CommonTime, which provides secure wireless email exclusively for enterprises running Lotus Notes, has announced that its mSuite software will be compatible with the latest Microsoft PDA and Smartphone operating system, Windows Mobile 6.
mSuite was featured in the 4Q06 Gartner Magic Quadrant, and, says CommonTime, brings two opposing software giants together by making the IBM Lotus messaging product available on Microsofts signature mobile platform, Windows Mobile.
Windows Mobile 6 was unveiled at 3GSM last month by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who said:
A work force that is both mobile and connected is becoming essential for business success. Thats why were integrating innovative mobile technologies into all our key products, with Windows Mobile as the centrepiece”.
Windows Mobile 6 features enhancements to email, calendaring and improved versions of mobile versions of Office Outlook, Office Word, Office Excel and Office PowerPoint.
mSuite brings advanced Lotus Notes messaging, with strongly Lotus-centric functions and operations, to the Windows-focused devices. This means that features such as SameTime instant messaging and free time search which are normally confined to the world of Lotus Notes will be available in the Windows environment of a phone or PDA. The value here for CommonTime Enterprise customers, such as Rolex, Coca Cola Bottling, Salvation Army, Philips and Oxfam, says CommonTime, is that they can reduce the end-user learning curve, leverage existing Lotus skills, and increase the speed of deployment, due to their familiarity with the look, feel and functionality of the technology, which is very similar to the Lotus Notes desktop experience
“Wireless mail takes businesses onto the first step of mobility says Martin Day, Head of Enterprise Sales EMEA for Palm Europe.To reap real productivity benefits, and to mitigate risks, enterprises need to efficiently deploy, secure, and manage both mail and applications for remote workers anytime, anyplace. The combination of Palm devices, Windows Mobile 6 and mSuite, from CommonTime, provides the perfect mobility solution, and is critical to ensuring wireless project success now, and in the future.”