Enterprise mobile software news: Sept. 18 - Oct. 13, 2006

MobileVillage, Oct. 13, 2006 -- Following is a roundup of recent enterprise software announcements.

Conceivium released version 1.8 of its monitoring system for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Version 1.8 introduces the company's patent-pending intelligence monitor (i_Monitor) technology, which provides a variety of expert monitors to watch over server status, server mail flow, and user mail flow. According to Conceivium, i_Monitors have been custom engineered to proactively monitor specific areas of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to prevent critical problems.

Using a console, administrators can also monitor the critical areas of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and can set up alerts to notify them via SNMP trap, SMS, and email. Version 1.8 also includes support for Version 4.1 of the BlackBerry Resource Kit, and provides new call log reports, an optional client for a BlackBerry handset, and a new broadcast message facility. Conceivium recently won a 2006 Mobile Star Award from MobileVillage readers. For details, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

DataViz announced today that RoadSync, its Exchange ActiveSync client, is now available for mobile devices with Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition software. Besides wirelessly synchronizing e-mail, attachments, calendar and contacts, this edition of RoadSync supports new mobility features added in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) such as: Direct Push Technology, Remote Wipe, Global Address List Lookup and IT Policy Enforcement. As Microsoft Exchange added these new mobility features in SP2, a corresponding Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) was added to Windows Mobile 5.0. DataViz says that it RoadSync will also soon support Windows Mobile 5.0. RoadSync recently won a 2006 Mobile Star Award from MobileVillage readers. For details, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

Funambol announced version 3 of its Funambol mobile email service for developers, enterprises and carriers. Funambol says that v3 supports Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and will support Windows Mobile Smartphones soon. The company says it is working with major device manufacturers to include SyncML 1.2 for push email on their new devices. Funambol also plans to release a J2ME client for Java phones early next year. Funambol provides open source plug-ins that sync PIM data on BlackBerries and Palms and is working with the community and third parties to add support for push email.

The Carrier Edition and Network (enterprise) Edition are available for Windows and Linux, and can be purchased by contacting Funambol. The Community Edition (for developers) can be downloaded from funambol.com. Funambol recently won several 2006 Mobile Star Awards from MobileVillage readers. For details, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

Greenlight Wireless announced that its Advertizer service, which provides advertisements for desktop and mobile environments, served over a quarter-billion ads in August. While 72% of Advertizer's traffic last month came from the desktop environment, mobile ad requests have increased, according to Greenlight. Advertizer recently won a 2006 Mobile Star Award from MobileVillage readers. For details, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

Sybase's iAnywhere released version 6.2 of M-Business Anywhere, which enables the delivery of Web-based content and applications to mobile devices rapidly and cost-effectively for online and disconnected use. New features in v6.2 include support for Microsoft Smartphones and VGA screen resolution, soft key navigation for Windows Mobile, and the ability to install the M-Business Anywhere client and all synched content and data on an SD (Secure Digital) card, rather than in the device memory.

iAnywhere also released version 8.1 of Advantage Database Server, an embedded client/server data management system for application developers that provides ISAM table-based and SQL-based data access. Updated features include improved user defined functions, TCP/IP support, and enhanced SQL performance and replication improvements.

iAnywhere recently won several 2006 Mobile Star Awards from MobileVillage readers. For product details, see ianywhere.com, or see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

Sybase released Unwired Accelerator 8.0, a mobile application that enables developers and IT professionals to build custom mobile applications that extend existing enterprise information sources, including SAP ERP, BMC Remedy Service Desk, Business Objects and Crystal Reports XI, Lotus Notes, JDBC databases, Web Services or Web applications, directly to handhelds. Version 8.0 includes improved application support for Business Objects XI, Crystal Reports XI, Lotus Notes 6.5, Remedy Service Management and SAP ERP. Other new features include server push and differential synchronization support for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Java ME; a new Customization Wizard for the BlackBerry; a new Eclipse-based mobile tooling in addition to Web-based tooling; a new .NET Compact Framework API; connected and disconnected support for Java ME devices that support MIDP 2.0 profiles and CLDC 1.0 runtime; and support for SOA (Service Orientated Architecture.

Sybase recently won a 2006 Mobile Star Award from MobileVillage readers. For product details, see sybase.com. For other products, see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

In more developer news, Encirq announced a major upgrade to DeviceSQL, marking the third generation of the company's software framework for implementing data management capabilities on mobile devices of various CPU or operating systems. For details, see encirq.com.

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