NIIT, Veriprise tie up for mobile solutions

MUMBAI: Indian software services and education firm, NIIT Ltd. said on Monday

that it had joined hands with US-based Veriprise Wireless Corporation to develop

software for mobile devices.

Veriprise has developed a technology platform for transferring corporate data

and business applications to wireless devices like mobile phones, pagers and

personal digital assistants. NIIT will create the software applications for

these devices.

"Anticipating it to be the technology of the future, NIIT is laying

special emphasis on wireless technologies and is currently engaged in developing

key applications for many organizations using wireless protocol," NIIT said

in a statement. The Atlanta-based Veriprise, was founded in Dec 1999, by

executives of Motorola, Unisys, Nortel, Central Cellular and Cox Cable, said the

company's Web site (www.verprise.com).

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