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InnoPath Introduces First Mobile Device Management System Tying Smartphones and Advanced Featurephones to Customer Care
Innovative MDM Leader to Demonstrate Enhanced Capabilities of ActiveCare at Mobile World Congress
Sunnyvale, CA, February 3, 2009 - InnoPath Software, the leader in Mobile Device Management with its standards-based
approach, today announced its next-generation solution, ActiveCare. ActiveCare
represents a transition from point products with limited applicability to complete
solutions and provides operators with an ‘active’ connection between
the subscriber’s phone and frontline care. This reduces call handling times,
increases first-call problem resolution, lowers operational expenses, and reduces
churn by enhancing the end-user experience. ActiveCare is applicable to both
featurephone and smartphones using the InnoPath Smart Client or native clients
installed on the phone at the factory. The solution builds upon the company’s
5+ years of experience in delivering MDM server and client products to Tier-1
operators and handset manufacturers.
InnoPath will be demonstrating its complete
product line at the upcoming Mobile World Congress,
held the 16th through the 19th of February
in Barcelona. The company is also offering a
series of MDM ROI workshops, where operators
can prove for themselves the financial savings
possible with MDM. More information on both the
demos and workshops is available at www.innopath.com/mwc2009.
“In the current climate, being able to
offer a solution that is immediately deployable,
reduces churn and is capable of generating concrete
returns on the investment is critical within
the MDM space,” said Stephen Drake, Program
VP, Mobility & Telecom at IDC. “Successful
suppliers of MDM solutions should seek to tie
MDM to one of the few remaining strategic differentiators
available to the Tier-1 operator by addressing
the operators’ single largest operational
expense – customer care.”
The InnoPath ActiveCare product line consists
of the following components:
- The InnoPath Server, currently deployed
at multiple Tier-1 operators, provides the
scalability, reliability and extensibility
critical for the next phase of MDM.
- The Smart Client, an OMA-DM standards-based
client that can be loaded at the factory or
pushed to handsets already in the field, provides
the basis for end-to-end manageability. The
Smart Client is both upgradable and extensible,
supporting a rich set of management plug-ins.
- The ActiveCare Agent, a SmartClient
enabler, builds on OMA-DM standards to accelerate
MDM deployment with a “Standards+” solution
that fills gaps in current, existing standards.
- The ActiveCare Portal, a simplified,
easy-to-use, web-based front-end for the InnoPath
Server, helps front-line care personnel quickly
and effectively troubleshoot phone problems,
shortening call times and facilitating first
time problem resolution.
InnoPath’s ActiveCare provides the mobile
network operator with six key management components:
- Mobile Check: pulse the phone for
hardware and software settings.
- Mobile
Check and Correct: pull application
settings from phone, compare them to expected
baseline settings, and push corrections.
- Mobile Config: push application
configurations to the phone, critical for GSM
data service usability.
- Mobile Lock and Wipe: lock
and/or wipe lost or stolen phones, critical
for corporate security and preventing identity
theft.
- Mobile Update: push updated firmware
images or OS patches to the phone. InnoPath’s
proven FOTA technology means that, unlike full
system images used in tethered update systems,
update packages can be quickly and reliably
pushed over-the-air to devices in the field.
- Mobile Device Control: configure
hardware on the device, such as WiFi or Bluetooth.
“InnoPath has built upon its operator
and handset vendor experience to deliver an end-to-end
solution that meets the critical customer care
needs of operators globally,” said David
Ginsburg, Vice President of Marketing for InnoPath. “We
are well into the deployment of ActiveCare across
a number of our Tier-1 operator customers globally.”
About InnoPath
InnoPath Software is the global leader in Mobile Device Management, a technology
that enables wireless operators to better and more cost effectively manage and
deliver revenue-generating services for consumers and enterprises. InnoPath’s
standards-based approach has proven successful at the largest wireless operators
in the world, including AT&T, China Unicom, KDDI and Verizon Wireless. The
InnoPath client has been adopted by leading handset manufacturers including Samsung
and LG. InnoPath was recently recognized by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 Winner
as well as by Deloitte for financial performance. Headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, InnoPath is privately held with offices around the world. For more
information, visit www.innopath.com.
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