SWAP Allows Wireless Control of Servers

IBM's new Superior Wireless Applications (SWAP) connects the wireless Palms of ordinary employees as well as system administrators to custom applications on the company server. It lets users extract information from databases, tap into sales reports, place new orders, monitor Web traffic, or restart servers. SWAP works with AIX, IBM's version of Unix, and Palm VII's connected to Palm.Net. IBM says SWAP will be available by the end of the year, as a free download from its Alphaworks site. A beta release will be delivered sooner.