InnoPath Software, Inc., the industry leader in Integrated Mobile Device Management (iMDM), will be highlighting new Software Management and Workflow Management capabilities, recent additions to its standards-based iMDM server and client suites. InnoPath's server solutions, deployed at leading operators including Cingular, KDDI, and Sprint, demonstrate the value of MDM every day through tens of millions of successful transactions, while its client is deployed on over 170 handset models, more than any other vendor. The company was recently recognized by leading research firm IDC as one of ten emerging mobile vendors to watch for 2007(1).
InnoPath's iMDM Software Management permits the operator to preserve its place within the mobility value-chain, acting as a nexus for user software downloads, updates, and billing, thereby increasing data ARPU. This capability helps insure that the application running on the feature phone or smart phone is also secure, operates free of bugs, and is up-to-date, improving the subscriber quality of experience on devices approaching the complexity of PCs. Workflow Management, unique to InnoPath's iMDM suite, permits the operator to tie all phases of MDM together into a single, customizable workflow, reducing the potential for error, thereby increasing efficiency and ultimately customer satisfaction.
"Successful providers in the carrier-centric MDM market deliver a proven track record of commercial deployments, an established worldwide customer base of mobile operators and a comprehensive suite approach, said Stephen Drake, program director, mobile enterprise from IDC. "Such capabilities help prove out the business case for mobile device management to the operator.
The new applications add to InnoPath's firmware, configuration, diagnostics, and security management capabilities across single or multiple operational domains serving both the consumer and business markets. These iMDM capabilities enhance the user experience through true lifecycle Mobile Device Management via a platform that is both adaptable in its ability to integrate into any operator network, while at the same time offers the necessary performance to scale with operator data deployments. InnoPath is in a key position to lead operators globally into this next phase of MDM, building on a foundation of applications that reduce operational expenses, such as firmware updates and configuration management, to ones that help grow their data revenues. In fact, MDM is expected to save operators over $2.7 billion in 2007 from decreased customer care costs through automated firmware updates (FOTA) and decreased reconfiguration expenses. As evidence, the company's FOTA solution saved a single Japanese carrier over $150 million in 2005.
"Operators, evolving their MDM deployments from a focus on bottom-line savings, towards greater concentration on revenue enhancement, see the business value in deploying an integrated platform, said John Fazio, president and CEO of InnoPath. "We introduced the industry's first commercially successful MDM solution, and now with Workflow and Software Management, we are raising the bar once again to usher in a new era of mobile services with the reliability, simplicity, and value of a proven utility.
InnoPath will be demonstrating its complete suite of standards-based server and client solutions at 3GSM in Hall 1, Booth 1F39. In addition, the company will be hosting at its booth a series of technical tutorials covering software management and user interface customization, workflow management and knowledge-base integration, and the evolution of Open Mobile Alliance " Device Management (OMA-DM) standards. Additional information is available at www.innopath.com/3gsm.
(1) IDC, Ten Emerging Mobile Players to Watch in 2007, Doc #204820, Dec 2006
About InnoPath
InnoPath Software, the leader in Integrated Mobile Device Management (iMDM) solutions, enables wireless carriers and mobile device manufacturers to transparently deliver and support current and future revenue producing services. InnoPath was the first company to commercially deploy firmware over-the-air mobile device management, and its standards-based iMDM Solutions Suite uniquely permits carriers to combine configuration, diagnostics, security, and application management for lifecycle delivery of services into a single integrated workflow. Hundreds of millions of active subscribers are experiencing the value of InnoPath patented solutions through leading carriers including Cingular, KDDI, Sprint, and Softbank Mobile, and device manufacturers that include Kyocera, LG, NEC, Panasonic, Pantech & Curitel, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony Ericsson, and Toshiba. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, InnoPath is privately held with offices in China, Japan, and Korea. For more information, visit www.innopath.com.
