Awards
Synchronica products has received many awards since 2006. Being a young enterprise, we feel confirmed in our work by these awards. They make us proud and are an incentive to us.
Best in Mobile Solution of Network Products Guide Reader Trust
In August 2008, Synchronica Mobile Gateway was elected as the best mobile solution 2008 in the Network Products Guide Reader Trust. Network Products Guide is a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a world leading publication on technologies and solutions. The respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide.
"Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in mobile technology are helping shape better products and services", said Rake Narang, Chief Editor, Network Products Guide. "As workforces become increasingly mobile, consumers are demanding access to email, calendar, and contact information no matter their location or type of phone. Synchronica Mobile Gateway solves this problem by delivering a superior mobile email solution to the global mass market that is both cost-effective and offers a high-quality user experience."
Initiative Mittelstand Innovation Award
In March 2008, Synchronica was awarded the Innovation Award of the German Initiative Mittelstand (Initiative Medium-sized Companies). An independent jury of experts and technical industry editors awards the prize to companies offering innovative products, services, and solutions with a superior benefit for medium-sized businesses. The award was presented at the CeBIT fair in Hannover. Synchronica has been honored with the award for the second time.
Synchronica received the Initiative Mittelstand Innovation Award for its outstanding products. Using established industry standards, such as SyncML and Push IMAP and the new email-to-SMS functionality, Synchronica Mobile Gateway allows push email and data synchronization for virtually every phone in use today. Synchronica Mobile Backup includes support for SyncML (OMA DS) for backing up and restoring contact, calendar, and other data to the majority of mobile phones.
More information about the award [German]
More information about Initiative Mittelstand [German]
Press release
European Silver Seal of E-Excellence Award
In March 2008, the European Silver Seal of E-Excellence was given to Synchronica by the European Multimedia Forum (EMF) at the CeBIT fair in Hannover. Synchronica won the prize in the category Software Suppliers for its successful communication strategy to make mobile email attractive to the mass market. It was the second time that Synchronica has received the award.
This year, the jury honored Synchronica's Mobile Gateway and Mobile Backup that are based on the dominant open industry standards Push IMAP (LEMONADE) and SyncML (OMA DS). By developing products that support these open standards, Synchronica enables mobile email, contact and calendar synchronization, and backup and restore services on the widest range of mobile devices in use worldwide. This allows the company to make mobile email services more accessible and attractive to the mass market.
More information about the award
More information about European Multimedia Forum (EMF)
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Synchronica Products Win Mobile Gold Star Awards for Mobile Operator Products and Awards in Four Other Categories of MobileVillage Awards
In October 2007, Synchronica Mobile Gateway and Mobile Manager were awarded Gold Stars for over-the-air (OTA) synchronization and device management by MobileVillage. For mobile backup and recovery, Synchronica Mobile Manager was awarded a Silver Star.
In recognition of his championing of open mobile industry standards, Synchronica CEO Carsten Brinkschulte was voted as a visionary in the Enterprise Mobile Software category.
"We are delighted that both of Synchronica's products have been awarded a Gold Star by MobileVillage, as this endorses our strategy of supporting standards that bring these high-end services to low-cost phones", said Brinkschulte.
eco Internet Award
In June 2007, Synchronica received the eco Internet Award in Cologne. Also referred to by people in the industry as the Internet Oscar, the award is given out by the association of German internet enterprises every year.
An independent jury made up of top executives of the ITC industry, ITC associations and members of the press was spoiled for choice in choosing the winners of the 13 categories from 200 applicants. Synchronica, with its Mobile Gateway, prevailed in the category Mobile Service.
"We are very proud of the award because it shows that we are at the vanguard of technology in the domain of mobile data synchronization software", said Carsten Brinkschulte, Synchronica's CEO.
More information about the award [German]
Photo of the event
Press release
Innovation Award of the Information and Telecommunication Industry
In May 2007, Synchronica was awarded the Innovation Award of the Information and Telecommunication Industry of the German Initiative Mittelstand (Initiative Medium-sized Companies). An independent jury of experts and technical industry editors awards the prize to companies offering innovative products, services, and solutions with a high benefit for medium-sized businesses.
Synchronica received the Innovation Award ITK for its push email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway. Using established industry standards, such as SyncML and Push IMAP, Mobile Gateway allows push email and data synchronization with most of the devices of leading manufacturers like Sony Ericsson, Nokia, or Motorola.
"We are very glad to belong to the companies which received a prize and to have been selected from so many candidates. Being appreciated by an initiative for medium-sized businesses especially proves that we are right to develop simple and cost-effective solutions also for smaller companies which have to use all the modern communication devices like the big companies, too", said Nicole Meissner, Chief Marketing Officer of Synchronica, when making a statement on the award.
More information about the award [German]
Press release [German]
Silver European Multimedia Award
In March 2007, this award was given by Europe's leading multimedia associations at the CeBIT fair in Hannover in the category Software Suppliers to honor Synchronica's efforts to make mobile email attractive to the mass market.
For example thanks to the push email and synchronization solution Mobile Gateway or the mobile device management suite Mobile Manager, which enables service providers themselves to offer backup and restore services for mobile phones.
"Our award winners are successful companies that have realized how important it is to produce for the market", said Philippe Wacker, Secretary General of the European Multimedia Forum, an umbrella organization of multimedia associations.
More information about the award
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Press release [German]
Gold MarCom Creative Award
In December 2006, the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) awarded the coveted trophy to Synchronica in recognition of the successful marketing campaign for its Mobile Manager.
The award was given to the British-German company in the television category for its screaming mobile phone campaign. The scream is a new theft protection feature in Mobile Manager.
"We are very happy to receive the award. It confirms that our marketing and PR campaigns for Mobile Manager, Synchronica's software for mobile end device management, have gained the desired attention in the market", emphasizes Nicole Meissner, Chief Marketing Officer of Synchronica plc.
Two Gold and Two Silver Mobile Star Awards
In November 2006, Synchronica's SyncML Gateway has been ranked as a Gold Star product by MobileVillage in both the mobile email category and the enterprise middleware category.
In the mobile device management category, Synchronica's Mobile Manager was voted as a silver star product. Synchronica's CEO Carsten Brinkschulte has also been voted to receive the Gold Mobile Star award for his role as a visionary in the enterprise mobile software space.
"We are delighted to receive this award", said Brinkschulte. "It is particularly gratifying to know that our products have been chosen by readers of Go Mobile, who are active users of mobile technology and knowledgeable about the range products available to them for their mobile email and device management requirements."
Best of CeBIT Award
In March 2006, Synchronica has won the Best of CeBIT Award in the mobile solutions category for the SyncML Gateway. At the fair in Hannover, the magazine TeleTalk annually awards exhibitors whose products best meet the criteria of innovation and market potential.
"Synchronica's SyncML Gateway convinced the jury with its broad field of application. The email push functionality for employees on the road - from Board members to the sales force - is its most desired feature.
What also speaks well for Synchronica is the easy configuration of the system, as well as the fact that the solution can be applied by both the service provider and the enterprise", said Arne Grävemeyer, Chief Editor of TeleTalk.
More information about the award [German]
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Press release
- "We have always believed that OMA DS and IMAP formed a critical basis for open standards-based vendors to take their slice of the mobile email market. This acquisition [of GoodServer] will open up mobile email and PIM synchronization to the majority of consumer and corporate mobile phones, with the potential for significant incremental mobile data revenues to operators, ISPs, and service providers."
- Andrew Brown
Director, Wireless Practice
Strategy Analytics - "Mobile email is on the verge of mass market adoption, and the number of mobilized email accounts will explode over the next three years. […] Solutions that are based on open mobile standards, such as Synchronica's Mobile Gateway, are in the best position to take advantage of this growth."
- Alaa Owaineh
Associate Analyst
Datamonitor - "We have added the Synchronica Mobile Gateway to our product range because it is the most competitive solution for the mobile workforce today […] That's mobile freedom for our SME companies."
- Eugeen Gruyaert
Director
PCTECH - "Reduced […] cost, complexity, and IPR uncertainty […] and the advent of standards […] will put a good mobile email experience well within reach of the average business user […] pioneers like […] Synchronica […] show significant upside potential […]"
- Cliff Raskind
Director, Wireless Enterprise Strategies
Strategy Analytics - "It can take a user who has lost a device upwards of three months to restore their contacts, thus taking upwards of three months to return to previous revenue-generating call levels and text messaging."
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