SOFOR OY TO PROVIDE LOTUS NOTES DATABASE SOLUTION FOR THE NOKIA SERIES 80 DEVELOPER PLATFORM 2.0
P R E S S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOFOR OY TO PROVIDE LOTUS NOTES DATABASE SOLUTION FOR THE NOKIA SERIES 80 DEVELOPER PLATFORM 2.0 CeBIT 2004 in Hanover, Germany, March 18th, 2004 - Sofor Oy, a leading Nordic mobile middleware developer, has launched a solution integrating Lotus Notes for the Nokia Series 80 Developer Platform 2.0. The first device based on the platform is the recently announced Nokia 9500 Communicator. The Series 80 Developer Platform is an ideal choice for enterprise developers who need to deliver secure, powerful, and manageable applications. It supports multiple security features that fit into most end-to-end architectures. High speed and always-on connectivity boosts the productivity of enterprise users, while standards-based device management boosts the productivity of IT departments. For more information visit www.forum.nokia.com/platforms Sofor will showcase the solution at CeBIT, utilizing Waplane and IBM's DB2e technology. The solution built for the new mobile enterprise device synchronizes data over-the-air from IBM Lotus Domino applications to a native Symbian client. IBM Lotus Notes was chosen due to its success in the business world. Millions of professionals world-wide communicate using Notes Databases. IBM Lotus Notes also provides multiple commercial applications for different workgroups of different sizes. In the future, enterprises evolve into true mobility, and the access to on-line applications becomes even more crucial. "Enterprises are turning mobile. IBM provides the platform for mobile business applications. Sofor is among the early adopters in taking IBM Lotus Domino applications to the wireless world and mobilizing enterprise data to mobile phones using the DB2 Everyplace database," says Pekka Leppanen, the ISV Alliances Executive of IBM EMEA Wireless e-business. "We invest strongly in the development of our Mobile Product family. This is the latest step towards a true mobile office, and the development will be expanded into Symbian and J2ME devices," says Jukka-Pekka Sorvisto, President and CEO, Sofor Oy. Meet Sofor representatives in CeBIT 2004 at Nokia's stand in hall 26, Stand E68/F72 2nd floor. More information: Michael Holm, Sofor Oy, Wireless Mikko Suuntala, Sofor Oy, Wireless Solutions Solutions Director Partner Management Vice President, International Sales Tel. +358 50 384 3336 Tel +358 50 384 3340 e-mail: michael.holm@sofor.com email: mikko.suuntala@sofor,com ### ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/03/18/20040318BIT00410/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/03/18/20040318BIT00410/wkr0002.pdf