TIS to offer Intellisync Mobile Suite from Nokia as a hosted service


Enterprise-class hosting provides flexible, easy-to-deploy mobility solution
 
Tokyo, Japan - Nokia today announced that a leading Japanese system integrator, TIS, will offer the Intellisync Mobile Suite as an enterprise-class hosting service for its business customers. The new offering, Enterprise Mobile Solution Service, will deliver push email, personal information management (PIM), device management and device security as a service to TIS corporate customers. Available in the fall of 2006, the service meets market demand for easily deployable, secure and flexible enterprise mobility.
 
Intellisync Mobile Suite from Nokia allows users to send and receive email, files, and data from any mobile device over the air. With the hosted service, TIS provides businesses in Japan with a choice of deployment models ranging from a traditional on-premise solution to a hosted solution. The service will have multi-carrier, multi-device support and will expand to offer other mobile applications in the future. The hosted service is the first of it's kind in the Japanese market.
 
"We're entering a new age where flexibility and choice are key; where the customer is able to enjoy a level of service that is truly first class," said Mr. Hideo Teramoto, General Manager, Marketing and Sales Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division,TIS. "Our flexible offering gives customers a real choice. On-premise or hosted, TIS can provide Intellisync Mobile Suite customers with the solution to meet their unique business needs at a cost-effective price."
 
"By offering a flexible and easy-to-deploy solution, TIS is helping operators tap into the huge potential of business mobility," said Masanari Arai, vice president, Japan Operations, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. "We have worked together with TIS from the beginning of the Intellisync Mobile Suite implementations in Japan and are well positioned to help Japanese carriers building their enterprise strategy."
 
Intellisync Mobile Suite provides IT managers with a host of tools to centrally provision, update, manage data, enforce security policies, and deploy software applications, over the air, for a broad range of mobile devices connected to the corporate network.  Additionally, if a device is lost or stolen, the IT manager can lock or disable the device completely, thereby protecting the company's valuable proprietary data.
 
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