Symbol PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program Surpasses 350 Members

More than 100 ISV Partners in EMEA Joined PartnerSelect in the Last Year 


HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 4  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SBL), The Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), today announced that more than 350 Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners have joined its PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program in less than 17 months. Symbol PartnerSelect ISV partners help complete an enterprise mobility solution with software applications for vertical markets including, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, travel and transportation, supply chain distribution, field services and government.

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Since the PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program launch in April 2005, U.S. and Americas International (Canada and Latin America), ISV partner membership increased from 20 to more than 200. ISV partner membership in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region grew rapidly to more than 100 since the launch of the region's program in November 2005. ISV partners in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region total nearly 50.

"ISVs benefit Symbol's PartnerSelect ecosystem by providing customers with the enterprise mobility applications necessary for a complete solution," said Sandy Preizler, Symbol Technologies' vice president of worldwide channels. "Symbol started the global ISV partner recruitment campaign last year, and today we are pleasantly surprised by the success of the program since signing more than 350 ISV partners with new enterprise mobility deployments."

In EMEA, the PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program has seen uptake from ISV partners like Blackbay, a developer of real-time mobile worker solutions for supply chain and field service mission-critical operations, who recently collaborated with Symbol to provide a mobility solution to Parcelforce, a major international hub for sending express packages. Syclo, a Chicago-based ISV, developed the asset management application that runs on Symbol's rugged mobile computers, for Tube Lines, a tube maintenance company that services the London Underground lines.

Dexterra, a provider of mobile business software also joined the PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program. "Symbol's PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program enables us to expand our business through joint marketing, demand generation and close collaboration with Symbol and the PartnerSelect community," said Phil Baker, Dexterra's EMEA partner manager. "Joining the ISV Partner Program -- as a Premier ISV Partner -- complements our strategy of building relationships with organizations that mutually benefit both parties, as well as new and existing customers, for whom we now develop more practical mobile solutions."

The Symbol PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program enables ISVs to develop and deploy highly differentiated and competitive software applications for enterprise mobility customers; leverage Symbol's leadership, market presence and sales force reach; and expand the PartnerSelect ecosystem by connecting with other Symbol's channel partners to offer customers a complete enterprise mobility solution. In addition, the PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program grants ISVs early access to products, allowing them to stay ahead of the market and plan for upcoming changes.

An additional service for Symbol PartnerSelect partners and customers is co-validating a solution at a Symbol Solutions Center. In a lab environment, Symbol engineers work with partners and customers to test their software applications and solutions with Symbol products. Symbol Solutions Centers are currently available to PartnerSelect members in Holtsville, N.Y. and Winnersh, England.

More information on the PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program is available on Symbol's partner Web site at http://www.symbol.com/partner.

About Symbol Technologies

Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise mobility, delivering products and solutions that capture, move and manage information in real time to and from the point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio frequency identification technology, mobile computing platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and world-class services programs. Symbol enterprise mobility products and solutions are proven to increase workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the world's leading companies. More information is available at http://www.symbol.com/.

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