Corporate mobility: Six wireless e-mail packages tested

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03 June 2003 09:30 AM
Tags: e-mail, pan, 802.11b, gprs, lotus, domino, 802.11a, 802.11g


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Product  Extended Systems XTNDConnect Server v3.6 IBM Lotus Domino Everyplace Access v4.2 Infowave Symmetry Pro Enterprise
Price  US$95-$175 per user, depending on number of users. Groupware Server, US$4000. Ent. Server, US$20,000. Client Access Licence $209.80 per user, Domino Enterprise Server $4882.36 per processor. US$135-$175 per user, depending on number of users.
Vendor  Extended Systems IBM Infowave
Phone  +1 208 322 7575 13 24 26 +1 604 473 3600
Web  www.extendedsystems.com www.ibm.com/au www.infowave.com
Warranty  - All licences include 12 months software maintenance and upgrades. Service contracts available for 20 percent of upfront cost.
Support times and costs  - 12 months 6:00 am - 6:00 pm Canada Pacific Time
Hardware Requirements 
Processor  Pentium 300MHz minimum, Pentium III or higher. Pentium II 500MHz or higher Pentium III 700 MHz or equivalent
Memory  128MB minimum, 512MB for 100-250 users, 1 GB for 250-500 users, 2 GB for 500-1000 users 512MB or more 512MB, 300MB available for application
Hard drive  100MB for server software and at least 4MB for each use 1GB minimum, 1.5GB recommended 100MB
Software Requirements
Operating System  Windows NT 4.0 SP6a or later, Windows 2000 SP2 Windows 2000 Server, Windows NT 4.0 SP5 Windows 2000 Server SP1, Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
E-Mail Software  Microsoft Exchange Server Lotus Domino 5.06a or higher Microsoft Exchange 5.5 or 2000
Database Engine  N/A Built in N/A
Mobile Device Support  Palm OS 3.5 and above; Microsoft Pocket PC 2000, 2002 or Handheld PC 3.0; RIM 2.1; Orange Smart Phones; SyncML clients; Symbian 6 and 7 Any device supporting WAP 1.1 and higher, XHTML, cHTML or Mobile HTML Microsoft Pocket PC 2002, Palm OS 3.5x and above

Product  Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Synchrologic Email Accelerator Wireless Knowledge Workstyle Server Edition for Exchange v.4.0
Price:  25 users $5208, 50 users $8883, 100 users $16,233, 500 users $69,942 (RRP; volume licenses available). $250-$488 per user, depending on number of users. US$50 per user per year. Volume pricing available for more than 100 users.
Vendor  Microsoft Synchrologic Wireless Knowledge
Phone  13 20 58 +1 770 754 5600 +1 858 882 6400
Web  www.microsoft.com www.synchrologic.com www.wirelessknowledge.com
Warranty  Limited express warranty applies. - -
Support times and costs  Variety of support options availabe - -
Hardware Requirements 
Processor  Pentium 133MHz or higher Pentium III 800 MHz or higher Pentium III 700 MHz or higher
Memory  128MB minimum, 256MB or more recommended 512MB 512MB
Hard drive  500MB on the disk where you install Exchange 2003, and 200 MB on the system drive 100MB 9GB in a RAID configuration
Software Requirements
Operating System  Windows 2000 Server SP3, Windows Server 2003 RC2 or later Windows 2000 Server SP2 and all hot fixes N/A
E-Mail Software  Built In Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino Microsoft Exchange 5.5 or 2000
Database Engine  N/A Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP2 (Optional) or MSDE 2000 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP2 (Optional) or MSDE 2000
Mobile Device Support  See www.microsoft.com/mobile/enterprise Palm OS 3.0 and above; Windows CE 3.0 or Pocket PC Palm OS 3.5 and above; Microsoft Pocket PC 2000 or 2002; any device with a Web browser.

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