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Enable your Mobile Workforce with Windows Mobile 6

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Companies are discovering the value in having information workers do their jobs outside of the office. Work is no longer tied to a set, physical location. Communicating with others and accessing and working with information while away from the desk is improving the productivity of all types of professionals—from consultants, sales representatives, and installation technicians to physicians, administrators, and store managers. Worldwide, 80 percent of companies are projected to start allowing their employees to work from home. According to research conducted by Gartner, "mobile workforce enablement is a top 3 technology priority for CIOs …" —Gartner Survey of 1,400 CIOs Shows Transformation of IT Organization is Accelerating, January 23, 2006.

Mobility is helping to improve business productivity and processes, and companies are learning how to create a competitive advantage by helping to give their workforce the ability to:

  • Save time and increase productivity by quickly and easily accessing information when workers are away from the office, to capture ideas and thoughts from anywhere.
  • Respond better to customer requests with access to e-mail and vital business information when workers are away from the office.
  • Automatically synchronize files when their mobile PCs, Windows Mobile powered Smartphones, and PDAs connect to the corporate network.
  • Improve sales cycles and forge closer relationships with customers and partners through anytime, anywhere access to information that can help them improve responsiveness, complete a sale, or simplify a process for partners.

With a host of new features and enhancements, Windows Mobile® 6 helps your organization extend prior investments in Microsoft® software,infrastructure, and training. Windows Mobile 6 provides enhanced value for IT professionals in several key areas, including messaging and collaboration, infrastructure interoperability, security features, and platform development. Read on and review all of the benefits of Windows Mobile 6 and how it can empower your mobile workforce in the new world of work.

Increased Interoperability with Existing Infrastructure

Windows Mobile allows you to easily extend your current infrastructure investments—including Exchange Server, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, and other Microsoft technologies—to your mobile workforce. Windows Mobile 6 enables greater interoperability through a variety of features, including:

▪ Exchange e-mail search*

▪ Access SharePoint® documents from e-mail links*

▪ Easier setup and powerful synchronization with Windows Vista™-powered personal computers

* Requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 ** Requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2

Improved Mobile Messaging & Collaboration

Windows Mobile 6 offers a genuine and familiar messaging and collaboration experience with Microsoft Office Outlook® Mobile. Your mobile workforce can achieve higher levels of productivity away from the office with comprehensive access to the messaging applications and information that they rely on every day. Messaging enhancements in Windows Mobile 6 include:

▪ Support for HTML e-mail

▪ Out of Office Assistant*

▪ Smart on-device filtering

▪ Fetch mail

▪ Keyboard shortcuts

▪ Support for message follow-up flags*

▪ Global Address List**

Enhanced Security Features

Enhanced security features in Windows Mobile 6 help protect sensitive information, allowing your mobile users to connect directly to your organization's network with confidence.

▪ Storage card encryption and remote device wipe

▪ Simplified certificate enrollment

▪ Enhanced Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Implementation Support

▪ Support for PFX certificates

▪ Enhanced device lock

▪ Support for wildcard certificates

▪ Outlook Web Access (OWA) self-service*

▪ Information Rights Management e-mail**

* Requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 ** Requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2

More Flexible Development Platform

Windows Mobile enables you to easily manage the development and deployment of line of business solutions with the same world-class tools used to manage Microsoft Windows® desktops and servers.

Development platform enhancements in Windows Mobile 6 include:

▪ .NET Compact Framework and SQL Compact Edition installed in ROM

▪ Compatibility with Windows Mobile 5.0 applications

▪ Support for AJAX

▪ Remote Desktop Mobile

For More Information

Make your mobility investments go farther while helping your organization improve productivity and responsiveness. Learn more about Windows Mobile 6 at www.windowsmobile.com .