Condyn introduces SEVEN mobile e-mail solution into its security framework

Increased labour mobility has been a significant worldwide trend with workers travelling more, working from home, and generally spending more time out of the office with customers, suppliers and colleagues. These workers often need access to company resources when they are `remote`, and PC connectivity is not always possible or practical.

As a result, the recent adoption rate of mobile devices now outpaces all other technologies, including laptops and PCs, in terms of supporting `access` over the Internet. The number of sophisticated mobile wireless devices such as PDAs and now increasingly cellphones continues to grow exponentially, as mobile workers demand immediate and constant access to corporate intranet information as well as e-mail and calendaring services, through their mobile devices.

"This is a significant market trend, and one which Condyn has responded to by incorporating the SEVEN Always On-Mail solution into its security framework to ensure the continued delivery of the most comprehensive security suite for messaging, access and device control, encryption and forensic archiving," said Jorina Van Rensburg, CEO of Condyn.

"Mobile is exploding in Africa," said Stuart Winter, Sales Director of Condyn. "Vodacom announced that it added 1 million new subscribers in December 2005, and others are experiencing similar growth. Many of these subscribers are looking for value-added mobile services, but with this comes both the need to ensure cost-effectiveness of such services including e-mail integration, as well as certainty that the data delivered and the actual devices are secure.

"Legacy mobile systems are typically only rolled out to limited numbers of users because they demand dedicated devices and expensive infrastructures. SEVEN is different, securely supporting most available handsets and mobile devices without the need for expensive servers, protecting current investments and making SEVEN suitable for many more users."

"Mobile communications can open up users to new threats and challenges, but after a long review, we knew that SEVEN not only offered the best solution at the best price, it also did it with total security for small and large businesses alike," said Lukas Swart, SEVEN Product Champion for Africa within Condyn.

"We are very pleased to introduce our mobile e-mail solution to Condyn`s customers in South Africa, the largest and most developed telecommunications market on the continent," said Dan Metcalfe, Director for the Reseller Channel.

"In cooperation with Condyn we are able to serve the needs for mobile e-mail of many types of mobile phone users starting from large enterprises, all the way to individuals. Customers can expect a high performance solution that is very cost-efficient, quick to implement and highly flexible - supporting over 120 mobile devices on the market."

SEVEN delivers the world`s most sophisticated and fully featured real-time mobile e-mail experience, including:

* Push-based, real-time data access: Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, IMAP and POP e-mail, personal contacts, calendar, global directories and documents are all available in real-time.
* Information anytime, anywhere: Online (eg, real-time) and offline (eg, on an airplane) access to e-mail and contacts.
* Simple deployment: With over-the-air provisioning, full enterprise installations take less than one hour and consumers are up and running in five minutes or less.
* Enterprise-class security: 128-bit AES and SSL encryption provide secure user authentication. No data is replicated to third-party servers. Data may be erased from devices remotely.
* Integrated e-mail and phone functionality: Leverages the inherent telephony capabilities of the handset. Phone calls can be initiated from the e-mail or contacts views.
* Broad mobile network support: Runs over all 2.5G, 3G and international wireless standards (ie, GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA, WLAN).
* Lowest total cost of ownership: SEVEN powered enterprise solutions are 50% less expensive than competing proprietary services.