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| PostPath Email Server 3.0 Supports Vast Majority of Mobile Devices PostPath has announced the release of PostPath Server version 3.0. The server now supports both Blackberry Enterprise Server and Microsoft ActiveSync, the push technologies used by the vast majority of mobile devices for full enablement of email, calendaring, and other mobile services. In addition, PostPath Server 3.0 incorporates major performance upgrades that enable it to deliver three to five times the performance of Exchange for Outlook and mobile clients alike. Today, companies are no longer relying on Outlook alone to access their data but are adopting a mix of access methods — handheld devices, web-browser-based clients, and remote access — in addition to Outlook. Existing corporate infrastructure is struggling to cope with the widespread rollout of this varied set of access methods. PostPath 3.0 enables companies to broadly deploy mobile access alongside their Outlook desktops, and to use web browser-based access to supplement or displace traditional desktop systems, while solving performance, data management, and interoperability issues. The performance improvements implemented in PostPath 3.0 enable enterprises to give every employee large mailboxes, without running out of server or storage bandwidth. PostPath 3.0 also lowers infrastructure costs by enabling more users per server and more data per server. With native support for BES and ActiveSync, PostPath 3.0 supports the vast majority of handheld devices on the market today. BES support enables feature-rich high performance for Blackberry devices including Pearl and Curve. ActiveSync support enables users of Palm/Treo, Motorola Q, Symbian, Nokia, Windows Mobile, Helios, Blackjack, and High Tech Computer devices — and ultimately Apple iPhone users — to access email, calendar, and other information on the PostPath server. Handheld devices typically place a load on Exchange that is two to four times the load of Outlook, as they repeatedly synchronize handheld data against the server. Major performance upgrades incorporated into PostPath 3.0 deliver five times the I/O efficiency of Exchange, and enable synchronization that is up to 100 times faster, avoiding I/O saturation and enabling the broad rollout of mobile handsets without server headaches. PostPath Server 3.0 greatly eases installation and setup, with automatic Active Directory configuration detection and one-shot, no-reboot installation. It simplifies data management by providing standards-based hot-backup and hot-restore capabilities. And release 3.0 introduces a new generation of PostPath management tools, so that customers can now have the choice of using Microsoft programs in a co-existence scenario, or of switching more rapidly to an all-PostPath environment. Meanwhile, PostPath's standards-based architecture enables straightforward, cost-effective solutions for replication, clustering, disaster recovery, and eDiscovery. PostPath 3.0 not only natively supports the major mobile platforms but also enables mixed access via other channels. Secure remote access via RPC/HTTP(S) enables Outlook use without the need for a VPN connection. The server also includes WebMail support in the form of a browser-independent, easy-to-use AJAX web client, and provides full interoperability between WebMail and other corporate data such as address lists and calendar free/busy information. This broad access support opens up the corporate infrastructure to a mixed-client future that enables mobile-, web-, or PC-based collaboration. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |