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2011-05-20
 

Norway’s largest IT-company EDB ErgoGroup is
developing on PreCom

EDB Ergo Group is now a PreCom Partner and will be able to deliver mobile solutions much faster and more effectively to its customers.

Norway’s largest IT-company EDB Ergo Group has signed a partnership agreement with PocketMobile. The EDB Ergo Group will now be able to deliver mobile solutions much faster and more effectively to its customers. The EDB ErgoGroup will develop and deliver mobile solutions and applications based on PocketMobile’s platform PreCom. PreCom Platform is one of the leading "Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms” (MEAP).
 
”The cooperation with EDB ErgoGroup is very exciting for PocketMobile and we will be able to win new businesses together. Ergo has a strong position on the Nordic market and it is exiting that Ergo now invests more in mobility projects”, says Gunnar Kvarme, Country Manager at PocketMobile in Norway.
 
Our every day life becomes more and more mobile, both privately and at work. The need for user friendly mobile solutions among EDB ErgoGroup’s customers has recently increased a lot.
 
"PocketMobile’s development platform PreCom gives us a powerful tool which supports our customers’ needs and is also flexible and future proved. The platform substantially helps to reduce the time from when an order is placed until a fully developed mobile solution is delivered to the customer”, says Robert Darre-Nilsen, VP Emerging Solutions, EDB ErgoGroup.
 
The future is mobile
Tomorrows smartphones and other mobile units in combination with wireless communication opens up a whole new reality for the users. The technique together with new mobile solutions and applications makes it possible to offer customers services in real time irrespective of location. The EDB ErgoGroup is already today delivering mobile solutions to various enterprises and has experienced a great interest from Norwegian banks, but cooperating with PocketMobile also makes it possible for the EDB ErgoGroup to deliver solutions to businesses within transport & logistics, service and installation companies, security companies and the home care sector.
 
Through the partnership with PocketMobile the EDB ErgoGroup will use PreCom Platform to develop new solutions in the following areas:
  • Eco-driving and fleet management – real time information on driving patterns andfuel consumption 
  • Mobile order management - information in real-time on work orders, deliveries and deviations 
  • Positioning and navigation for transport & logistics 
  • Home and healthcare service – access to work orders via the mobile phone – real time updates on deviations and completed tasks 
  • Reduced administration through digitalization of service tasks and mobile item warehouse management
"Yesterdays techniques and solutions impede the ability to react fast and effectively. Today mobility is the key to success. Modern IT tools need to be flexible, innovative, user friendly and cost effective. When we create mobile solutions for our customers we always keep this in mind to secure that our customers receive future proven mobile enterprise solutions”, says Robert Darre-Nilsen.
 
For more information please contact:
 
EDB ErgoGroup
Robert Darre-Nilsen
VP Emerging Solutions EDB ErgoGroup
Tel: +47 980 74 844

Torgeir Kristiansen
Informationschef EDB ErgoGroup
Tel: +47 901 27 909

PocketMobile
Gunnar Kvarme
Country Manager PocketMobile Norge
Tel: +47 22 23 72 66

Kristian Sandahl
Marketing Manger
Tel: +46 31 760 57 81