NEW YORK, CeBIT AMERICA, June 18 2003. PalmSource,
Inc, and Visto
Corp., the leading provider of personal and corporate mobile
access solutions that are easy to install, administer and use,
today announced that the companies will work together to build
a standard enterprise-grade wireless email client for the Palm
OS platform. PalmSource and Visto will co-market the new default
messaging solution to Palm OS licensees and their wireless operators,
resulting in easier integration with existing IT infrastructures.
The new email client for the Palm OS platform will provide secure,
reliable push-email capabilities between Palm Powered mobile devices
and enterprise-grade mail servers such as Microsoft Exchange and
Lotus Domino, as well as access to POP3/IMAP mail servers, allowing
enterprise users to stay connected to data while away from the
office. The new email client will become the default messaging
solution for the Palm OS platform.
"Visto's carrier-agnostic platform and the flexibility of
the Palm OS platform enables the creation of the strongest enterprise-grade
email client for Palm OS licensees and their users," said
David Nagel, president and CEO of PalmSource, Inc. "The built-in
email client will allow enterprises to quickly deploy a variety
of Palm Powered devices already tailored to work with leading
messaging solutions."
"PalmSource's selection of Visto validates the fact that
Visto has great products, financial stability, compelling intellectual
property and customer traction, making us the global market leader
in mobility solutions," said Brian Bogosian, chairman, president
and CEO of Visto. "We believe the combination of the Palm
OS and the Visto wireless email architecture will provide an extremely
compelling solution to Palm OS device licensees, wireless operators,
and their enterprise users."
About Visto Corporation
Established in 1996, Visto is the leading provider of mobile access
solutions for enterprises and mobile professionals, delivered
via wireless operators and device manufactures. Visto's technology
provides secure access to the most widely used corporate applications
over any network and on a broad array of devices, and supports
both browser-based as well as offline-capable devices. Visto Mobile
Access Solution, Server Edition, provides departmental and enterprise
access to corporate email. Visto MessageXpress provides individual
access to corporate, Internet and POP3 email. Both Server Edition
and MessageXpress are well suited to the "converged"
wireless PDAs/phones using Palm OS, Pocket PC, SmartPhone, J2ME
and Symbian platforms. Visto's WirelessInbox, provides real time
access to corporate and personal email via direct access through
desktop computers via any wireless device's browser and is well
suited to wireless phones with only WAP browser capability. Leveraging
a portfolio of eight granted patents in synchronization, access
and security technologies, Visto's platform is a proven, scalable
solution that has supported more than 2.7 million users.
Visto's solutions are available through wireless operators worldwide,
including AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, KPN, Manitoba Telecom
Services, Nextel Communications, Inc., Rogers AT&T Wireless,
SmarTone, TELUS Mobility and SaskTel Mobility.