University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business wanted to Provide Wharton business students with mobile access to content from SPIKE, Wharton's award-winning web-based communications suite featuring email, news and announcements, course materials and student calendars. SPIKE was used for point-and-click data interchange between Wharton's intranet-based content and Palm handhelds. Palm's HotSync technology let users access a wealth of information about the university. This leveraged the existing Palm handhelds and intranet content kept students informed. Multiple data interchange options lets student use the information however they choose. Students were also able to communicate more efficiently.
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