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Lotus Notes Support for Nokia S60 Devices Expands Market Opportunity
Espoo, Finland and Armonk, NY, USA - Nokia and IBM today announced
IBM Lotus Notes support for a number of Nokia's S60-based mobile
phones, meaning that millions of Lotus Notes users are now able to
access email with their Nokia devices. This also represents a
significant market opportunity for IBM Lotus Notes -- which has 140
million licensed users -- with many Nokia customers now able to
purchase Lotus Notes and access its collaboration capabilities on the
go.
With this announcement, more than 80 million people - the number of
Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices shipped globally* - can connect to
corporate email accounts via Lotus Domino Server software known as
Lotus Notes Traveler. This software provides real time access to
email, calendar, address book, journal and to-do list data and will
be available for Nokia devices in December 2008.
According to IBM's Institute for Business Value, this year, for the
first time, more people in the world will have a mobile device than a
land-line telephone. IBM predicts one billion mobile Web users by
2011 and a significant shift in the way the majority of people will
interact with the Web over the next decade. In fact, mobile devices
now outnumber television sets, credit cards and personal computers.
"This is another strong affirmation of our business mobility vision,
which is to establish partnerships with the world's leading
enterprise vendors. This collaboration means nearly 90 percent of
business email can be mobilized with Nokia devices, without needing
to purchase additional servers, middleware or licenses. With the
presence, position and technology that IBM have in the corporate
email market, they are an essential partner for us in enterprise,"
says Soren Petersen, senior vice president, Nokia. "People need to be
connected to their email, information and network when they are out
of the office and that has to be done conveniently and on their
terms. Lotus Notes Traveler for Nokia devices is a great example of
that."
"We are excited about IBM's growing relationship with Nokia and what
this does for the build-out of the mobile Web," said Kevin Cavanaugh,
vice president of IBM Lotus Software. We are literally freeing
millions of people using Nokia's Symbian platform from having to rely
on a desktop or laptop to access their important business
communications. Working with the market leader like Nokia is a
natural fit for attaining IBM's goals of maintaining the flow of
business, regardless of time, distance or location -- all for no
additional charge for both of our companies' current customers and a
new opportunity for new customers."
This announcement is a major development in IBM's efforts to expand
mobile support for the Lotus software portfolio. The ability to
connect securely to business email is an example of Tomorrow at Work,
an IBM initiative that examines a changing work environment and
anticipates trends in technology, business, society and culture.
Other IBM Lotus technologies that can be mobilized for anytime
anywhere work include Lotus Sametime for instant messaging and
unified communications, Lotus Connections for enterprise social
networking and Lotus Quickr for social content sharing.
*The number of Nokia S60 devices shipped as of the end of July 2008
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We
make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that
enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television,
imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing
our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise
solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.
For more information on IBM software for the mobile Web, visit
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/notes/traveler.html.
Nokia devices compatible with IBM Lotus Notes Traveler:
Nokia E71, Nokia E66, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia E70, Nokia E65,
Nokia E63, Nokia E62, Nokia E61i, Nokia E61, Nokia E60, Nokia E51,
Nokia E50, Nokia N96, Nokia N85, Nokia N79, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N95,
Nokia N82, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N81, Nokia N78, Nokia N77, Nokia N76,
Nokia N75, Nokia N73, Nokia N93, Nokia N93i, Nokia N80, Nokia N91,
Nokia N92, Nokia N71, Nokia 3250, Nokia 5500, Nokia 6290, Nokia 6110
Navigator, Nokia 6120 Classic, Nokia 6121 Classic, Nokia 6122
Classic, Nokia 6124, Nokia 6650 Fold, Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, Nokia
5700, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 Classic
Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners.
Media Enquiries:
IBM
Mike Azzi
Tel. +1 914 766 1561
Email: azzi@us.ibm.com
Nokia
Communications
Tel. +358 7180 34900
Email: press.services@nokia.com
www.nokia.com
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