Mobility


Email for most companies is the most pervasive and mission critical communication tool. As email usage has grown and the need to always be in contact with the rest of the organisation, employees are always asking for more the ability to work anytime and anywhere across the globe. This is putting increasing demands on company IT departments to provide remote access and mobile devices.

A Mobility solution will be pertinent to you if any of the following are true:

  • If you have a dispersed mobile workforce

  • If you have more users working from home

  • If you have users on the road

  • If you require access to mail anytime and from anywhere

Gartner has recently stated that "mobile technology is the fastest growing area of an IT directors budget and by 2008 mobile enablement will become the second highest technology priority".


Mobility Solutions

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 can help address these issues with the following features:

Exchange Active Sync

Exchange Active Sync enables Windows Mobile devices (PDAs, smartphones, etc) to store and synchronise Exchange content. It synchronises Inbox, Calendar and Contacts and without requiring a PC, a cradle or synchronisation software. There are three types of synchronisation:

  • Delivery to user-specified SMTP address

  • Up to date notification the mobile device is notified when a new message is received

  • User-initiated

Outlook Mobile Access (OMA)

Outlook Mobile Access, a replacement for Microsoft Mobile Information Server, provides Exchange access via a number of protocols HTML, CHTML or XHTML, to enable users to access their email, calendar, contacts and tasks.

Outlook Web Access (OWA)

Outlook Web Access provides access to a users mailbox from a Web browser. The premium version gives the same look and feel as well as similar functionality to that provided by the Microsoft Outlook 2003 client. It requires Internet Explorer 5.01 and above. The basic version is for older versions of Internet Explorer and non-Microsoft browsers.

RPC over HTTP

RPC over HTTP enables Microsoft Outlook 2003 clients to connect to a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 server over the Internet without the need of a VPN connection.

Benefits of Mobility with Embrionic

Embrionic will assist businesses realise their potential by using Microsoft collaboration and communications technologies. We can help you deploy Exchange Server 2003 in a way that fits your particular business needs. If your team depends on customised applications developed for your operations, we can help you protect your investment as you migrate legacy systems to the new Microsoft Exchange 2003 platform.