|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Your advert here!!! Technical Editors:
Last modified: |
Extensity applications go WAP[ June 8th 2000] Extensity, a leading provider of Web-based employee optimisation software, today announced that it will be delivering its travel management, expense reporting, e-procurement and billable time capture solutions via any WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) device. Extensity Mobile Connect is the first automated application of its kind to be delivered over WAP. Extensity Mobile Connect allows managers to track information and approve internal documents such as timesheets or expense forms whilst on the move, preventing time consuming bottlenecks. Employees are able to check the status of any document submitted for approval from anywhere in the world via their WAP phone. All users are able to create and submit new documents online and, just as in the Extensity application suite, companies are able to pre-configure rules to apply to the work being done on the wireless platform. In addition, employees on the move can access all relevant details relating to their travel arrangements from their phone, whether it be their flight confirmation details, or restaurant information. "Submitting accurate and timely time sheets for our clients is critical to maintaining project budgets and shortened billing cycles. Our 5,000 travelling consultants would benefit from being able to access business applications using WAP devices while on the road and at client sites," said John Laughhunn, chief technical officer at AT Kearney, a consulting firm and customer of Extensity Time Sheets and Expense Reports. "We are looking for ways to use Internet technology to cut costs on a company-wide scale and to reduce the hassles of administrative tasks for individual employees." "Our working environment is changing more and more, with WAP phones
providing us with an increased degree of flexibility," commented Brian
Mort, vice president Extensity, Europe. "WAP represents an important
advancement for mobile workers who need to remain connected to corporate
networks at all times. It is a technology ideally suited to both business
to business (B2B) and business to employee (B2E) environments and as such
we have developed applications capable of meeting growing demand. The
mobile phone and Internet revolutions are now very advanced and WAP - as
the amalgamation of these two elements - represents the next obvious step
in terms of meeting the expanding needs of the business and employee
markets. At Extensity, we are looking to provide our customers with
maximum flexibility and choice. WAP is the most effective way at the
current time to achieve this goal."
Extensity Connect is an integrated suite of applications that automates
expense reporting, travel planning, procurement and billable time capture.
Users can access relevant Internet content and commerce services from
Extensity Connect. For example, users can book flights and make hotel
reservations online through Extensity Travel Plans, or they can access
online marketplaces, like Commerce One's MarketSite, through Extensity
Purchase Reqs to purchase supplies and services. The applications are also
integrated to back-end financial and HR systems, allowing each report to
pass through approvals to accounts for expense reimbursement. Extensity
Connect runs on corporate networks, desktops, laptops, through palm pilots
and will be generally available from Autumn 2000 from any WAP-enabled
device via Extensity Mobile Connect. -
|
|
