“Palm Computing and partner companies are expected to unveil a
host of services and applications that are strictly business at
this week’s Palm developers conference.”
“This year developers of software and services for corporate
customers will outnumber Palm’s traditional shareware developers by
more than two to one, a dramatic shift that illustrates the
morphing of the Palm from a geek toy into a corporate communication
and information-gathering tool.”
“The show will see a number of giants, including IBM, Oracle,
SAP, and Sun, demonstrating technology for extending business
databases into the realm of handhelds, allowing everyone from
nurses to field sales reps to communicate directly with their
company’s backbone systems.”