Several key organizations recommended Techistan to connect with Dietmar Fuchs of FancyFon on Linkedin social business networking platform. Trends in technology and business are a favorite research item on the net in any industry, and Dietmar has a keen eye trends in “mobile.”

FancyFon, with headquarters in the southern part of Ireland, provides a portfolio of solutions for the mobile device lifestyle, management and market such as in the areas of applications and security management. They work on Blackberry RIM, Symbian, Apple, Windows Mobile, and Android.

Smartphone adoption he states is increasing 60-70% at an annual rate now offering much of the same functionality of one’s laptop or tablet.

On-site behind firewall solutions were previously their main provision for larger enterprises and for the SMB market, a hosted version.  A goal is to make sure that company have access to corporate data in a secure manner on their smartphones. The issue is that there are at least ten different operating systems available.

As of recently, companies are allowing their employees to bring in their own smartphones to the workplace with access to corporate email and such.

We mentioned in the audio podcast interview that employers often expect their team to be available 24/7 even in non-critical careers. Or some employees are so dedicated to their work, that they choose to work even from home at night and on the weekends.

Dietmar said, “This is why employers are pushing for better and easier mobile access on smartphones, to be productive outside of regular business hours. This is also true while traveling, he added. This offers a great return on investment to organizations.”

Other issues that FancyFon assists with are the management of SMS, configuration, application, blocking certain “things,” remote control, backup, restore, activation and de-activation, billing, and security.

Most of FancyFon customers are government-related such as some U.S. government agencies and others in the financial sector. In addition, they serve companies such as Vodafone.

Trends that Dietmar believes are obvious? Tablets will rule in 2011, not just the iPad. There are Google, BladeBook, Blackberry RIM’s and more to come. Expect new players in the market which will result in more empowerment for businesses. Even Cisco and Avaya are getting involved.

Second, how to control mobile access in a controlled manner for organizations that need security and so on. The problem is so many operating systems. Proper handling of certificates of the mobile handsets that will enable one to define which applications are used and who has access.

Dietmar mentions tablets boot up fast, obviously because much of what one normally works with on a traditional desktop or laptop … is done in the cloud with a tablet. Less STUFF on the offline drive.

The company recently launched a Remote Access Console for iPad devices. The console will be incorporated into FAMOC, allowing administrators to manage, via Remote Access, their fleet of smartphone devices directly from an iPad, without the need for a desktop or laptop.

FancyFon will be at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2011 and Crackberry events. He was interviewed by Bnet TV in 2010 at the GSMA event.

Our interviewers mentioned to Dietmar he should consider participating in CTIA Wireless in Orlando, Florida March 21-24, 2011, too. DIDX wholesale global phone number marketplace will be an exhibitor and the company’s other services of DIDX podcasts and Techistan online magazine are media partners at CTIA.

Dietmar Fuchs, COO
dfuchs@fancyfon.com
+353-21-234-8620

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