Dec 15, 2010 10:32 GMT  ·  By

Following IBM's Lotus Notes Traveler release, the company announced that it had signed an agreement with Nokia to provide Indian enterprises with better email solutions. Prior to the partnership’s announcement, Nokia India and IBM shared an update on the delivery of IBM's Lotus Notes Traveler on Nokia smartphones:

- Nokia Symbian Scheduled synchronization and data filtering to optimize device usage; - Search corporate directory from all supported mobile devices, including Nokia Symbian devices.

“IT directors are being pressurized to deploy business mobility solutions such as email, IM and intranet access for more employees, but without incurring high costs on additional middleware, licenses and maintenance,” said V Ramnath, director of Operator Channels for Nokia India.

“IBM Lotus Notes Traveler gives business professionals easy, secure and real-time access to their email boxes, corporate contacts and corporate calendar on their Nokia smartphones. Direct access mail also drastically reduces the cost of managing and maintaining servers,” added Ramnath.

The solution both companies are working to deploy is said to deliver direct, secure access to email and personal information via IBM Domino servers.

Furthermore, the email solution available now for Nokia Symbian S60 smartphones features support from IBM.

Some of the first enterprise customers of the “joint-venture” that have opted for the email solution include: Asian Paints, Max New York Life, Britannia, Subros, Amtek Auto, Usha International Ltd. and Havells.

“We are extremely happy to collaborate with Nokia, as our association will be yet another milestone towards smarter business mobility. This announcement is part of our continuing effort to expand mobile support for the Lotus software portfolio,” said Pradeep Nair, director of Software Group, IBM India/South Asia.

“The ability to connect securely to business email is an example of Tomorrow at Work, an IBM initiative that examines a changing work environment and anticipates trends in technology, business, society and culture,” added Nair.