Also on October 1, Palm issued a release discussing how businesses of all sizes across industries are increasingly turning to Palm handheld computers to automate field inspections, whether assuring quality as cars arrive in port, gathering soil and temperature data at vineyards, or reporting on the condition of buses. Next, Palm talked about how Palm OS handhelds are helping hospitals ensure smoother, more efficient patient care, such as streamlining post-operative patient-management, medication-monitoring, and risk-assessment procedures. Palm OS handhelds are also helping law enforcement organizations free themselves of paperwork and obtain up-to-the minute information to make better-informed decisions more quickly while working in the field. Then, on October 25, Palm announced that one of its customers, the U.S. Navy, had been recognized with a Government Agency Award for its innovative use of Palm handheld computers to grade pilot landings aboard aircraft carriers. Finally, on October 31, Palm discussed the way in which retail stores are increasingly turning to Palm OS handheld computers to simplify and expedite sales and operations processes.

In the October issue of PalmPower's Enterprise Edition, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz had the opportunity to sit down with Marina Levinson, Palm's Vice President and CIO (Chief Information Officer), to learn the inside scoop about Palm's own mobile infrastructure. We also ran an article on the brand new Palm m125, the latest addition to the popular m100 series. The m100 series has long been associated with consumers, which made some people wonder whether the Palm m125 could really be considered an enterprise tool. Thanks to the fact that Palm followed through on some promises made earlier in 2001, it was clear that it could, as we discussed in detail in the review. You can find the October issue at http://www.palmpowerenterprise.com/tocs/issue200110.html.

November 2001
In November Palm discussed the way Palm OS handhelds are helping emergency medical workers more easily capture critical patient information in emergency situations, both at the scene and on the way to the hospital. The handheld electronic data-capture systems are eliminating paperwork, saving time and helping ambulance personnel to provide better-quality patient care.

On November 29, independent studies from three leading market research firms showed that Palm handheld computers and the Palm OS platform led competitors in a variety of ways in the enterprise. Results of recent studies with IT professionals in the United States conducted by IDC, Jupiter Research, and the Yankee Group showed that Palm handhelds and the Palm OS are widely deployed in enterprises today and remain on purchase-plan lists, and that Palm delivers what enterprise customers want in handheld mobile solutions.

Many auto dealers are finding Palm handhelds to be the perfect portable, infinitely versatile tool to help them buy and sell used cars. In the November issue of PalmPower's Enterprise Edition, we talked to one dealer who finds his Palm OS-based Manheim Market Report valuation software (at http://www.manheimauctions.com) invaluable in the fast-paced world of auto auctions. In that same vein, we also reviewed a useful piece of software called eval-pal (at http://www.gigglepop.com/dealers/index.html) that will put vehicle valuation information at your fingertips.