Symbol PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program Surpasses 350 Members

Symbol PartnerSelect ISV Partner Program Surpasses 350 Members

October 04, 2006

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

    HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 4 /Xinhua-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 www.symbol.com .

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