Funambol has introduced Funambol DM Carrier Edition, the world's first commercial open source device management solution for WiMAX. Developed with Clearwire, the WiMAX leader, the solution makes it faster, easier and cheaper to wirelessly manage WiMAX devices. It implements the OMA DM 1.2 standard and automates bootstrap, configuration, setup, provisioning, monitoring, Firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updates, lock-down and erase, and reporting. It also implements Device Reported Measurements and Diagnostics (DRMD), the new standard for WiMAX diagnostics and reporting, and is based on open source, for full customizability. The solution can be deployed on-premises or hosted in the cloud by Funambol for customers.
Funambol Carrier Edition v8.7 syncs photos on smartphones with the cloud-based Funambol Portal, where users can share them with Facebook, Flickr and Picasa. It further allows importing Facebook friends' profile pictures into user address books in the portal, where these photos can be synced with mobile devices and PC apps such as Outlook. Funambol v8.7 also increases the speed of syncing mobile photos and lays the foundation for syncing rich media such as video and music.
Many mobile apps & services are now free. This paper discusses the economics of the "freemium" business model, compares the freemium models and monetization approaches of several large mobile companies, including Apple, Google, Nokia, Microsoft, Palm & Vodafone, and provides an in-depth financial model example of generating revenue from a free mobile cloud sync service. It is available with free website registration from the Funambol Product Library.
Funambol received the 2010 award for Best Communications Solution from the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley. Funambol was granted the Graham Bell SPIFFY award by 20+ global carriers representing more than two billion subscribers, who evaluated more than 100 startup companies. These startups were screened for ideas, relevance and traction that most appeal to carriers.
The new Funambol Cloud API (CAPI) makes it simple for developers to create mobile cloud apps that leverage contacts, calendars and pictures across diverse devices and systems. It allows data and media to be mashed up for novel purposes, such as machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, for example, using contact data in a car or internet appliance, calendars with navigation systems, or pictures for a TV slideshow.
Funambol received high grades in SOS Open Source, a methodology created by open source strategist Roberto Galoppini to evaluate and select open source software. SOS Open Source provides organizations with a clear methodology for determining the level of risk of using specific open source software, based on factors such as community and ease of code contributions. The analysis rates each open source candidate based on strength (stable, mature and backed by a viable community), level of support (by a community or vendors) and potential for evolution (e.g. code quality).
BlueTie is a leading provider of hosted email and calendaring solutions for small to mid-sized businesses and service providers worldwide. They are one of the fastest growing software providers in the world, supporting more than 230,000 businesses and millions of users under its current paid distribution model (6 billion emails per month). BlueTie has selected Funambol to perform mobile cloud sync and push email.
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