NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 10/05/11 — Intermedia, a global leader in cloud services and the largest provider in the world of hosted , today announced that it is supporting key cloud services, including , on the new Apple iPhone 4S the day it is available to customers. Using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync(1), Intermedia will configure the new Apple iPhone to wirelessly send and receive Exchange email, calendar invitations, contacts and more. Intermedia supports business email and collaboration on a full range of smartphones and tablets, such as iPad, Android, Palm and BlackBerry.
Interest in Apple devices has surged amongst the 41,000 small and mid-size companies Intermedia supports. In August 2011, Intermedia reviewed the number of ActiveSync-based smartphones its customers activated to sync their email, contacts and calendars. 78 percent of ActiveSync users choose Apple-based devices. iPad activation was up 102 percent since the company reviewed the same data in May 2011.
“Small and mid-size business owners and their employees expect the capabilities they have in the office to be accessible from their smartphones and tablets,” says Michael Gold, president, Intermedia. “We believe they should be able to choose the device that best suits their needs, whether it is an Android, BlackBerry, Windows or Apple device — including the iPhone 4S. With Intermedia, companies no longer have to standardize on a smartphone or tablet. Each employee can securely use the smartphone that is right for them without the company having to take on undue operational expenses or complexity.”
Intermedia offers a range of mobile device management and security capabilities, enabling administrators to enforce passwords and other policies — as well as to wipe lost or stolen phones. Services can be provisioned to devices with just a few clicks from Intermedia-s HostPilot® Control Panel. A mobile HostPilot app is also available for smartphones, including iPhone 4S. Customers can also extend their Intermedia hosted PBX — a cloud-based, business-grade voice service — to their iPhone 4S and other smartphones with a variety of apps known as SIP clients.
Intermedia offers an integrated suite of cloud communications and collaboration services through its Office in the Cloud bundles. It combines popular Microsoft services such as Exchange 2010, hosted Lync and SharePoint 2010 with Intermedia-s tools for backup, mobility and other options. Intermedia is recognized as providing premium support with an average phone response time of under one minute. The company-s Cloud Concierge team assures customers have a secure migration to the cloud. Hosted Exchange 2010 service is backed by a 99.999% uptime service level agreement and secure infrastructure spanning seven datacenters. Further, Intermedia is one of a select group partnering with Microsoft to bring Office 365 to market. For more information, please call 1-800-379-7729.
Intermedia is the premier provider of cloud services to small and mid-sized businesses. Delivered from Intermedia-s secure datacenters, the company-s Office in the Cloud suite combines Microsoft tools such as Exchange 2010 email, Lync Secure Instant Messaging, and SharePoint document management with resources for complete mobile freedom, backup, security, voice and more that are only available from Intermedia. The company-s proprietary cloud infrastructure assures high reliability, and a certified support team is available around the clock. Intermedia also empowers thousands of partners — including managed service providers and select Fortune 500 companies — to sell cloud services under their own brand. Founded in 1995, Intermedia was the first to offer business-class cloud email and now has 370,000 premium hosted Exchange mailboxes under management — more than any other provider. The company is one of a select group of companies partnering with Microsoft to bring Office 365 to market. For more information, visit .
(1) ActiveSync is the syncing protocol that iPhone, Android and Windows 7 smartphones use to sync email and other information with Microsoft Exchange.
Cynthia Greenberg
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