CENTERPRISE OFFERS I.T. FREEDOM WITH SYMBOL WIRELESS NETWORKS

‘Freedom to move is offered by Centerprise International, with its latest wireless networking solution from Symbol Technologies, a global provider of innovative customer solutions based on mobile computing and wireless networking.

‘Freedom to move is offered by Centerprise International, with its latest wireless networking solution from Symbol Technologies, a global provider of innovative customer solutions based on mobile computing and wireless networking. Centerprises wireless networking solutions provide businesses with communication capabilities previously unavailable. Large numbers of laptops and desktop computers can now be fitted with a wireless network PC card that ‘communicates with access points – the only part of the wireless system to be connected to the wired infrastructure – located around a building.

Shared files can be accessed, emails sent and work printed out without the need to physically connect and disconnect each computer from the wired network. Wireless communication between buildings is even possible, while costs are dramatically reduced as the need to cable the whole building is eliminated.

Benefits of Centerprises wireless networking solution will be seen in all business sectors, and is ideally suited for hotdesking" environments where an office has no fixed work spaces and employees are free to use any desk available. In the retail market, advantages will include automatic markdown and replenishment systems, better price management and self service shopping systems. In the healthcare industry, speeding up the transfer of vital medical information can save lives, as careworkers can have real-time access to patient data wherever they are in the hospital. In the corporate world, product development teams may collaborate on projects and send complex images over the network for review and revision.

Easy to upgrade, Symbols network management software allows IT Managers to monitor and control the availability and performance of the wireless LAN and its associated peripherals.

Further information can be obtained from James Murdock, Marketing Manager, Centerprise International Limited, Hampshire International Business Park, Lime Tree Way, Chineham, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8GQ. Tel: 01256 378 087 Fax: 01256 322 514 Email:james.murdock@centerprise.co.uk

About Symbol Technologies
Symbol Technologies is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar code data capture. Symbols Wireless Information Appliances connect the physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilised worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbols systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com/uk.

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