"Where Microsoft Gets It Right... I'll summarize this as Active Directory. IT departments are tired of administering user permissions in individual applications, instead doing everything in one place...a place like Active Directory where users are members of 'groups' with defined levels of access. Want to give everyone access to a SIP-based softphone? Make one change at the group level, and there you are...
Microsoft's vision for unified communications is an ambitious one... The markets for which Microsoft's vision is most appealing and deployable - consumer, SOHO and SMB - also lack the IT resources to adopt such a significant product play.
Meanwhile, larger enterprise customers are best-positioned to adopt Microsoft's platform model but are still focused on point solutions. Many large corporate customers just aren't asking for unified communications, high-minded architectures and IP telephony.
And then there are the carriers -- telecommunications providers who see Microsoft's plan as direct competition."
Red Bend Software Releases vCurrent Mobile Version 4 .
"Red Bend Software Releases vCurrent Mobile Version 4 With Up to 40% Faster Update Time and Support for Linux... including CramFS and SquashFS read-only Linux file systems... Support for file formats related to the Symbian OS was previously implemented in vCurrent Mobile Version 3."
mFormation Enterprise Manager reviewed by PC Magazine.
"IT types have complete control over all the wireless devices in their organization. They can monitor device usage, request a list of installed applications, change and enforce password policies, and monitor real-time device information including current location, memory, password, and battery status. This information can help troubleshoot problems, monitor performance and usage, and track excessive or inappropriate use of company assets... the real value of the mFormation system is its ability to locate and disable lost devices."
Outsourcing Mobile Device Management.
"'Outsourcing can be extremely valuable because mobile wireless technology is changing so rapidly,' says Ellen Daley, vice president and research director at Forrester. Outsourcers have the manpower that most information-technology departments don't. As a result, outsourcers are better equipped to track changes in the mobile software and hardware markets. 'Outsourcing helps firms diversify their risk and shift it to a partner who knows more about the topic, allowing information-technology departments to get back to their core expertise,' Daley explains."
Kyocera picks Bitfone.
"Bitfone Corporation... today announced that Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, has selected Bitfone's Device Management Client Suite to fulfill its requirements for OMA DM and FOTA support for its mobile devices."
InnoPath secures Series D funding.
"InnoPath Software Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of mobile device management solutions, has secured $20.5 million of a $27.5 million Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include VantagePoint Venture Partners, NVCC Investment Enterprise Partnership (Japan) and MVC Global Japan Fund (Japan)."
The enterprise agenda for mobility.
"And the enterprise take on much of mobility is often the opposite of what most people who've never administered and supported more than one PC and a smartphone would think." [a wonderful post in its entirety... go read it]
InnoPath receives Communications Solutions Magazine's Product of the Year Award for 2005.
"InnoPath Software... announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R))'s Communications Solutions magazine online (www.tmcnet.com/comsol) has named InnoPath's iMDM solution Suites as the recipient of its 2005 Product of the Year Award."
Easy handset settings for Swedish operator.
"Telenor Sweden has gone live with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution from SmartTrust that will allow it to better manage subscriber access to data services such as MMS, Email, WAP and Push-to-Talk (PTT)... Telenor Sweden (Mobile) subscribers can request a settings download via the operator's customer care centre or through a self-care web portal."
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