"Going forward, Nokia plans to form its enterprise solutions offering by
combining Nokia devices and applications with software solutions from
industry leading enterprise vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and
others." Nokia Press Release. September 29, 2008
Yes, you picked it. No mention of Sun Microsystems. Nokia's new strategy represents a great opportunity for Sun and we'll be working hard to get invited to the party.
So what is Nokia's new strategy? Well, basically Nokia will stop developing and marketing their own business
mobility solutions, including enterprise email. Instead they will rely
on leading enterprise technology vendors to provide software solutions for them. The idea is to free up resources and expertise so that Nokia can focus on developing their consumer push-email.
The business logic is that Nokia believes it has a better chance of being no.1 in mobile consumer services, and not mobile enterprise services. In effect, they're sticking to what they do best and working with the experts on the enterprise side. And this is where Sun comes in.
Say HELLO to Sun's recently released Java System Mobile Enterprise Platform.
- A comprehensive mobility solution that enables online & offline data access, data synchronization and secure access to EIS/EAI applications such as Siebel and SAP as well as to any other back-end data source or application.
- Sun's strong open middleware platform makes it possible for employees to access and synchronize enterprise data such as that typically found in CRM and ERP systems or indeed any other back-end data source.
- Imagine healthcare professionals working in remote areas. Sun's MEP provides doctors with access to patient records, allowing them to view patient history as well as update medical records whilst out on-call.
Sure, this type of solution already exists, however historically they've been very stove-piped and proprietary to specific back-end systems and also in many cases proprietary to specific devices.
Sun's Mobile Enterprise Platform is based on open standards. It's extensible and provides the necessary tooling to seamlessly mobilize all enterprise applications, even Nokia ones!
Give it a try. Click to download
Nokia is one of AppGate's largest customers. We also ported our IP Tunneling driver to Solaris for them to ensure that they could make effective use of their Sun platform in their development network.
As for Java MEP, AppGate has the Secure Mobile Office which is a complete mobile VPN solution. All running on Sun platform, Sun Servers, Sun Solaris, build by Sun CRS. It is a highly scalable and robust carrier and Telco operator solution.
Posted by Rainer Enders on November 29, 2008 at 11:47 AM EST #