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Sun buys mobile gateway technology

Synchronisation is the new black
Tue Aug 21 2007, 09:31
HARDWARE MAKER Sun has licensed some Mobile Gateways synchronisation gear from an outfit called Synchronica.

The technology allows wireless connection of devices within a company that can be regularly updated.

The big idea is that Sun will be enable to build gear which can perform over-the-air synchronisation of ERP or CRM data to the Smartphones.

Sun wants to use the SyncML synchronization engine of Synchronica's Mobile Gateway with the Java Communications Suite so that a sales person can synchronise calendar, contacts, and tasks over-the-air.

According to Open Source PBX magazine the contract is Synchronica first with a major hardware manufacturer and will be worth $1.6 million.

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