18th Oct 2006 07:01
Synchronica PLC18 October 2006 Embargoed until 0700h, 18 October 2006 Synchronica Gets Symbian Smartphones Screaming with Mobile Manager The Symbian Smartphone Show, London, UK, 18 October 2006 - Synchronica Plc, aninternational provider of robust mobile synchronisation and device managementsolutions, today announces that it has expanded the security functions of MobileManager to support Symbian smartphones. The new release of Mobile Managerenables the broadest number of smartphone users to benefit from Synchronica'sover-the-air (OTA) security management, including wipe and lock; and the hugelypopular "Scream" feature. The software can be used by businesses as a self-carefacility to manage a fleet of smartphones, by service providers, or byindividual smartphone owners. With Mobile Manager, businesses or service providers can immediately secure lostor stolen devices remotely, from Mobile Manager's web-based application. Thedevice can be wiped and locked over-the-air, preventing sensitive corporate orpersonal data stored on the device from being accessed by unauthorised users.Also available with the software release is the ability to augment the wipe andlock feature with an optional screaming sound sent OTA to the device as a soundfile. David Wood, EVP Research, at Symbian commented: "OTA is becoming increasinglyimportant in the enterprise world where companies are arming their employeeswith smartphones which often contain confidential data including corporateemail, Word and Excel documents and remote access to corporate databaseinformation. Synchronica's solution provides a simple and effective way toprotect corporate data and the personal privacy of smartphone owners." Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica added: "The partnership with Symbian isa strategic move for Synchronica to further increase the reach of Mobile Managerin the smartphone market. Symbian has a great reputation as leaders in thisspace, with over 70% share of the smartphone market, and 82 million smartphonesshipped to date." Other device management solutions require businesses to install and maintainexpensive and complex software solutions behind the corporate firewall and areoften overcomplicated and not designed for IT administrators. By contrast,Synchronica's web-based Mobile Manager has been developed specifically to beoffered by mobile operators and service providers using the Software as aService (SaaS) model. This model also suits smaller companies which may chooseto opt for a self-care device management solution hosted by specialist serviceproviders. With this model, also now available on Symbian OS, companies canaccess their own web portal but don't have any large up-front investment costs.Larger companies can also install Mobile Manager behind the corporate firewalland integrate it with their IT infrastructure. Mobile Manager's security features for Symbian smartphones are availableimmediately. Synchronica sells directly as well as through partners to largercompanies and to service providers such as mobile operators intending to offerMobile Manager to their subscribers. SME's can opt to purchase a fully orpart-hosted OTA device management service from service providers, rather thanbuying the software outright. Notes to Editors: About Synchronica Synchronica develops and markets synchronization and device management solutionsfor mobile operators, device manufacturers, and enterprises. Its productportfolio ranges from data synchronization (OMA DS) to device management (OMADM) and firmware update over-the-air (FUMO/FOTA). Synchronica has a strong trackrecord in the mobile industry including several live carrier-gradeinstallations. Products include the SyncML DM Server which enables operators and devicemanufacturers to build automated customer-care systems and the SyncML Gateway,which enables seamless synchronization of corporate data including Push-Emailusing OMA DS and Push IMAP. Its latest offering, Mobile Manager, enables mobileoperators and application service providers (ASPs) to offer mobile devicemanagement as a hosted solution to enterprise customers. Headquartered in the UK with offices in Berlin and Washington D.C., Synchronicaplc is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM:SYNC). Moreinformation is available at www.synchronica.com About Symbian Limited Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS,the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobilephones, also known as smartphones. Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers and hasbuilt close co-operative business relationships with leading companies acrossthe mobile industry. During H1 2006, 24 million Symbian OS phones were soldworldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total number ofSymbian OS phones shipped to 82.8 million. Symbian is hosting The Symbian Smartphone Show, 17-18 October 2006, at EXCEL, inLondon, UK. For more information or to register or visit:www.symbiansmartphoneshow.com Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in theUnited States, Europe (England and Sweden (UIQ Technology AB)), Israel and Asia(India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan). Press Contacts Nicole Meissner Synchronica plc +44 1892 552 780 [email protected] Paul Jarratt Symbian Limited +44 207 154 1194 [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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