Good Technology

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Good Technology

Good Technology is a company providing Push e-mail and mobile device management and security products for mobile phones. The company started out building an MP3 attachment to the Handspring Visor under the brand of SpringThings. It later offered its own device to provide wireless email access to corporate users. The company markets its Good Mobile Messaging software and service, formerly known as GoodLink, for synchronizing corporate email and PIM data on a variety of devices, as well as a variety of other mobile management, security and access products targeted at the mobile enterprise worker. On November 10, 2006, Motorola acquired the then privately held company. On February 23, 2009, Motorola announced that it has agreed to sell Good Technology to rival push email provider, Visto. [1] During CTIA Wireless 2009, Visto announced that it had renamed itself Good Technology effectively taking the name of the former independent company. On May 27, 2009 Good Technology acquired Intercasting Corporation. [2] to satisfy customers’ demand for social networking capabilities. On December 7, 2009 Good Technology announced its support iPhone and Android devices [3].

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According to their advertising materials, Good Technology provides the following mobile e-mail products:

Good for Enterprise - A secure e-mail, mobile device management, and Intranet-Internet proxy server solution targeted for companies. It includes three main components: Good Mobile Control, for device management and security, Good Mobile Messaging, for secure email and PIM access, and Good Mobile Access for secure mobile access to enterprise networks and applications.

Good for Government - Same as Good for Enterprise, but with added security of S/MIME messaging and Common Access Card support, tageteted for governments.

Good for You - A mobile e-mail, personal calendaring, social networking and instant messaging solution targeted at individuals

Link: www.good.com

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