Jade Communications Upgrades its Mobility Offer with Good Suite

Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, UK, 14 August 2008 – Jade Communications, one of the UK's leading providers of mobile voice and data communications technologies for business, has announced that from today its customers can now choose Motorola's Good Mobility Suite for enterprise class email, secure access to behind-the-firewall applications, and a complete set of IT security and management tools.

“The Good Mobility Suite extends the capabilities of the desktop to the handheld device and offers an excellent user interface and a wealth of innovative features,” says Dave Sharratt, Director of Jade Communications, “We also see it as a key stepping stone to providing our retail and transport & logistics customers with a complete FMC or fixed mobile convergence solution across a wide range of business grade smart phones and mobile handhelds in the coming months.”

Good Mobility Suite comprises Good Mobile Messaging and Good Mobile Connection: a managed-service virtual private network (VPN). Both are supported by comprehensive device management and security capabilities necessary to deploy enterprise-class mobility solutions.

As a leading wireless messaging solution for enterprises, Good Mobile Messaging delivers Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes to enterprise-class handhelds. It gives end users usability and personalisation while arming IT professionals with enhanced manageability and security. User-friendly features include: group and find by conversation and sender; advanced calendars; and the ability to edit and send Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Adobe PDF documents. Customisable features include priority mail and personalised notifications.

Mandatory applications in the Good Mobile Messaging suite allow IT professionals to set and enforce the installation of applications like anti-virus checkers and ensure that users comply with corporate security policies.

Good Mobile Connection extends Good's proven, secure transport to a broad range of behind-the-firewall applications like corporate Intranets and web-based applications, rich client applications written in .Net CF or J2ME, 3rd party applications and enterprises' own standards based custom applications.

For fast, powerful access to corporate intranets and other web-enabled applications, Good Mobile Intranet brings the power of enterprise applications to the handheld, improving productivity and enhancing the effectiveness of a mobile workforce.

About Jade Communications
Established more than 15 years ago, Jade Communications has quickly grown to become one of the UK's leading providers of voice and data communications technologies. Expert in the areas of barcoding, data capture, fixed mobile convergence, RF networking, structured cabling, and printing & media, Jade specialises in the integration of end-to-end network solutions. Jade works with large blue-chip organisations across a range of vertical markets including retail, transport and logistics, manufacturing, construction and the public sector. Its customers include HSBC Bank, Marks & Spencer, McDonald's, Travis Perkins, Dixons Stores Group, Homebase and the University of East Anglia. For further information visit: www.jadecomms.co.uk