ManageSoft Extends Platform Support to Handheld Devices
Technology Alliance with Intellisync Provides Complete Automated Software Management Solution for Handheld Users
ManageSoft, The Software Management Company(TM), today announced that it has extended its platform and automated software management support to handheld devices with its new solution, ManageSoft Handheld Management 7.2. Leveraging Intellisync(R) Systems Management 5.5, part of the Intellisync Mobile Suite(TM) platform, this new ManageSoft solution will enable enterprises to remotely maintain mobile devices including laptops, tablets, desktop PCs, Pocket PC handhelds and SmartPhones from manufacturers such as Palm, RIM, Symbian, Sony Ericsson and Motorola. By extending ManageSoft software management solutions to these handheld devices, enterprises will be able to better protect and manage their investments while maximizing remote user productivity.
“Handheld devices are typically the least managed and most vulnerable computing assets,” said Walter Elliot, CEO of ManageSoft. “Through our partnership with Intellisync, ManageSoft is able to provide its customers with the most complete automated software management solution in the market.”
According to the IDC “Worldwide Mobile Device Management Enterprise 2004-2008 Forecast and Analysis: Preliminary Market Overview,” security software solutions designed for mobile and wireless environments are forecast to represent $1.27 billion in revenue by 2007, up from $86.4 million in 2002, based in part on the fact that the proliferation of untethered (wireless) devices over the forecast period will increase demand for greater security, especially in the enterprise IT market.
The technology alliance will combine Intellisync’s powerful device management capabilities with ManageSoft’s automated software management solution for desktops, laptops, and servers, which enables devices worldwide to automatically adapt and self-heal to respond to changes and comply with centrally-defined IT policies. Leveraging ManageSoft Handheld Management 7.2′s software management capabilities such as asset collection, software distribution, device configuration and security policy enforcement, enterprises will be able to reduce the cost of maintaining handheld devices. Equally important, enterprises will gain new capabilities that are handheld specific such as the “device kill” mechanism for stolen and lost devices.
“We are excited to be partnered with ManageSoft,” said Clyde Foster, Intellisync’s chief operating officer. “Our advanced handheld device management technology complements ManageSoft’s unique, smart agent architecture. The combined solution will offer a high level of added value to the rapidly increasing handheld market. We believe this alliance will accelerate the expansion of our solutions in new markets.”
About Intellisync
Intellisync Corporation is a leading provider of mobile data and messaging solutions to large enterprises, network operators, software providers and device manufacturers. Intellisync’s products and services have won the mobility industry’s top awards by providing seamless synchronization, secure wireless email and mobility management solutions that connect nearly every device, data source and application available. The world’s largest corporations have selected Intellisync as their mobility solution standard, including America Online, Credit Agricole, Domino’s Pizza, IBM, Microsoft, NTT DoCoMo, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Pfizer, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! For more information, please visit www.intellisync.com.
About ManageSoft Corporation
ManageSoft, The Software Management Company (TM), reduces IT supports costs for desktops, laptops, and servers located anywhere in the world by enabling large organizations to automatically deploy, update and manage software and security patches for Windows, Linux and UNIX devices. Unlike competing products, ManageSoft solutions combine policy-based management with a scalable and cost-effective client-centric architecture to streamline IT service support, improve IT service delivery, and dramatically reduce IT costs. ManageSoft provides category-leading automated software management solutions for security patch management, server management, software deployment, license management, mobile management, IT asset tracking, software license management and IT business intelligence.
ManageSoft Corporation is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, an IBM Business Partner, and a global partner of Siemens Business Services. Founded in 1990, ManageSoft has offices in North and South America, Australia, and Europe, with corporate customers including Diageo Guinness, ANZ Bank, Siemens, Abbey National, Thomson Prometric and T-Mobile. For more information on ManageSoft see http://www.managesoft.com.
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