University of California, Santa Barbara Launches Wireless Pilot Program Using Orsus Uno; Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Mobilizes Email System

Business Wire, Nov 12, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2001

Orsus Solutions, the leading provider of technology that aggregates, integrates and delivers information to web and wireless users, today announced that the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has successfully mobilized its email system as part of a pilot program using Orsus Uno. Orsus Uno, a comprehensive platform for rapidly creating and deploying web and wireless applications, enabled UCSB to quickly deliver student and faculty email to any Palm OS device. The success of the wireless email program sets the stage for a campus-wide rollout of Orsus technology.

"The keys to the success of the pilot program were the impressive capabilities of Uno and the Orsus professional services team," said Bill Doering, director of the Information Technology Group at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. "The speed with which we were able to develop and then deploy our wireless email solution was simply amazing."

"The deployment of Orsus Uno at UCSB illustrates the power and versatility of our technology," said Amir Weinberg, president and CTO at Orsus. "Now, UCSB can easily integrate data from the University's backend systems and create web and wireless applications for both students and faculty alike."

Build, Enhance Student Portals

With the pilot, Orsus has paved the way for the possible deployment of Uno throughout the University. UCSB is considering using Orsus Uno to build student portals and wireless solutions to provide students with access to email and other school-related information from any device. UCSB currently uses disjointed technology to pull student data from 3,270 disparate systems; with Orsus Uno implemented, the school can integrate its mainframe applications with external course information and create highly specialized student services.

Orsus Uno

The Orsus Uno platform includes Uno Studio, an environment for developing complete web and wireless applications in just days, and Uno Server, a scalable, standards-based deployment server for Java and Windows. Professional and novice developers use Uno Studio's graphical process and interface editors to prototype applications in hours and perfect them in days. In many cases, business managers can make their organizations self-sufficient in answering their information needs without adding any burden to IT developers.

Server Configurations

Uno Server is built on a scalable Java architecture that is based on platform, data-access, web and wireless standards, and runs on Windows 2000, HP, Sun and Linux servers. In addition, Orsus Server runs on J2EE appservers based on WebLogic/BEA, iPlanet, HP Bluestone, jBoss and JRun.

About Orsus

Orsus is a leading provider of business solutions that transform enterprise and web information into task-based, personalized applications for any device or platform. Orsus products empower businesses to consolidate resources across an enterprise, build intuitive applications and portals for wireless and web delivery, integrate data and services from different web sites, and provide employees, customers and partners with mobile access to corporate systems. Orsus Solutions is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with a European subsidiary in London and an R&D center in Israel. For more information, call 650/988-9100, go to www.orsus.com, or send email to pr@orsus.com.

About UCSB

The University of California, Santa Barbara, a member of the Association of American Universities, is a renowned center for teaching and research, distinguished for its interdisciplinary programs and commitment to excellence and innovation. UCSB is located approximately 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The campus is 989 acres bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains. The University has an enrollment of about 17,600 undergraduates, 2,400 graduate students, and 900 faculty members.