My post consists of a review of an enterprise Domino -> PDA bridge and a question about replacements for that product: I am presently using a Sybase/iAnywhere/ExtendedSystems/OneBridge (Windows based) server to connect my enterprise Lotus Domino servers to (8) Palm Treo 700P's via Verizon EvDO. When it works smoothly this is a viable system for maintaining bi-directional auto-sync between mail, calendar, task, contact, and memo applets on the Treo and DB's on the Lotus Notes server. The problem is maintaining smooth operations in this system. There are several seperate failure issues with various clients (about half) in this (very standardized) environment. We have been working relentlessly with Sybase to rectify the problems with less than satisfactory results. As the product name suggests it has IMHO become an "OverExtendedSystems' product based on the number of rapid acquisitions it has been through. We plan on expanding this system and presently it's not good enough to support that expansion. I'm looking to replace the OneBridge bridge server with a different mobile-server-PDA-bridge-system. I want it to be more robust and bullet-proof than what's in place presently. It needs to support a range of popular PDA's. I WOULD LOVE IT if the this server were Linux based as I am presently converting my entire enterprise over to *nix. Does anyone have any suggestions for me on products that would fill this requirement in the Linux world? We would expect to pay license for support &c. . . . Around & About Yet Evermore Came I Out By the Same Door As In I went . . .

I've found the Gartner 4Q2006 Magic Quadrant article on, "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wireless E-Mail Software 4Q06," outlining the players and how they fit into the enterprise perspective at: http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/re... . . . Around & About Yet Evermore Came I Out By the Same Door As In I went . . .

It seems to have boiled down to a race between CommonTime's mSuite for Domino and Motorola/GoodTechnology's GoodMobileMessaging. At least CommonTime has a Linux roadmap. Is there really no Enterprise strength Linux offering for a shop that's trying to transition itself off of Windows and onto Linux without traumatizing the business? It has to be manageable to a person who's understaffed and has been driving Win for too long. . . . Around & About Yet Evermore Came I Out By the Same Door As In I went . . .