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Tech Data "Goes Mobile" with FingertipWare
Mississauga, ON - May 4, 2005 - Tech Data Canada, a leading provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services, announced today a partnership with FingertipWare Inc., to launch Mobile Profit, a powerful sales automation solution that provides real-time access to e-commerce services available at Tech Data.
"It's like having Tech Data's Web site in your pocket", said Frank Haid, Vice President of Sales, Tech Data Canada. "Now our resellers can have instant access to real-time pricing, product availability, ordering and even check on the status of submitted orders while away from their office."
Designed for the Windows Mobile platform, "Mobile Profit" is the first sales order management solution of its kind, with built-in features that allow a mobile sales representative to do just that - stay mobile. Mobile Profit can wirelessly look-up the price and availability of any Tech Data product, wirelessly submit a sales order and even check on the status of orders. Connectivity to Tech Data from Mobile Profit is fast and available from virtually anywhere you have cellular service. With Mobile Profit, meeting customer delivery expectations is much easier because the information you need is right at your fingertips.
The timing of Mobile Profit coincides with announcements from Canada's leading wireless carriers who are shipping new and exciting all-in-one converged Windows Mobile powered Pocket PC phones. Mobile Profit supports a wide range of Pocket PC devices, while the wireless capabilities of these carrier networks provide real-time, any-time, any-where access to Tech Data.
"For less than a dollar a day, Mobile Profit will enhance the way resellers generate product revenues," said Tim Grimes, co-founder, FingertipWare Inc. "The combined pressures of internal resource constraints, margin challenges, increasing customer expectations and the competitiveness of the computer industry, demand accurate and instantaneous information at the points of action in a reseller's business."
Mobile Profit is an important e-business tool, designed to benefit the revenue generation efforts of Tech Data resellers across Canada. Review more information about Mobile Profit.
About FingertipWare
FingertipWare Inc. is a leader in developing mobile workforce automation solutions that enable seamless mobilization of existing back office systems, automating business processes by delivering relevant information at points of action and eliminating the paper based burden on staff, customers and the business. The company specializes on the Microsoft Windows Mobile (Pocket PC) platform, and provides a mobile framework for mobilizing existing enterprise systems, data communications and synchronization. Information about FingertipWare's products and services can be found at www.FingertipWare.com
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq: TECD), founded in 1974, is a leading global provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services. Ranked 111th on the Fortune 500, the company and its subsidiaries serve more than 90,000 technology resellers in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Tech Data's extensive service offering includes technical support, financing options and configuration services as well as a full range of electronic commerce solutions. The company generated sales of $19.1 billion for the last four quarters reported, which ended October 31, 2004.
For Tech Data inquiries, please contact:
Kate McCloskey, APEX Public Relations
(416) 924-4442 ext. 248, kmccloskey@apexpr.com
Tanya Elliott-Briden, APEX Public Relations
(416) 924-4442 ext. 238, telliott@apexpr.com
David Ethier, Tech Data Canada
(905) 286-6743, dethier@techdata.ca
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