Enterprise software news: August, 2006

- Gary Thayer, editor

Maximizer Software has begun shipping Maximizer Enterprise 9.5 CRM suite with Microsoft Office integration. Version 9.5 adds MaxMobile, which enables Maximizer Enterprise 9.5 users to access their customer data using Windows Mobile compatible mobile devices. Other access choices include:

• Wireless Employee Portal - allowing traveling employees to access customer information in real-time through the wireless browser on BlackBerry, Palm Treo, or Windows Mobile and Windows SmartPhone devices.
• Maximizer Enterprise Employee Portal - allowing mobile employees to log into a secure portal and carry out typical daily tasks from any Internet connection.
• Enterprise Link for Palm: allowing mobile employees with Palm devices to synchronize the information from Maximizer Enterprise with Palm devices.

Maximizer Enterprise 9.5 starts at a one-time purchase price of US $499 per user license. Maximizer Enterprise 9.5 SQL eCRM is priced at a one-time purchase price of $799 per user license. For more information see maximizer.com.

NAVTEQ has collaborated with ESRI to begin shipping a new dataset for ESRI StreetMap Premium. StreetMap Premium data includes NAVTEQ's NavStreets map database for the U.S., Canada and Europe, and is designed to help ArcGIS users add current street databases to ESRI applications such as ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo), ArcIMS RouteServer, and ArcGIS Server. A data option is also available for use with the ArcGIS Network Analyst extension. NAVTEQ's NavStreets data is available in ESRI Smart Data Compression format, and the North American dataset comes on one DVD. It can be used to geocode addresses and generate routes and driving directions, as a cartographic display, as a backdrop for plotting customer locations, or as a basemap. For details, see navteq.com.

RedCannon Security released KeyPoint Alchemy, a software platform targeted at IT departments that transforms any USB flash drive into a device that can be encoded, managed and tracked remotely. According to RedCannon, KeyPoint Alchemy provides a policy-driven environment for USB device life cycle management, including provisioning, password reset, and remote destruct. For more information, see redcannon.com.

SMobile Systems announced VirusGuard for Blackberry, which aims to provide detection and protection of new malware threats to Blackberry, including the specific malware attack demonstrated at the recent DEFCON hacker convention in Las Vegas. VirusGuard aims to stop malware and other threats at the handset – so users can continue to access the full functionality of their BlackBerry devices.

Sybase's iAnywhere has released SQL Anywhere v10, its database and data exchange software. Key new features include:

• New database server performance features including: materialized views, intra-query parallelism, snapshot isolation, parallel backups, additional indexing methods, and several internal improvements.
  
• Enhanced data protection including: built-in high-availability data mirroring and Veritas cluster agent options, along with data security additions.
  
• Expanded developer productivity resources and platform support, including: tools for performance analysis and application profiling, .NET 2.0 support, integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and support for Symbian devices.
  
• Data exchange innovations in synchronization and service-oriented architectures (SOA), including: new graphical administration tools for architecture setup and deployment, expanded enterprise integration options, message management and monitoring, and mobile Web services.

The free developer edition of SQL Anywhere 10 will be available within 45 days. Base packages are priced at US $599 for five users or $1099 for ten users. Licenses for additional users start at $119. For more information see www.iAnywhere.com. For general product information, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

ThinPrint has launched its Cortado push mail service for Microsoft Exchange. Users receive an email address with the Cortado domain, and all emails sent to this account are "pushed" to the user's mobile phone. Users need a device with a Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and the Microsoft Messaging & Security feature pack, which is usually already installed on most available end devices or will soon be available for download from the carriers. Cortado starts at US $6.50 per month. For more information, seee cortado.com.

ThinPrint has also updated its Content Beamer for BlackBerry to version 2.5. The updated version enables BlackBerry users to print, fax and view documents received via email. Along with Content Beamer's existing features, such as printing via Bluetooth printers or network printers, the update allows users to send files to fax machines and to display and save compressed files on a laptop screen. And also as with the original version, features are not restricted to a particular file-type. Users can also send files direct to a fax machine, if no printer is available. For more about ThinPrint, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

Zimbra has released Zimbra Mobile, which provides over the air synchronization of messaging, calendaring and address books for Symbian, Palm and Windows Mobile devices. Zimbra Mobile is an optional component of the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS), Network Edition with Release 4.0. The ZCS 4.0 Open Source Edition is free. The commercially-supported Network Edition pricing starts at $25/mailbox/year for a minimum of 25 users on the Standard Edition, which includes product support as well as software subscriptions to new releases, updates and patches. Zimbra Mobile pricing starts at $500/year for up to 50 users. The ZCS is available on-premise or as a hosted service; for more information see zimbra.com.

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