Australia. For more information, visit their website at www.oneilsoft.com.
