Good Technology and Sprint Team Up to Offer GoodLink Wireless Messaging and PIM Directly to Sprint Business Customers
Tuesday, 12 July 2005 19:10 EST
Sprint Customers Now Have More Convenient, Cost-Effective Access to GoodLink’s Productivity-Enhancing Capabilities on the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — July 11, 2005 — Good Technology, Inc.and Sprint(NYSE: FON) today announced an agreement that will make GoodLink, Good’s award-winning wireless messaging and PIM software and service, available directly to business customers through Sprint’s nationwide direct sales force. Previously only available to Sprint customers through third-party channels, GoodLink is now more convenient for companies to purchase and support, with simplified access to devices, data plans, GoodLink server and client software and support in one unified package from Sprint.
“Our relationship with Sprint marks an important milestone in our ongoing efforts to simplify our customers’ wireless deployments,” said Danny Shader, CEO, Good Technology. “Although GoodLink has already been selected by more than 6,500 enterprises, Sprint’s powerful distribution and reliable CDMA network will bring GoodLink’s productivity and efficiency benefits to even more customers more conveniently and cost-effectively.”
GoodLink features include:
* Two-way wireless synchronization of Microsoft Exchange: enterprise e-mail, contacts, calendar, notes and tasks.
* Device and platform choice: Intuitive Outlook-like interface with robust features on leading productivity-enhancing devices including the Sprint PCS Smart Device Treo 650 by palmOne and the Sprint PCS Smart Device PPC 6600/6601.
* Enterprise-class security : GoodLink Compliance Manager, Secure Over-the-Air provisioning and management, FIPS-certified AES data encryption, remote erase, and remote password policy management;
* Simple device provisioning and management for IT: Secure Over-the-Air provisioning, upgrades, and delivery of third party software for a lower total cost of ownership.
Sprint, the industry leader in wireless data, offers the largest, all-digital, all-PCS wireless network in the U.S. with flexible plans to meet unique business needs. Sprint’s relationship with Good Technology furthers the company’s vision to offer a powerful remote access experience for mobile workers on a secure, CDMA nationwide wireless network, covering over 87 percent of the U.S.
“Wireless email and remote access solutions can significantly enhance productivity and Sprint wants to make it as easy as possible for our business customers to take advantage of these time and cost-saving tools,” said Tim Donahue, vice president – Enterprise Marketing, Sprint Business Solutions. “ Adding the GoodLink solution to Sprint’s remote access portfolio provides business customers with a simplified buying process and the ability to receive charges for Sprint PCS voice service and GoodLink on a single bill from Sprint.”
About Good Technology
Good Technology is the leader in wireless handheld computing software and service, using industry standards to provide the corporate applications enterprises need on the handhelds they choose over the networks they prefer. The company’s GoodAccess and GoodLink products extend mission-critical enterprise applications--including Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, salesforce.com and Siebel--to mobile employees when an where they need them, using end-to-end AES encrypted, FIPS 140-2 certified security, and cradle-free, real-time synchronization. GoodLink and GoodAccess are combined enterprise software and service that run on a variety of devices and networks, freeing customers from vendor lock-in, and allowing maximum flexibility. Good Technology is located in Santa Clara, California. For more information call 1-866-7-BEGOOD and select the option for sales, e-mail or visit www.good.com.
About Sprint
Sprint offers an extensive range of innovative communication products and solutions, including global IP, wireless, local and multi-product bundles. A Fortune 100 company with more than $27 billion in annual revenues in 2004, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network; an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone; and one of the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide wireless networks in the United States. For more information, visit www.sprint.com/mr.