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florian wrote:bbryan wrote:I second what charon said, we would like to see more support for wireless synchronization.
Bbryan,
are you using Blackberry only or also any other devices where Active Sync support will help you?
Florian.
Florian wrote:So I currently see SyncML mostly as a solution for contact synchronisation and some calendaring on low-end phone devices like the RAZR or similar that don't have feature-rich sync clients or OSs. Those are not the devices our users and customers typically want to use with Scalix.
Florian wrote:As for App2App synchronisation, like between Scalix and Sugar, I don't think putting a sync server in the middle will actually be a good idea here - in that area our strategy is rather based on open-standards based online access to data through WebDAV, CalDAV or web services APIs - after all, servers don't really need to sync with other servers as they are both thought to be continously available and synchronisation has it's biggest benefits in mobile/offline situations. Scalix 11.3 ships with extensive DAV access and we'll continue to work in making this offering broader for truely open server2server and client2server APIs.
PaulHerron wrote:I see you're point here, Florian, particularly with regard to Scalix's own interest in a stable and clean synchronization. Many thanks to PhilJohn for his work on a SyncML connector where none existed but, I don't think anyone would argue that the connector doesn't come without its share of troubleshooting and caveatting.
In my case, I have field staff using time tracker software on their Windows Mobile devices to track their billable hours. Using funambol OTA sync will allow us to get time data into our accounting package (QuickBooks) faster -- better info., better management decisions. In the future, I hope to add synchronization with parts of our knowledge management portal/extranet to the list of OTA services available.
I had thought that I would base everything off just one sync server but, based on Florian's argument, I guess there's no harm in running OTA ActiveSync for Scalix, and funambol for time sheets and knowledge management/extranet, on the same mobile device. Right, Florian?
florian wrote:The solution here, as I see it, is not found by archiving out old mechanisms into proprietary, hard-to-manage local stores across hundreds or thousands of client computers, but, cleverly recognizing the extra payload and automatically externalizing it to an appropriate place.
Now, when you ask if Scalix is planning to address this issue, although I don't want to and can go into details, I'll dare saying that the answer is yes, the timeframe is the coming 12 months and the goal is to really move us forward on this problem - however, it won't happen by backing up into PST hell. Stay tuned!
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