Starfish Software

Starfish Software

Type	1998 - 2003: Subsidiary of Motorola 2003 - 2006: Subsidiary of Pumatech, Inc. (Intellisync) 2006 - present: Subsidiary of Nokia
Industry	Wireless
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Santa Cruz, California
Key people	Philippe Kahn, Founder Sonia Lee, Co-Founder
Products	TrueSync
Website	www.starfish.com

Starfish was founded in 1994 by Philippe Kahn. The founding vision of Starfish was global synchronization and integration of wireless and wireline devices, which translated with the TrueSync platform to: "Enter or edit information anywhere, synchronization is automatic everywhere." Starfish developed much of the core intellectual property and patents for device synchronization, especially in the wireless industry. TrueSync was the first Over-The-Air (OTA) synchronization system.

Starfish was acquired by Motorola in 1998 and was subsequently sold to Nokia. Nokia now controls all the Starfish synchronization and other patents.

Today, Starfish's technology is an integral part of the Nokia platform.^{[citation needed]} Speculation is that core components of Nokia's Ovi platform including synchronization, calendar and address book components are powered by the original Starfish TrueSync platform.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Philippe Kahn, Co-founder
• Sonia Lee, Co-Founder
• Ovi (Nokia)

References

• "Pumatech, Inc. Acquires Motorola Subsidiary Starfish Software" (Press release). Nokia. 2003-03-30. http://www.intellisync.com/pages/Company/Press-Releases/index.cfm?mode=one&objectId=CE132427-F1F6-D012-C6B1C19A9ACC0444. Retrieved 2006-09-18. 

• "Nokia to extend leadership in enterprise mobility with acquisition of Intellisync" (Press release). Nokia. 2005-11-16. http://press.nokia.com/PR/200511/1021663_5.html. Retrieved 2009-01-16. 

• "MOTOROLA TO ACQUIRE STARFISH" (Press release). Motorola. 1998-07-14. http://www.motorola.com/General/Press/PR980714.html. Retrieved 2006-09-18. 

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