2Roam Brings Two Leading e-Businesses to the Wireless Web; Jenzabar and Carfax Select 2Roam To Extend Their Business To Mobile Consumers
16 January 2001
2Roam Brings Two Leading e-Businesses to the Wireless Web; Jenzabar and Carfax Select 2Roam To Extend Their Business To Mobile Consumers
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--Jan. 16, 2001--2Roam (www.2roam.com), a wireless application software and service provider, announced today the addition of two new customers: Jenzabar and Carfax. Using the 2Roam Wireless Web Toolkit(TM), these companies will enhance their revenue potential by making their services available to wireless customers everywhere. 2Roam's ubiquitous platform, easy-to-use publishing tool and value-added features and services give e-businesses a ready-made, wireless business model to generate and sustain growth and profitability."Companies are choosing 2Roam for its easy-to-deploy solution, mobile device agnostic reach and expertise in enabling mobile Web sites," said Donna Duffy, vice president of sales for 2Roam. "With 2Roam's platform and open API architecture, customers are quickly discovering new ways to extend their business models to deploy the time-and-location based benefits unique to mobile data solutions. They are praising the increased customer reach, retention and operational efficiency enabled through our value-added services."
The 2Roam Wireless Web Toolkit is a suite of products and services designed to easily extend any business to the wireless world. It features the Catalyst Server(TM), which optimizes and delivers Web-based content to any wireless device in any wireless protocol or language, and Nomad(TM), a graphical content management tool that provides content providers with unprecedented control over the development and maintenance of their wireless site. 2Roam's partnerships with leading wireless technology companies enable its customers to benefit from value-added services that generate revenue and enhance customer loyalty, such as wireless advertising, secure m-commerce, messages and alerts.
-- Jenzabar, Inc. (http://www.jenzabar.com), is the largest provider
of e-Education software and services dedicated exclusively to
higher education and life long learning. With Jenzabar's Internet
Operating System for Higher Education, institutions can provide
all their constituents with access to the Internet for everything
from admissions applications and enrollment data to online
donations and alumni classmate information plus the virtual
classroom. 2Roam will wirelessly enable Jenzabar's Web-based
applications to allow the educational community nationwide to
conveniently retrieve information from any mobile device.
"Jenzabar offers the educational system a tremendous value add -- 24 hour access to all school-related information from any computer," said Ling Chai, CEO, Jenzabar. "Jenzabar aims to provide customers with the most convenient and useful services. We chose 2Roam as our provider because it will build upon this goal, allowing us to maintain control and flexibility over our wireless site."
-- Carfax (http://www.carfax.com) is a one-stop source of vehicle
history information for buyers and sellers of used cars. Using the
17-character vehicle identification number (VIN), Carfax can
generate a detailed history report or "background check" on
virtually any used car or truck in seconds. By applying 2Roam's
wireless application, users will have the ability to retrieve a
vehicle history report by punching in the VIN from their wireless
device.
"We are constantly looking for ways to expand customer access to our national database. 2Roam is a tool we are utilizing to get vital vehicle history information to our customers wirelessly," said Scott Fredericks, director of marketing for Carfax, Inc. "Carfax customers, whether commercial dealers or private consumers, ultimately have the same goal--purchasing safe, reliable, quality vehicles at a fair price. Our goal is to create informed buyers and sellers, and 2Roam is helping us do that when and where our customers need it most."
About Jenzabar
Jenzabar is the world's largest provider of e-Education, e-Commerce, enterprise software, Internet infrastructure, and services devoted exclusively to higher education and life long learning. Jenzabar's Internet Operating System for Higher Education (TM) can be described as the information highway with exits for almost everything a college or university wants to do. Jenzabar is the only company serving higher education to offer "end-to-end" systems that meet a broad spectrum of needs related to information technology. Software products and services are used in over 1,000 colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning.
Strategic partners include Andersen Consulting, EMC, Microsoft, Oracle, Tutor.com, and Yahoo. Jenzabar headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts with some 500 employees located in offices from coast to coast.
About Carfax
Founded in 1984, Carfax pioneered the concept of used car history reports starting with just 10,000 vehicle records. Consumers running Carfax reports today have access to over one billion vehicle records. Nationwide, consumers, car dealers, auto auctions and financial institutions use Carfax Vehicle History Reports to make sure they know as much as possible about a used car's history before buying, selling or financing. Carfax reports can indicate if a car has been totaled, in a flood, classified as a "lemon" or had its odometer rolled back. Car dealers interested in subscribing to the Carfax service should call 800/444-0145. Carfax, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Southfield, MI based R.L. Polk Company.
About 2Roam, Inc.
2Roam, Inc. is a wireless application software and service provider that quickly and easily extends a company's online business onto any handheld wireless device, such as mobile phones and PDAs. Leading customers like eBay have successfully established their wireless Web presence through 2Roam, providing a seamless wireless extension of their core business model. The 2Roam Wireless Website Toolkit gives customers unprecedented control over the look and feel of their wireless brand. With its open technology platform, 2Roam offers its customers additional functionalities -- such as secure m-commerce, wireless advertising, alerts and messaging -- to attract and retain users and generate new revenue streams from their wireless site. 2Roam is a private company backed by leading U.S. and international investors including CMGI @Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Trans Cosmos USA Inc., Siemens and Panasonic. For more information, visit www.2roam.com.