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O2 has launched a new managed service for enterprise mobile email customers.
O2 is saying that the service is suitable for businesses with 100+ users and would take away a lot of the pain associated with managing mobile access to mail.
The service is provided using either BlackBerry or Motorola devices, and is price on a per unit, per month basis (including the managed services and provisioning). O2 has also said it could help businesses maximise (I would suggest “optimise” perhaps is a better term) the use of the devices, by monitoring usage, reporting, and advising of any changes that could be made.
Good on O2 I say – not all SMEs have dedicated resource to spend on Mobile IT issues, and few employees have the tech-savvy to set up these services themselves. So O2 stepping in to provide that outsourced IT setup and management has gotta be a good thing – provided of course, that usual consideration that “the price is right”!
[Via: IT Week]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
