20th Aug 2007 07:00
Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC.LN), the international provider ofindustry standard mobile synchronization and device managementsolutions, today announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc.(NASDAQ: SUNW)has agreed to license Synchronica's synchronization and clientprovisioning technology for Sun's communication products. £ As part of the agreement, Sun plans to incorporate key componentsof Synchronica's Mobile Gateway for industry-standard wirelesssynchronization of contacts, calendars, tasks, and other enterprisedata to Sun Java(TM) System Communications Suite and Sun Java(TM)System Application Platform Suite. £ The Sun Java System Communications Suite is currently used by 240million e-mailboxes within leading service providers and largeorganizations for messaging and collaboration services, such as email,IM and calendaring. "We're excited to be working with Synchronicabecause this relationship extends Sun's reach beyond the already widerange of supported desktop clients to a large number of mobiledevices," said Karen Tegan Padir, vice president, SoftwareInfrastructure, Sun Microsystems. "This collaboration also enables ourapplication server developers to build feature-rich and scalablemobile applications that support both connected and disconnectedoperations." £ Sun plans to use the core SyncML synchronization engine and theback-end connectors of the Mobile Gateway product to synchronizeSyncML enabled devices with the Sun Java System Communications Suiteor Sun Java System Application Platform Suite. Furthermore, Sunintends to use the provisioning module (OMA CP) enabling over-the-airconfiguration of mobile devices, reducing the need for manual deviceconfiguration. In addition, Sun is planning to use Synchronica'sSyncML clients for Windows Mobile/Pocket PC and Palm OS enablingindustry-standard synchronization on Smart phones that do not supportSyncML out of the box. £ "Open industry standards are the only way to provide securesynchronization capabilities to the widest range of smart phones andfeature phones on the market today," said Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO ofSynchronica. "Synchronica has long been committed to supportingindustry standards such as SyncML and today's agreement with Sunvalidates that open industry standards are the way of the future fortechnology innovation." £ Commenting further on the license agreement, Carsten Brinkschultesaid, "The licensing of core elements of our Mobile Gateway product toa major software infrastructure provider such as Sun represents asignificant breakthrough for Synchronica. We look forward to a strongand ongoing strategic relationship with Sun." £ About Synchronica plc £ Synchronica plc develops and markets synchronization and devicemanagement solutions for mobile operators, device manufacturers, andenterprises. Its product portfolio ranges from data synchronization(DS) to device management (DM) and firmware update over-the-air(FOTA). Products include the mobile device management suite MobileManager and the push email and synchronization solution MobileGateway. Headquartered in the UK with a development center in Germanyand offices in Hong Kong, USA, and Dubai, Synchronica plc is a publiccompany listed on the London Stock Exchange (SYNC.LN). Moreinformation is available at www.synchronica.com £ About Synchronica Mobile Gateway £ Synchronica's Mobile Gateway is a carrier-grade middlewaresolution providing push email and synchronization services. Based onthe open industry standards SyncML and IMAP, Mobile Gateway iscompatible with a wide range of mobile devices from leading devicemanufacturers such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Applewithout requiring additional client software to be installed on thedevice or behind the firewall. Synchronica offers Mobile Gateway tooperators, device manufacturers, and enterprises, enabling theirmobile users to send and receive email from consumer mailboxes (AOL,Gmail, and others), as well as synchronize their calendar and contactdata with business systems (Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino and SunJava System Communications Suite). £ About Sun Java System Communication Suite £ More information about the Sun Java(TM) System CommunicationsSuite is available at http://www.sun.com/comms £ About Sun Java(TM) System Application Platform Suite £ More information about Sun Java(TM) System Application PlatformSuite is available athttp://www.sun.com/software/javaenterprisesystem/application_platform_suite/ (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted intoyour Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if oneexists.) Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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