OpenSource and Mobility
Since OpenSource software is one of my side interests, I was particularly interested to meet the folks from Funambol today.
Funambol, the company, is an open source software company. Funambol the software is “the leading open source implementation of SyncML.” SyncML is a standard protocol for pushing e-mail and synchronizing data to various devices, including mobile phones.
I certainly haven’t done any kind of product evaluation to say whether this solution is better than proprietary solutions on the market (it’s almost definitely less expensive), but it is encouraging to see this kind of innovation emerging as businesses seek to capture the power of mobility.