Berlin, October 4th, 2004 - Synchronica announced today the immediate availability of the Synchronica SyncML Gateway for Microsoft Exchange, providing over-the-air synchronization of Microsoft Exchange with mobile phones from Nokia, SonyEricsson and Siemens.

Until now, most users of Microsoft’s popular Exchange software have been unable to remotely synchronize their Nokia, SonyEricsson and Siemens mobile phones and instead were forced to use cumbersome cable-based synchronization software. However in corporate support, sales and management, appointments often change while out of the office and thus overlapped and missed appointments are still part of the corporate life.

This is where the Synchronica SyncML Gateway adds the missing link between Microsoft Exchange and mobile phones. With the Synchronica SyncML Gateway, users can remotely synchronize their mobile phone to get access to corporate Email, calendar, contacts and tasks - wherever they are, using the wireless network. Because most mobile phones today already ship with a SyncML client built-in, synchronization works instantly and without additional software installation.

By opening Microsoft Exchange to the industry standard SyncML, the Synchronica SyncML Gateway adds the missing wireless link between Microsoft Exchange and the standards-dominated mobile phone industry. “Microsoft works well with Microsoft, and its ActiveSync seamlessly synchronizes a PocketPC PDA or Microsoft Smartphone, even over-the-air. However, if you want to remotely synchronize your SyncML-enabled mobile phone from Nokia, SonyEricsson or Siemens, Microsoft doesn’t do that.” said Carsten Brinkschulte, founder and CEO of Synchronica.

The Synchronica SyncML Gateway is offered in two versions. The corporate version is installed behind the firewall providing wireless SyncML synchronization for corporate users. End-to-end security is provided with strong SSL encryption protecting the wireless communication. Licensed at very aggressive prices, the Synchronica SyncML Gateway offers a cost-effective, standards-based solution for wireless Email and groupware access.

The operator version is deployed in the datacenter of the mobile operator providing a unique “Gateway” synchronizing the corporate Exchange accounts of business users. Unlike other solutions, the Synchronica SyncML Gateway does not require a firewall reconfiguration or installation of a connector behind the firewall which have been proven to hinder sales of those solutions. Instead, it uses a secure HTTP/S connection to remotely access corporate Exchange accounts, a standard feature of Microsoft Exchange.

“The Synchronica SyncML Gateway offers a unique selling proposition for mobile operators. For the first time, revenue-generating mobile data synchronization can be sold directly to business users with effective one-to-many mass-marketing and without having to convince their IT departments to install those unloved adaptors” said Nicole Meissner, VP Marketing & Communications at Synchronica.

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