Oracle and Nokia to bring collaboration capabilities to the enterprise mobile workforce
- World's Leading Mobility and Enterprise Software Vendors Announce Strategic Relationship to Offer Integrated Mobility Applications to the Enterprise -
Oracle Corp. (Oracle Corp. (NASDQ: ORCL),the world's largest enterprise software company, and Nokia (NYSE:NOK), theglobal leader in mobility, today announced a joint initiative to deliverOracle Collaboration Suite on Nokia mobile handsets, signalling thecompanies' intention to deliver integrated mobility solutions toenterprise workforces.
Oracle and Nokia intend to develop this unique mobile solution forenterprise voicemail, email, calendaring, file management and searchcapabilities to provide mobile workers with one source for integrated andconsistent communication across multiple mobile devices and platforms.Program roll out is scheduled to initiate in Western Europe with plans toextend the agreement to the Americas and Asia Pacific. Customer pilots areplanned for second quarter of 2003, beginning in the UK.
"Mobility is now relevant for the enterprise market. Oracle's enterpriseexperience combined with that of the leading mobility provider, sets aprecedent for future strategic initiatives in this market," said SergioGiacoletto, executive vice president, Oracle Europe, Middle East & Africa."The European workforce is becoming increasingly mobile and to remainproductive, employees need instant access to their corporate e-mail,calendar and files - wherever they are. This strategic relationship is setto provide the right solution for this market need."
Global development teams from both corporations are leveraging synergiesbetween Oracle Collaboration Suite and Nokia's advanced range of mobilehandsets optimised for business use. The Nokia 6800, as well as theSymbian-based Nokia 3650, Nokia 7650 and Nokia 9200 series handsets, usingOracle 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 capabilitiesto the joint offering, is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of2003.
"Nokia believes enterprise collaboration is a key business requirement formobile workers. Mobile workers need voice, calendar, contacts and e-mail,all of which are supported throughout the range of Nokia businesshandsets," said Erik Anderson, senior vice president, BusinessApplications, Nokia Mobile Phones. "With several categories of enhancedfunctionality to choose from, the Nokia business platform range givesenterprises a unique opportunity to balance the needs and preferences ofdifferent user groups as well as optimise IT spending while mobilisingbusiness processes. We are delighted to be working with Oracle on thisinitiative. The combination of Nokia business handsets and OracleCollaboration Suite will allow companies to maximise the productivity andtime efficiency of their mobile workers while simultaneously minimisingthe cost associated with being mobile."
Independent market research company iGillottResearch examined the benefitsassociated with mobile collaboration applications and found that mobileaccess to e-mail and personal information management saves between fiveand six hours per mobile employee per week, while an average pay backperiod for investment in mobile applications is a very rapid four-to-sixmonths. iGillottResearch believes that any corporate IT department wouldbe ill advised to implement any new enterprise IT solutions without firstconsidering the implications of wireless technology on that application orenvironment. Global competition, and the ability to move information,content, and documents around an organisation today depend on mobilitysolutions.
About Oracle Collaboration Suite
Oracle Collaboration Suite is the first product that leverages arelational database to offer a secure, reliable and scalable way tosimplify business communications and consolidate information - reducinghardware, software and administration costs. Leveraging the Oracle9iDatabase and Oracle9i Application Server infrastructure, OracleCollaboration Suite offers customers a suite of enterprise-class messagingand collaboration applications that enables organisations to reduce totalcost of ownership while increasing user productivity. It provides userswith access to integrated email, voicemail, calendaring, file sharing andsearch capabilities from popular desktop clients such as MicrosoftOutlook, Web browsers and a wide range of wireless devices including PDAsand cell phones.
About Oracle
Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For moreinformation about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by itsexperience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, thecompany has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leadingsupplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks. By adding mobility to theInternet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and furtherenriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company withlistings on six major exchanges.
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Oracle and Nokia intend to develop this unique mobile solution forenterprise voicemail, email, calendaring, file management and searchcapabilities to provide mobile workers with one source for integrated andconsistent communication across multiple mobile devices and platforms.Program roll out is scheduled to initiate in Western Europe with plans toextend the agreement to the Americas and Asia Pacific. Customer pilots areplanned for second quarter of 2003, beginning in the UK.
"Mobility is now relevant for the enterprise market. Oracle's enterpriseexperience combined with that of the leading mobility provider, sets aprecedent for future strategic initiatives in this market," said SergioGiacoletto, executive vice president, Oracle Europe, Middle East & Africa."The European workforce is becoming increasingly mobile and to remainproductive, employees need instant access to their corporate e-mail,calendar and files - wherever they are. This strategic relationship is setto provide the right solution for this market need."
Global development teams from both corporations are leveraging synergiesbetween Oracle Collaboration Suite and Nokia's advanced range of mobilehandsets optimised for business use. The Nokia 6800, as well as theSymbian-based Nokia 3650, Nokia 7650 and Nokia 9200 series handsets, usingOracle 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 capabilitiesto the joint offering, is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of2003.
"Nokia believes enterprise collaboration is a key business requirement formobile workers. Mobile workers need voice, calendar, contacts and e-mail,all of which are supported throughout the range of Nokia businesshandsets," said Erik Anderson, senior vice president, BusinessApplications, Nokia Mobile Phones. "With several categories of enhancedfunctionality to choose from, the Nokia business platform range givesenterprises a unique opportunity to balance the needs and preferences ofdifferent user groups as well as optimise IT spending while mobilisingbusiness processes. We are delighted to be working with Oracle on thisinitiative. The combination of Nokia business handsets and OracleCollaboration Suite will allow companies to maximise the productivity andtime efficiency of their mobile workers while simultaneously minimisingthe cost associated with being mobile."
Independent market research company iGillottResearch examined the benefitsassociated with mobile collaboration applications and found that mobileaccess to e-mail and personal information management saves between fiveand six hours per mobile employee per week, while an average pay backperiod for investment in mobile applications is a very rapid four-to-sixmonths. iGillottResearch believes that any corporate IT department wouldbe ill advised to implement any new enterprise IT solutions without firstconsidering the implications of wireless technology on that application orenvironment. Global competition, and the ability to move information,content, and documents around an organisation today depend on mobilitysolutions.
About Oracle Collaboration Suite
Oracle Collaboration Suite is the first product that leverages arelational database to offer a secure, reliable and scalable way tosimplify business communications and consolidate information - reducinghardware, software and administration costs. Leveraging the Oracle9iDatabase and Oracle9i Application Server infrastructure, OracleCollaboration Suite offers customers a suite of enterprise-class messagingand collaboration applications that enables organisations to reduce totalcost of ownership while increasing user productivity. It provides userswith access to integrated email, voicemail, calendaring, file sharing andsearch capabilities from popular desktop clients such as MicrosoftOutlook, Web browsers and a wide range of wireless devices including PDAsand cell phones.
About Oracle
Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For moreinformation about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by itsexperience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, thecompany has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leadingsupplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks. By adding mobility to theInternet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and furtherenriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company withlistings on six major exchanges.
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Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or itsaffiliates.
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