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Open Source Platform to Mobilize Applications and Data

Funambol is based on a scalable Java-based data synchronization server. In addition to push email and PIM synchronization, the app server is used by software vendors, service providers and system integrators to mobilize data, applications and services. Without Funambol, they need to expend significant time and resources to develop and maintain mobile infrastructure. With Funambol, they can quickly and cost-effectively mobilize their systems and data, allowing them to rapidly offer innovative and profitable services.

Funambol offers a comprehensive platform for developing and deploying mobile data services. The platform is based on a mobile app server that provides essential services for mobile computing, including:

Push Email
PIM Data Synchronization
User Data Synchronization
Software Provisioning
Device Management

The Funambol server provides the full functionality of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Data Synchronization (DS) and Device Management (DM) standards (commonly referred to as SyncML). Funambol supports bi-directional synchronization including:

Multi-master operation
Automatic conflict detection
Policy-driven conflict resolution
Translation between global and device-specific object names and formats
Fast (incremental), one-way, or full synchronization modes
Configuration management of each device’s capabilities
Per-device state management
Optimizations that support multiple clients for a single data set
Software provisioning and updating on a per-device basis
Full OMA DM support for remote device monitoring, configuration, and management

The Funambol Platform also provides the connectors and APIs that developers need. No mobile software application runs alone — nearly anything you’ll want to do requires access to data and services. Funambol provides pre-built and community connectors for a wide variety of data types and sources, including POP and IMAP email servers, RDBMSs such as MySQL, CRM systems such as SugarCRM and more.

Funambol provides Java and C++ SDKs that enable developers to rapidly integrate with other software applications and web services. And Funambol provides SyncML-based client plug-ins and open APIs. If you need to support a Windows Mobile device, wireless phone, laptop or iPod, there's a plug-in ready to use. The client software also includes an SDK for Java (Java ME or J2SE) and for C++, so application developers can rapidly produce the client-side functionality needed to keep users satisfied.

The Funambol server runs on standard, commodity environments. It is pure Java, so it can run on almost any server and operating system. It supports the leading open source application server and the most popular RDBMSs.

Funambol works with myriad wireless devices. Funambol has been tested with hundreds of different phone models by the largest mobile community in the world, and works seamlessly with the most popular mobile devices. Funambol can work with over one billion wireless devices.

All of this is open source, enabling developers to benefit from the expertise that has been developed over time by the largest mobile open source community in the world.

To learn more about mobilizing your applications and data:

Read the Funambol Data Synchronization Server Overview
Download Funambol software and SDKs or read the documentation
Contact Funambol Sales