The firms have already lined up early implementers for their mobility effort: Pfizer, Ricoh, and Daimler Chrysler. The Java environment has also been earmarked for importance in the joint effort. The firms said their enterprise mobility offerings will utilize J2ME MIDP 2.0 and CDC Personal Profile 1.0, as well as several additional Java APIs. A J2ME Personal Profile environment for the 9500 will be provided by IBM's WebSphere Micro Environment for Symbian, enabling the integration of middleware and the extension of enterprise services for mobile users. Java Development kits will enable developers to extend their existing Java-based applications.
In addition to the availability of IBM's WebSphere developer software tools, the computer firm said its Tivoli mobile device solutions will enable enterprise customers to extend to the Nokia communicator the same system-management tools they already use on their desktops, laptops, and servers. "Mobile devices will be able to receive configuration setting and software application downloads on the fly without relying on a hard-wired connection to a server or desktop," Nokia and IBM said.
One user, Pfizer Finland, said it has long used various Nokia and IBM products to automate its sales force and added that it planned to port its existing applications to the Nokia Communicator platform.
The announcement also was a debut of sorts for Mary McDowell, Nokia's new senior vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Solutions Business Group, who joined Nokia late last year after a successful career at Hewlett-Packard. When the Enterprise Solutions unit was formed, McDowell was selected to lead it.
"In any organization, there are different types of users ranging from the high-end power user through the basic user," she said in a statement. "Business mobility solutions to date have really only penetrated the high end-user community, which represents less than five percent of the average workforce."
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