Cingular Wireless is now offering its business customers access to corporate e-mail via Direct Push Technology, a feature of Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) upgrade.
The solution initially will be available on two of the hottest wireless devices in the market today: the Cingular 8100 series Pocket PC and Cingular 2125 Smartphone. Direct Push Technology delivers an enhanced mobile experience to organizations that use Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 by pushing updates to e-mail, calendar items, contacts and tasks as they arrive directly from the Exchange Server to the devices. MSFP additionally enhances these Windows Mobile-powered Cingular Wireless devices by delivering improved device management and added security features for IT administrators, like over-the-air device password policy enforcement and remote wipe of the device in case of loss or theft.
Corporate customers will be able to access e-mail and other Microsoft Office Outlook®-related functions via new solution-specific rate plans. These rate plans will identify Direct Push Technology customers and qualify them for specialized customer service and technical support, a key part of the Cingular Wireless e-mail offering.
“Microsoft Direct Push Technology delivers a great wireless email capability that is seamlessly integrated with Exchange Server 2003. This greatly improves the ability of Cingular corporate customers to rapidly deploy wireless e-mail by simplifying the enterprise messaging architecture,” said Michael Woodward, Executive Director of Mobile Professional Solutions, for Cingular Wireless. “We believe this important and powerful addition to Cingular’s business solutions portfolio will lead to broader adoption of wireless e-mail in the enterprise sector and further extend Cingular’s worldwide market share leadership in this space.”
“Microsoft and Cingular’s strong integration demonstrates our commitment to providing the latest technologies and tools for success to mobile professionals as they discover new and different ways of living the mobile lifestyle,” said Scott Horn, General Manager, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. “Microsoft’s Direct Push Technology upgrade creates fast, on-the-go access to essential business information, such as e-mail, calendar data and tasks - empowering people to stay connected when away from the office.”
The solution initially will be available on two of the hottest wireless devices in the market today: the Cingular 8100 series Pocket PC and Cingular 2125 Smartphone. Direct Push Technology delivers an enhanced mobile experience to organizations that use Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 by pushing updates to e-mail, calendar items, contacts and tasks as they arrive directly from the Exchange Server to the devices. MSFP additionally enhances these Windows Mobile-powered Cingular Wireless devices by delivering improved device management and added security features for IT administrators, like over-the-air device password policy enforcement and remote wipe of the device in case of loss or theft.
Corporate customers will be able to access e-mail and other Microsoft Office Outlook®-related functions via new solution-specific rate plans. These rate plans will identify Direct Push Technology customers and qualify them for specialized customer service and technical support, a key part of the Cingular Wireless e-mail offering.
“Microsoft Direct Push Technology delivers a great wireless email capability that is seamlessly integrated with Exchange Server 2003. This greatly improves the ability of Cingular corporate customers to rapidly deploy wireless e-mail by simplifying the enterprise messaging architecture,” said Michael Woodward, Executive Director of Mobile Professional Solutions, for Cingular Wireless. “We believe this important and powerful addition to Cingular’s business solutions portfolio will lead to broader adoption of wireless e-mail in the enterprise sector and further extend Cingular’s worldwide market share leadership in this space.”
“Microsoft and Cingular’s strong integration demonstrates our commitment to providing the latest technologies and tools for success to mobile professionals as they discover new and different ways of living the mobile lifestyle,” said Scott Horn, General Manager, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. “Microsoft’s Direct Push Technology upgrade creates fast, on-the-go access to essential business information, such as e-mail, calendar data and tasks - empowering people to stay connected when away from the office.”
