Sun rubber stamps Synchronica licensing deal.

"Acceptance of the licensed components of Mobile Gateway means Sun will now pay Synchronica an initial licence fee of $1.8m, spread over three equal installments due in February, July and October of this year, as per the details of an agreement signed in August 2007.

Use of Synchronica's core SyncML technology in the Mobile Gateway will enable wireless synchronisation of the Sun Java Communications Suite with any industry standard mobile device."

Synchronica gets IMAP assets with GoodServer buy.

"Mobile synchronization and device management developer Synchronica has secured control of key intellectual property in the IMAP email standard with the acquisition for just under $1m of GoodServer, an ISV with licensees including Nokia and Cisco."

Synchronica launches backup and restore for the masses.

"As well as providing a safety net for consumers who lose their phones, a backup and restore service also makes upgrading to a new phone easier. Customers can use the backup and restore facility to transfer their personal information over the air (OTA) to their new phone. Mobile Manager Backup & Restore provides users with an easy to use, web-based interface for setting up and configuring their phone and for restoring data... Synchronica's Mobile Manager backup and restore module is based entirely on the dominant SyncML / OMA DS industry standard supported by the majority of feature phones and smartphones from all leading vendors. Unlike other solutions, it does not require a client to be installed on the device, but instead uses the built-in SyncML client on the device."

Synchronica signs breakthrough contract with Sun Microsystems.

"Sun plans to use Synchronica Mobile Gateway's core SyncML technology to enable over-the-air synchronisation of the Sun Java (TM)Communications Suite with any mobile device supporting SyncML, the dominant industry standard incorporated into more than 1.3 billion devices from leading manufacturers including Nokia, SonyEricsson and Motorola. The Sun Java Communications Suite occupies a strong niche in the communication and collaboration market, providing services for major global enterprises and mobile operators, and is reported to power more than 240 million mailboxes worldwide."

Synchronica licenses to SmartTrust.

"Synchronica, an international provider of mobile synchronization and device management solutions, today announces that it has licensed a core component of its Mobile Manager Suite to SmartTrust AB ('SmartTrust'), a leader in Mobile Device Management solutions, for a fee of EUR 800,000. Synchronica will further support SmartTrust with dedicated engineering resource providing additional revenues of up to EUR 200,000 per year."

Synchronica raises US $7M in funding through placement of shares.

"Synchronica... has raised US $7.0 (£3.5) million in funds through a placing of new ordinary shares which will be used to accelerate growth in Synchronica's core business... Synchronica will use the funds primarily to strengthen its position in the burgeoning mass market mobile email and synchronization sector."

Synchronica plans fund-raising.

"Mobile technology developer Synchronica Plc confirmed yesterday that it was considering raising additional funds 'to secure the company's future.'"

Synchronica enables back-up and restore for the masses.

"As a part of the device management suite Mobile Manager 2.5, this new module allows operators and ASPs to offer consumers a subscription-based mobile back-up and restore service that will seamlessly enable the return of lost data in the event of the device being lost or stolen."

Synchronica cuts jobs and rewrites software.

"Synchronica Plc has cut 38 members of staff from its 86-strong workforce as the mobile device management and synchronization systems vendor narrows its focus and looks to broaden the appeal of its software."

Synchronica announces Mobile Manager 1.3.

"'Mobile Manager now delivers an even stronger proposition for enterprises or ASPs to deliver powerful mobile data management and security capabilities to a much broader range of Smartphones,' said Synchronica CEO Carsten Brinkschulte."

Synchronica backs first device management portal.

"Synchronica... has announced its support for the mobile Device Management Forum and its associated portal, http://www.devicemanagementforum.org, launched on 31 October."

Synchronica launches automated device management hotline.

"Synchronica's Automated Device Management Hotline is initiated by the end user selecting a device management menu item on his device. The Automated Hotline guides the user interactively through a menu-driven dialog. The server then performs automatically device diagnosis and repair and, depending on the problem, reconfigures the device or upgrades the firmware over-the-air (FOTA). The hotline application can be built in Synchronica's server-side, XML-based scripting language Sydemas, and is SyncML (OMA DM) compliant. Synchronica's SyncML DM Server Automated Device Management hotline runs on any J2EE compliant application server, RDBMS and FTP file server and works with any mobile phone supporting SyncML (OMA DM) and FOTA."

Synchronica adds support for Windows Mobile 5.

"Synchronica... announced it has added full support for device management and firmware updates of Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5 devices to the Synchronica SyncML DM Server platform."

Synchronica among first to support new FUMO standard.

"Synchronica plc, an international developer and provider of mobile device management and synchronization solutions, has today announced its full support for the recently ratified Firmware Update Management Object (FUMO) version 1.0 standard."

Manage your mobility with Synchronica's Mobile Manager.

"Synchronia, a software developer out of the UK, has released Mobile Manager, an enterprise-level software package for maintaining Windows-based SmartPhones 'over the air,' which in effect means you information technology managers can now start 'slamming' phones with a default setup before issuing phones, and then manage them remotely without having the phone in-hand... The biggest downside is that Mobile Manager only works with Windows Mobile devices–so my boss probably won’t be buying into it, as we all use PalmOS-based phones. But, as Windows-based smartphones gain popularity, Synchronica stands poised to ride up on Microsoft’s coattails–assuming Redmond doesn’t have its own remote-management plans in the works for the next generation of Windows Mobile."

Is open-standards-based e-mail the key to the SMB?

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Orange offers "screaming" phones.

"Using software from Synchronica, when stolen it emits a loud wail not unlike a person screaming... If you lose your phone, you call the help desk, they issue the remote wipe-and-lock, and the cell phone emits a loud, annoying sound. And if that doesn't work, it also includes a 'remote wipe-and-lock feature', to delete potentially sensitive data over the air."

NetCom licenses Synchronica's SyncML Gateway to provide back-up and restore.

"Synchronica... has licensed its SyncML Gateway mobile synchronization software to Norwegian mobile operator NetCom ASA. The agreement allows NetCom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the TeliaSonera group with over 1.4 million GSM subscribers, to offer customers a robust back-up and restore facility for personal data stored on mobile devices."

Remote control.

"Mobile devices have become a bit of a mixed blessing for IT managers -- allowing unprecedented freedom and productivity, but raising a host of management issues most are unused to handling.

To relieve some of that burden, developers are increasingly offering over-the-air management solutions that allow IT managers to do things like remotely lock down (or wipe clean) an employees's device if it is stolen, or update multiple devices with new software or virus patches.

For instance, London-based Synchronica plc today released an over-the-air (OTA) mobile management package that gives enterprises central control over their employees' Windows handhelds and smartphones."

Red Bend Software demonstrates interoperability of Its OMA DM Client.

"Red Bend Software... today announced that it successfully tested its OMA DM client with device management servers from several vendors, including mFormation and Synchronica."