Harvard Medical School Standardizes On AvantGo Mobile Solution

Business Wire, Dec 18, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2001

AvantGo Solution Gives Medical Students and Faculty

Mobile Access to New MyCourses(TM) Mobile Solution with Key

Educational and Medical Resources

AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), the leading provider of mobile enterprise software, today announced that Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently launched an innovative MyCourses(TM) mobile solution, a new mobile information resource to provide students and faculty members with timely access to critical medical and course information on their mobile devices. Based on the award-winning AvantGo(R) M-Business Server, the solution gives HMS students and faculty members wireless access to existing HMS systems -- any time, anywhere.

Working with ArcStream Solutions, a wireless consulting and systems integration firm, HMS uses the AvantGo solution to leverage its existing technology, providing students and faculty with the latest course calendars, announcements, class notes and syllabi wirelessly on their Pocket PC and Palm OS devices. By accessing this information from mobile devices in the classroom, at the hospital, the library or from home, students can communicate better with each other and the HMS faculty. In addition to course work and calendar information, students have the ability to log important casebook procedures and patient observations into their devices. Although students do not have access to patient records, the ability to input and upload patient notes into their devices gives HMS faculty an easy method for monitoring and evaluating a student's progress.

"By giving students access to information resources on their mobile devices, we are bringing the classroom to them no matter where they are," stated Dr. John Halamka, Associate Dean, Harvard Medical School. "We selected the AvantGo solution for its reliability and its ability to meet the needs of our `on-the-go' students, whether or not they are using a wireless connection. At the same time, the solution provides our staff with an excellent tool for monitoring and evaluating students' progress. At HMS, we have a history of embracing new technology that will enhance the learning experience and give our students a competitive advantage over other medical school graduates. The AvantGo solution is one of those technologies."

Richard Owen, AvantGo's CEO, added: "MyCourses is an excellent example of the results AvantGo technology can deliver to the healthcare and educational fields. Working with forward-thinking medical professionals and innovative systems integrator ArcStream, we delivered a completely flexible and scalable wireless solution that meets the academic and administrative needs of HMS students and faculty, and showcases the ability for AvantGo technology to integrate with and provide an immediate ROI for existing enterprise systems."

About AvantGo

AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is the leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo solutions automate business processes and improve the exchange of information between companies and their employees and customers, resulting in improved business efficiencies and more effective customer interactions. AvantGo solutions include the best-of-breed mobile software platform for creating and deploying enterprise applications, proven customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and personal information management (PIM) mobile business applications, and professional services to assist in the strategy, design and delivery of end-to-end mobile solutions. AvantGo's customers, which include 28 of the Fortune 100 and over 2,500 companies in 50 countries, include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Scottish Power, The US Senate, Tyco, Harvard Medical School, American Express, The World Economic Forum, BG Group, plc., Genencor and Alcatel. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com.

Cautionary Statement

Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the ability of customers to experience the anticipated benefits of the AvantGo technology. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business, refer to the companies' latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

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