UK company Synchronica has released a free 60 day trial of their Mobile 3.0 which
provides mobile synchronization between Microsoft Exchange and the iPhone’s ail service. This service requires no software to download and no connectors or redirectors need to be installed on the corporate network.
Until now, most users of the iPhone weren’t able to access their corporate e-mail. This is because iPhone’s e-mail client only connects to Microsoft Exchange via direct IMAP/SMTP connections which is often blocked by corporate firewalls. Synchronica’s mobile system creates a secure gateway that utilizes Microsoft’s Outlook Mobile Web Access to retrieve e-mail from the Exchange server.
The gateway works closely with Exchange allowing iPhone users to send and recieve corporate e-mail on the go. When they return to the office their sent and received e-mail is automatically updated so there is no need for a “copy to self” workaround.
The iPhone is the latest smartphone to be added to Synchronica’s Mobile 3.0 system. With the addition of this mail gateway, iPhone is taking strides in becoming a corporate smartphone. For more information about Synchronica and their Microsoft Exchange gateway check out Synchronica’s press release or website.