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Intellisync Corporation Named in Leadership Grid for Enterprise Mobile Device Management

Posted on: Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 06:00 CDT

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Intellisync Corporation , a leading provider of mobility and synchronization solutions, today announced that IDC, a leading provider of global IT research and advice, positioned Intellisync in the "Leader" quadrant of its highly regarded research report on enterprise mobile device management. The report, entitled Worldwide Mobile Device Management Enterprise 2003 Vendor Shares (IDC# 31745, August 2004), is an important research tool utilized by senior executives at large enterprises, network operators, device manufacturers and software providers around the world.

IDC's Leadership Grid provides a qualitative comparison of vendors within the mobile device management enterprise market. The Grid is a pictorial representation of each vendor's position in the market based on two factors: the vendor's ability to gain share and its alignment with future market opportunities.

In its report, IDC concluded that "Intellisync delivers a comprehensive MDM [mobile device management] solution that will also include support for smart phones, enhanced mobile security, and fully push-enabled systems management." It added that "Intellisync can expect increased penetration of its MDM products as it deploys other mobile enablement solutions to its customer base."

"Network operators and enterprises demand options for device platform support," explained Rip Gerber, chief marketing officer for Intellisync. "But, with choice comes complexity. Thus, mobile device management is an important factor in enabling enterprises to maximize return on their mobile investments and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) for all devices, from smartphones to laptops. As an integrated mobility solution with both device management and wireless email at its core, our Intellisync(R) Mobile Suite(TM) platform provides essential capabilities for making mobility a strategic corporate asset."

According to IDC, the mobile device management market will continue to grow in 2004 as customers become increasingly aware of the need for complete mobile solutions -- and as vendors address those needs by enhancing their existing MDM technology. Advanced MDM functions identified by IDC include backup and recovery, mobile security (including authentication, encryption and password protection), directory services integration, support for offline synchronization and over-the-air wireless synchronization, and compatibility with a broad range of operating systems and connectivity environments.

"Full-featured mobile device management solutions are a critical component in enterprise mobility deployment projects," explained Stephen Drake, program manager, Mobile Infrastructure Software, for IDC. "As enterprises become more aware of the benefits of mobile device management, companies such as Intellisync can expect increased success in selling its MDM solution to customers purchasing one or more of its mobile offerings."

"Enterprise decision makers continually turn to IDC for counsel on solutions that will allow them to implement their mobile business strategies," said Gerber. "Intellisync is delighted that our robust mobile device management solution met the challenge of IDC's rigorous evaluation criteria."

ABOUT INTELLISYNC MOBILE SUITE

Intellisync Mobile Suite extends corporate data to mobile and remote employees, delivering access to enterprise applications, files, email and PIM data, intranet sites and Web content. It also provides valuable tools for remotely managing mobile devices. Intellisync Mobile Suite is composed of four core products: Intellisync Email Accelerator, Intellisync Data Sync, Intellisync File Sync and Intellisync Systems Management. It is compatible with a wide range of mobile devices, including laptop and tablet PCs, Windows Mobile-based Smartphones, and handhelds based on the Pocket PC, Palm OS and Symbian operating systems. The product also supports groupware and backend databases such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Oracle, Sybase, DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server. The solution provides a comprehensive platform that is designed to meet virtually all corporate mobile infrastructure needs.

ABOUT INTELLISYNC CORPORATION

Intellisync Corporation is a leading provider of mobile data and messaging solutions to large enterprise, 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 http://www.intellisync.com/.

LEGAL DISCLOSURE

Forward-looking statements in this news release, including statements related to the continued growth of the device management market and Intellisync's ability to sell its MDM solution to customers purchasing one or more of its mobile offerings, are based on current expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks associated with uncertainties related to the effect of continued weakness of general economic factors on the overall demand for Intellisync's products and services, the timing of market adoption and movement toward mobile device management solutions and data synchronization solutions, margin erosion, market shrinkage, economic uncertainty related to terrorism and conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world, timely introduction, availability and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, as well as additional risk factors, as discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Intellisync's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2003 and Intellisync's quarterly reports filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Intellisync disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.

NOTE: Intellisync, the Intellisync logo and Mobile Suite are trademarks of Intellisync Corporation that may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Intellisync Corporation

CONTACT: Bob Moriarty of Intellisync Corporation, +1-408-321-3855, orbmoriarty@intellisync.com; or Darren Ballegeer of Cohn & Wolfe,+1-415-365-8534, or darren_ballegeer@sfo.cohnwolfe.com, for Intellisync

Web site: http://www.intellisync.com/

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