PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition

PALMPOWER MAGAZINE ENTERPRISE EDITION - MAY 2001

Latin American beverage companies get a taste of Palm computing
Starting with this issue of PalmPower's Enterprise Edition, we're expanding our coverage of Palm enterprise solutions to get a perspective on how the technology is being adopted by corporations around the world. This month, Steve Niles takes you on a trip to Latin America to see how three beverage manufacturers have integrated Palm solutions into their businesses.

A beginners guide to developing localized applications
In this global business environment, it's vital to keep in mind that the Palm application you create in one country may need to be used throughout the world. Fortunately, the Palm OS is designed to be global. Steve Niles has done some research on localized applications, and in this article he shares some of what he's learned and shows you where to find more information on this important topic for any international business attempting to develop proprietary software for Palm devices.

Enterprise applications straight from Croatia's heartland
The enterprise applications you use everyday are created by hard-working software developers from every corner of the globe. In this article, Steve Niles profiles Bozidar Benc, one of the original members of Palm's ever-growing global developer family.

Caterpillar Pocket Technician retrieves data from truck engines
Given their form factor, ease of use, long battery life, and solid reliability, Palm devices are becoming more and more popular in construction, manufacturing, and industrial environments. Aaron Donnelli, an Electronic Development Engineer with Caterpillar, Inc., offers this real world example of how the power of Palm computing is being used to remotely retrieve data from Caterpillar Electronic Engines.

The double-edged sword of mobile technology
Are you overly tired because you're overly wired? Gil Gordon, author of TURN IT OFF: How to Unplug from the Anytime-Anywhere Office Without Disconnecting Your Career, believes the wealth of mobile-office technology that lets us work just about anytime and anywhere has resulted in the blurring of the boundaries between work and the rest of our lives. In this article, he'll show you how to get the most out of your mobile technology by knowing when to pull the plug.

Print on the run with PrintBoy Deluxe
Have you ever found yourself wanting to print something directly from your Palm device, without having to use the Palm Desktop? It's easier than you might think. Chris Phillips has a review of PrintBoy Deluxe, an application that allows you to print from your Palm device either by beaming information to an IR enabled printer or by using a special third-party serial cable.

THE INTERNET IN YOUR PALM DEVICE
Email solutions, from simple to sophisticated
In last month's issue of PalmPower's Enterprise Edition, we surveyed the wide variety of wireless email software available for your Palm device. This month, in his "The Internet In Your Palm Device" column, Michael Connick provides a reviewer's perspective on three of these extremely useful solutions. He'll also provide you with some tips for wirelessly accessing SSL mail servers.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wireless email access while traveling abroad
In the March 2001 issue's Letters to the Editor column, a reader wrote in to ask if it would be possible to get wireless email access from a Third World country. This month, another reader has some intriguing suggestions on how this might be accomplished.

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