Pendragon Software Releases Enhanced Database Platform

for Smartphones, Handhelds and PCs

Delivers Rapid Forms Development Tool for Palm Powered™ Devices

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois, March 11, 2004 – Pendragon Software, a leading provider of database software for Palm OS^® based handheld devices, today announced the latest version of Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition.

Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition is a mobile database platform that enables users to create and deploy mobile database applications for Palm Powered handheld devices and smartphones as well as Web-enabled PC’s.  Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition 4.0 introduces significant advances in user-interface customization and groundbreaking support for pictures in mobile database applications.

Eliminating Paper Forms

Using handheld electronic data collection is a proven way to improve a company's bottom line.  Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition enables users to create and deploy multi-user mobile database applications without expensive software development projects.  Form design simplicity and powerful database synchronization have made the Pendragon Forms platform a popular choice for thousands of healthcare, natural resources management and field service organizations. 

Application and Data Management Using a Desktop Web Browser

Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition allows users to design, deploy and manage mobile data collection applications from any desktop Web browser.  Unique among mobile development tools, the software automatically generates a companion Web-based interface for viewing and editing data.

Pendragon Forms Enterprise 4.0 also makes it possible for handheld users to attach photographs to database records in the field, a feature that is ideal for documenting inspections or distributing  personnel identification databases.  Photos can be imported or captured seamlessly via the camera built into the Palm Zire™ 71.

Version 4.0 provides greater control over form designs, allowing users to create handheld user-interfaces that are attractive and ergonomic. Other enhancements include integrated GPS data acquisition, extensibility via custom controls and support for the SDIO In-Hand Scan Card bar code scanner from Socket Communications.

Smartphone Synchronization

Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition enables organizations to develop and manage database applications for smartphones.  Mobile workers can collect data and synchronize wirelessly via TCP/IP network to a centralized database.

Deploy Safely and Securely

Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition delivers the framework an IT department needs to safely and securely deploy mobile data collection tools across their entire organization.  Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition is based on proven server technologies including Active Server Pages, Microsoft SQL Server, ODBC and Pendragon SyncServer.  The server secures data in transit with SSL and triple DES encryption.  The installation software easily installs Web, database and synchronization components in minutes.

Pricing and Availability 

Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition is priced at $4,995 for a 100-user license, complete with software modules for the server, handheld devices and networked PCs.   

About Pendragon Software Corporation

Pendragon Software Corporation, a privately held software company based in Libertyville, Illinois is a leading developer of software for Palm OS handhelds.  The company’s flagship product, Pendragon Forms, is a popular handheld database tool in use by more than 5,000 companies worldwide.

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For more information, contact Suzanne Boose, Pendragon Software Corporation at (847) 816-9660 x228 (sboose@pendragonsoftware.com) or Ivan Phillips, Pendragon Software Corporation at (847) 816-9660 (icp@pendragonsoftware.com), or visit http://www.pendragonsoftware.com.

Software available for review upon request.

Pendragon is a registered trademark, and Pendragon Forms and Pendragon Forms Enterprise Edition are trademarks of Pendragon Software Corporation. Palm, Palm OS and Palm Computing are registered trademarks of, and Palm Powered is a trademark of  Palm Trademark Holding Company, LLC. Zire is a trademark of PalmOne, Inc. Other brands may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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