Palm developer IT Link wins Ericsson Frontier Competition for Wireless Internet Application with SalesLink SFA application

A New Zealand Palm developer, IT Link has won Ericsson's 2003 Frontier Competition beating over 120 developers from New Zealand and Australia. The out-of-the-box application turns a Palm handheld device into a mobile business system enavling sales people to place orders in the field.

New Zealand (PRWEB) September 25, 2003 --Sales and service people can enter and print orders or invoices on-the-job, then transactions can be sent wirelessly to the office, warehouse and accounting system via CDMA, GPRS, or any I.P LAN connection.

I.T Link Limited Managing Director Oliver Huggins says hes delighted to take top prize and it was most unexpected. Its a privilege to have been selected from such a high standard of applications and its great recognition for us."

Over 300 companies from both sides of the Tasman are using SalesLink Mobile and on average their productivity has increased by more than 30%," said Oliver Huggins."

SalesLink Mobile integrates 'out-of-the box to 25 popular accounting systems including MYOB, NZA Gold, Profax and Prophet up to enterprise systems including Baan and J D Edwards.

SalesLink Mobile is scalable from very small sales teams up to corporate customers. The Palm operating system has enabled us to develop a solution that is highly intuitive and easy to use. This is very important as many highly skilled sales people are still technophobic," according to Sales Director Luigi Cappel.

Judges of this years Ericsson Frontier competition have praised the calibre of finalists who have showcased pioneering applications, which demonstrate that 3G and broadband are indeed a reality.

Frontier judge & telecommunications commentator Paul Budde says it was great to participate in an industry event that stimulates Australian and New Zealand entrepreneurs to innovate.
I was highly impressed by all 6 finalists and any one of them could easily have become the winner. This is very pleasing as this indicates that there is plenty of originality Down Under with business potential for export"

The other finalists of the Ericsson Frontier competition were; Australia: Intermoco Solutions Pty Ltd, Power Clinical Pty Limited, Surelabs. New Zealand: Datasquirt Limited, Hyperfactory Limited.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Luigi Cappel, Sales Director
I.T. Link Limited
Phone: 021 439 107
E-mail luigi@itlink.co.nz

IT Link Limited
Over the last 6 years, IT Link Limited has been developing inventory and sales force automation solutions, based on the Palm operating system. With offices in New Zealand and distributorship in Australia, its core product SalesLink Mobile is deployed in over 300 companies. www.itlink.co.nz