STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 12, 2017--
Millions of developers from major technology communities are invited to
participate in a Global Hackathon to build applications and solutions
for the next generation SendPro
C-Series, announced Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI), a global technology
company that provides innovative products and solutions to power
commerce. The Pitney Bowes SendPro C-Series offers a complete solution
that handles all business sending needs via the Google Android Operating
System.
Millions of developers from major technology communities and innovation
platforms are invited to register for the Global
Hackathon which begins on September 29 and concludes on October 1,
2017. Registration
for this event is available through September 27, 2017.
Developers will collaborate to build applications and solutions for more
than one million Pitney Bowes clients as they identify and locate
customers, communicate with them, collect payments and ship merchandise.
The broad business themes and Hackathon categories are Shipping and
Mailing, Ecommerce, Address Management, Data, Location Intelligence,
Know Your Customer, Marketing Services, Payments, Hyperlocal,
Productivity Tools, and Document Security.
“This is the first opportunity for innovators to come together and
develop on Pitney Bowes technology,” said Mark Shearer, President of
Global SMB Solutions at Pitney Bowes. “Collaborating on open platforms
helps us create solutions that drive digital transformation for our
clients.”
Pitney Bowes is also planning to create an App Store leveraging Google
Cloud’s Orbitera technology. Clients will access business applications
that go beyond shipping and mailing through the Pitney Bowes App Store.
The SendPro C-Series leverages the latest cloud technology and is also
an access point for the Pitney
Bowes Commerce Cloud which offers a host of valuable new
applications and services from Pitney Bowes.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology company powering billions
of transactions – physical and digital – in the connected and borderless
world of commerce. Clients around the world, including 90 percent of the
Fortune 500, rely on products, solutions, services and data from Pitney
Bowes in the areas of customer information management, location
intelligence, customer engagement, shipping, mailing, and global
ecommerce. And with the innovative Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud, clients
can access the broad range of Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics, and
APIs to drive commerce. For additional information visit Pitney Bowes,
the Craftsmen of Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
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Source: Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes
Carol Wallace, 203-351-6974
Carol.wallace@pb.com
