Visto MobileT to Power Vodafone Business Email in Ireland
Redwood Shores, CALIF., -/November 16, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Visto Corporation, a leading global provider of secure push mobile email, today announced that Vodafone Ireland, the leading mobile phone operator in Ireland, has selected Visto MobileT with ConstantSyncT technology to power its Vodafone Business Email offering.
With Visto Mobile, Vodafone Ireland is able to deliver a mobile push email service to satisfy the needs of their business customers, regardless of the size of their business, their email infrastructure, or their preferred mobile phone. In a service that is both easy to use and administrate, Visto Mobile enables mobile professionals to send and receive email, calendar updates and changes to contacts in real time with the protection of Visto's advanced security architecture.
"With the launch of our new Vodafone Business Email offering, we are the only operator to offer our customers a choice of productivity tools that transforms their mobiles into a true extension of their PC or Laptop", said Carolan Lennon, Marketing Director for Vodafone Ireland. "Now Vodafone customers have a powerful and cost effective business solution that delivers immediate and reliable access to information when on the go, regardless of the company's size or resources."
The Visto Mobile platform is flexible enough to enable a mobile operator to deliver a consistent advanced user experience for all business customers: large enterprises running Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino, requiring a dedicated scalable server; smaller businesses running these mail platforms, requiring a solution to install on an individual's PC; as well as small businesses wishing to take Internet-based email mobile. In addition, the Visto platform supports the broadest set of devices across all operating systems, including Symbian, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm, J2ME MIDP 2.0, IMAP4 and SyncML.
"Vodafone Ireland's selection of Visto Mobile demonstrates a commitment to providing the only push email service to offer business customers the ultimate in user experience and the freedom to choose the handsets that best suit their lifestyle preferences," said Frederic Aries, senior vice president and general manager, EMEA for Visto Corporation. "Our open platform approach empowers wireless operators like Vodafone Ireland to meet the changing requirements of the mobile user with business services that enhance productivity and improve the quality of life. Visto Mobile with ConstantSync offers mobile users the same instantaneous and secure access that users have come to expect when retrieving email from within the confines of the corporate office."
With the addition of Vodafone Ireland's Vodafone Business Email solution, Visto Mobile is now available from eight of Vodafone's operators and affiliates in Europe: Vodafone Germany, Vodafone Greece, Vodafone Italy, Vodafone Netherlands, Vodafone Spain, SFR (France), and Elisa (Finland). Visto continues to gain momentum around the world and will be announcing further operator partners before the end of 2005.
About Visto Mobile with ConstantSync
Visto Mobile is Visto's carrier-grade platform for wireless access to corporate and personal e-mail, calendar, contacts and other corporate data. Visto Mobile utilizes ConstantSync, a real-time push technology that ensures valuable corporate data is always up to date and never stored outside the firewall. The complete platform comprises server, desktop, and device software, providing a complete mobile email/PIM solution for wireless operators to rapidly deploy as their uniquely branded solution for their subscribers. The platform provides push e-mail delivery to any mobile device over 2.5G and 3G networks, FIPS 140-compliant, end-to-end AES encryption and an optimized network architecture that requires only 20 percent of the bandwidth of SyncML or IMAP-based solutions. Visto's solutions work on the broadest set of wireless devices that include Treo600/650 with PalmOS, Microsoft Smart Phone devices, Microsoft PPC integrated communications devices, Sony-Ericsson P900/P910 with Symbian UIQ, Symbian S60, S80 devices from Nokia and Java Enabled devices.
About Visto
Visto delivers the leading global platform for mobile operators to provide wireless push e-mail to the broadest set of mobile devices. Visto's open solution enables e-mail for the mass market, targeting large enterprises, small businesses and mobile professionals. The company's patented Visto MobileT platform with ConstantSyncT technology works in real time with POP3, IMAP, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino e-mail solutions for personal to enterprise use, providing maximum control and flexibility for the operator and choice for the customer. Visto's customized, brandable solutions are available through mobile operators worldwide including Cingular, Elisa, KPN, Manitoba Telecom Services, Rogers Wireless, SaskTel Mobility, SmarTone, SFR, Sprint-Nextel, TELUS Mobility and the Vodafone Group.
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in Seattle, London, Rome, Paris, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing and Tianjin, China, Visto is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, ePlanet Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Rustic Canyon Ventures, Allegis Capital and Blueprint Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.visto.com or e-mail sales@visto.com.
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