Intellisync reports on developments in European business e-mail market

Corporate IT Update,  Sept 14, 2005  

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Research published by European analyst firm, Quocirca, commissioned by Intellisync Corporation (Nasdaq: SYNC), a provider of platform-independent wireless messaging, points to an important development in the European business e-mail market.

The report - entitled 'Reaching The Wireless Data Tipping Point' - is a result of a survey of 240 senior IT decision makers from large and medium size organisations across Italy, Germany and the UK.

The report shows that many developments in wireless data have been user-led, particularly for wireless e-mail, and only 18% of businesses have taken a co-ordinated strategic approach. However, the businesses are starting to consider the issues they need to take into account to develop a coherent wireless data strategy and question whether investments to date form a good foundation.

The report also reveals that open standards and clear policies will have great importance for the next wave of mobile investments. Almost all - 97% - of IT decision makers surveyed claimed that clear policies and standards need to be applied to all future mobile data investments. However, currently only 5% of businesses surveyed have defined policies against which they have aligned their mobile investment decisions, whilst 20% have defined policies, but now need to retrofit previous investments to these. Furthermore, 95% of the respondents consider it critical that their strategy enable them to support a wide range of standard handheld devices and 90% of respondents do not believe the mobile market is mature. Overall, 96% of businesses surveyed would be reluctant to make decisions that closed down device options or restricted future activity.

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