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IBM Lotus Notes on the iPhone: Bringing the enterprise into Apple’s mobile device.

by Juan Gonzalez on Aug 10, 2008 at 08:35 AM

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It’s clear for everyone who follows the iPhone, that Apple is interested in the enterprise environment. Since the iPhone SDK press event on March 6th, Apple made it clear they wanted to be a mayor player in the business of corporative mobile computing.

Apple claims to have the best phone for business ever, but we all know how good they are on making up convincing lines for us to consume. The iPhone, so far, has great features that makes it a potential contender in the enterprise arena, but, according to Gartner, after three weeks of testing and reviewing the 3G version of the phone in large businesses, the device can be supported by IT shops, but only for a narrow set of uses such as voice, e-mail, web browsing and storage of personal information. They claim some security issues as a reason for the limited use cases.

Even though the phone could not be entirely mature for the enterprise yet, some big players are betting on Apple’s device now. They know Apple, so they also know the Cupertino-based company does take its goals seriously, and they’ll probably overcome today’s limitation in the near future.

One of those big players is IBM. IBM owns a widely spread enterprise product called Lotus Domino. Domino includes some important productivity apps, and they’re announcing Web Access for Lotus Domino, also known as Lotus iNotes. Big Blue says they plan to deliver Lotus functionality this year, and they already have a website dedicated to the subject.

Lotus iNotes “Ultralight” technology so far include features such as:

  • Email, contacts and calendar access
  • Easy viewing of Lotus inbox
  • Email reading and writing with hidden or shown details
  • File and attachment sending
  • Day-at-glance calendar viewing
  • Meetings, all day events, reminders and anniversaries detail viewing
  • Contacts and groups information viewing
  • New contact entries quickly creation

Other vendors—such as Oracle and NetSuite—are in the process of developing and releasing enterprise business intelligence applications for the new version of the iPhone. The future will bring some exciting news on the enterprise world for our favorite mobile phone, meanwhile, make yourself comfortable and keep alert for upcoming news.

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