Vendors See Future in IPhone Business Applications
The iPhone may generally be considered a consumer device, but several vendors at the Cebit trade show this week are demonstrating applications and services to put the device more firmly in the business arena.
One of those vendors, Cortado, is expanding its range of software that allows mobile devices to connect to corporate networks and databases as well as access printers and fax machines. Within the next six months, Cortado says those features will be available for iPhone users.
The product, likely to be called the Cortado Corporate Server for the iPhone, will be offered through Apple's App Store.
Cortado said its development efforts have been driven by the rise in corporate use of the iPhone, which the company says has become its second most important platform behind BlackBerry devices. iPhones are sometimes replacing laptop computers in the field, Cortado said.
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