Mobile data specialist RangeGate, 83.6% owned by JSE Securities Exchange-listed Datatec, has been chosen to participate in the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC), one of a handful of companies to be selected globally. MPAC was created by Microsoft to bring the most innovative and successful mobility solutions to market, providing a forum for feedback and cross-fertilisation of ideas.
MPAC selects industry partners that have made significant investment and inroads into the mobility arena. Its aim is to provide the most comprehensive mobile solutions to customers any time, any place and on any device.
"Microsoft formed MPAC to address the needs of a rapidly growing ecosystem around mobility products and to provide a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft mobility platform development," says Mary Rose Becker, group marketing manager for Mobility at Microsoft. "RangeGate was selected because of its ongoing commitment to developing and enhancing business-focused mobile data solutions to users of Microsoft`s Windows-powered mobile devices."
RangeGate focuses entirely on leveraging mobile technologies to give customers a competitive and a mobile edge in their supply chain and service operations. The company helps customers take advantage of the anywhere, anytime, real-time capability of wireless technology, to optimise their business processes and improve bottom line.
Membership to MPAC will provide RangeGate with early access to new Microsoft development tools, together with technical and development support to assist its customers in mobile solutions.
"RangeGate is looking forward to playing a key role in MPAC and in the future development of advanced mobility solutions for businesses," says Gordon Edwards, CEO at RangeGate. "This collaboration will develop new, innovative solutions that realise the true potential of Microsoft platforms. It will ensure that enterprise customers take full advantage of all the elements of mobility, to create solutions that will provide their businesses with competitive advantage and real return on investment. RangeGate believes that MPAC is the mechanism for delivering rapid ROI and ensuring a very low TCO."
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RangeGate, which began operations in 1988, has focused on leveraging mobile technologies to give its customers a competitive-edge, a Mobile Edge. The business is 83.6% owned by JSE Securities Exchange-listed Datatec, the global networking and IT services company. RangeGate`s MOBILE-EDGE solutions cater to the full range of supply chain and service operations, focusing mainly on warehouse and distribution control, electronic proof of delivery, in-store fulfilment and field service enablement.
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