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Oracle
and Nokia bring collaboration capabilities to enterprise mobile
workforce
Posted: 19 February 2003
Dubai, UAE — Oracle Corporation the world’s
largest enterprise software company, and Nokia the global leader
in mobility, today announced a joint initiative to deliver Oracle
Collaboration Suite on Nokia mobile handsets, signaling the companies’
intention to deliver integrated mobility solutions to enterprise
workforces.
Oracle and Nokia intend to develop this unique mobile solution
for enterprise voicemail, email, calendaring, file management and
search capabilities to provide mobile workers with one source for
integrated and consistent communication across multiple mobile devices
and platforms. Program roll out is scheduled to initiate in Western
Europe with plans to extend the agreement to the Americas and Asia
Pacific. Customer pilots are planned for second quarter of 2003,
beginning in the UK.
“Mobility is now relevant for the enterprise market. Oracle’s
enterprise experience combined with that of the leading mobility
provider sets a precedent for future strategic initiatives in this
market,” said Ayman Abouseif, Sr. Marketing Director Eastern
Central Europe, Middle East and Africa. “The European workforce
is becoming increasingly mobile and to remain productive, employees
need instant access to their corporate e-mail, calendar and files
– wherever they are. This strategic relationship is set to
provide the right solution for this market need.”
Global development teams from both corporations are leveraging
synergies between Oracle Collaboration Suite and Nokia’s advanced
range of mobile handsets optimized for business use. The Nokia 6800,
as well as the Symbian-based Nokia 3650, Nokia 7650 and Nokia 9200
series handsets, using Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 1, offer
uniquely integrated e-mail, calendaring and contact management capabilities
to the mobile workforce. Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 2, which
extends real-time capabilities to the joint offering, is scheduled
for delivery in the second quarter of 2003.
“Nokia believes enterprise collaboration is a key business
requirement for mobile workers. Mobile workers need voice, calendar,
contacts and e-mail, all of which are supported throughout the range
of Nokia business handsets,” said Erik Anderson, senior vice
president, Business Applications, Nokia Mobile Phones. “With
several categories of enhanced functionality to choose from, the
Nokia business platform range gives enterprises a unique opportunity
to balance the needs and preferences of different user groups as
well as optimize IT spending while mobilizing business processes.
We are delighted to be working with Oracle on this initiative. The
combination of Nokia business handsets and Oracle Collaboration
Suite will allow companies to maximize the productivity and time
efficiency of their mobile workers while simultaneously minimizing
the cost associated with being mobile.”
Independent market research company iGillottResearch examined the
benefits associated with mobile collaboration applications and found
that mobile access to e-mail and personal information management
saves between five and six hours per mobile employee per week, while
an average pay back period for investment in mobile applications
is a very rapid four-to-six months. iGillottResearch believes that
any corporate IT department would be ill advised to implement any
new enterprise IT solutions without first considering the implications
of wireless technology on that application or environment. Global
competition, and the ability to move information, content, and documents
around an organization today depend on mobility solutions.
Oracle Collaboration Suite is the first product that leverages
a relational database to offer a secure, reliable and scalable way
to simplify business communications and consolidate information
— reducing hardware, software and administration costs.
Leveraging the Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i Application Server
infrastructure, Oracle Collaboration Suite offers customers a suite
of enterprise-class messaging and collaboration applications that
enables organizations to reduce total cost of ownership while increasing
user productivity. It provides users with access to integrated email,
voicemail, calendaring, file sharing and search capabilities from
popular desktop clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Web browsers
and a wide range of wireless devices including PDAs and cell phones.
For information about Oracle see www.oracle.com/me
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