Wavelink Case Studies

Wavelink and Retek Deliver Powerful Retail Wireless Solutions

"We are excited to be working with Wavelink to bring retail systems to the next level through Wavelink´s powerful wireless platform." - David Bagley, Chief Strategy Officer for Retek

CHALLENGE

Wavelink Corporation, a wireless platform technology provider that enables enterprises to develop, manage and deploy wireless applications, and Retek, Inc., the retail industry´s leading solution developer, are working together to provide Fortune 1000 retailers with a proven wireless retail enterprise software solution. The combined software solution utilizes Wavelink Studio™ and Retek Retail Store Systems™' software to deliver the industry´s leading wireless enterprise retail application. Retek´s Store Systems application is designed exclusively for retailers to easily streamline in-store activities, improve merchandise management and productivity, reduce labor costs, support remote store processes and manage true store-level profit and loss. Current customers using Retek and Wavelink include Nordstrom, Eckerd Drugs, K-mart, Brooks Brothers, and others.

SOLUTION

Wavelink Studio allows Retek´s Store Systems developers to leverage their existing skill set to wirelessly mobilize the Store Systems application in a language they know, such as Java, Visual Basic, Visual C++, PowerBuilder or Visual FoxPro. As a result, Retek´s developers can focus on matching the functionality of the Store Systems application to their retail clients´ specific requirements, not the intricacies of their wireless infrastructure or remote devices. "By incorporating Wavelink Studio with the rich features of Retek´s Store Systems application, Retek customers can access the dynamic features inherent to the Store Systems application and gain wireless mobility. Conducting store operations wirelessly can result in enhancing an employees productivity through improvements in information access, order processing, and inventory management," says Robert Whelan, chief executive officer and founder of Wavelink. The combined Retek and Wavelink software solution will allow Retek´s Store Systems customers to utilize the widest variety of portable handheld wireless devices, such as DOS, Palm, WinCE or Pocket PC devices and scanners to wirelessly perform an array of in-store operations including:

• Real-time updates to merchandising systems

• Shipping and receiving

• Managing physical inventories

• Conducting stock counts

• Ordering and transfering stock

• Accessing critical business information

"Mobile technology presents retailers with an opportunity to streamline store operations, optimize inventory pricing, and increase customer satisfaction," said David Bagley, Chief Strategy Officer for Retek, "We are excited to be working with Wavelink to bring retail systems to the next level through Wavelink´s powerful wireless platform."

ABOUT WAVELINK

Wavelink Corporation is a leading provider of wireless communications software and the developer of a wireless platform that enables enterprises to develop, manage and deploy wireless applications. Since 1992, Wavelink´s innovative software has powered a growing number of Fortune 1,000 companies and is rapidly becoming a standard in wireless network development, deployment and management, with more than 40,000 installations in over 50 countries. Wavelink supports the world´s most popular programming languages and device operating systems, and has extended its expertise from wireless local area networks (WLAN) to the wireless wide area networks (WWAN) space. For more information, please visit www.wavelink.com or call +1-425-823-0111.