iPhone, which originally started out as a consumer device, has gotten business-friendly with the addition of push-email, contacts and calendar synch, and new security features. The 3GS version of iPhone comes with VPN support, data encryption, remote wipe, configuration profiles and MS Exchange-sync.

Security features of iPhone 3GS include support for Cisco IPSec VPN, WPA2 Enterprise Wi-Fi, and SSL/TLS. Data is encrypted while in the phone, in transit over the network and also in iTunes backups. In case the phone is lost or stolen, IT administrators and users can erase data by performing a remote wipe. Passcode policies can be enforced and delivered over-the-air using configuration profiles, which also allows installing certificates and placing device restrictions. Configuration files can be protected so that users cannot edit or remove them. Users can be prevented from accessing iTunes Music Store and installing software updates.

Synching email, calendar and contacts with enterprise mail servers like Exchange is straigtforward. You can push mail, contacts and calendar events from Exchange Server 2003 and 2007. iPhone can synch with IMAP mail servers and CalDAV calendar servers. And can search LDAP directories. Third party applications like Quickoffice allow you to view and edit Office files.

ERP and CRM vendors like Salesforce and Oracle have come up with iPhone extensions to their products. For example, Oracle Business Indicators allows secure access to financial, HR, supply chain, and CRM analytics in real-time.

Thus, even without investing on custom development, your business can immediately reap productivity benefits by deploying iPhones across your workforce. QBurst can help plan enterprise-wide deployments. Rest assured that you are working with a vendor who thoroughly understands mobile security issues.

QBurst brings years of experience of developing smartphone applications in Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Symbian into iPhone application development. Our prior experience with other mobile platforms has given us unique insights into the different facets of mobile development like user experience, security, performance, application signing, local caching, unreliable connections etc. We can help bring your internal as well as customer-oriented applications to the iPhone. iPhone is no longer a fancy device - it will empower and create new interaction channels between your customers, partners and employees.

Contact us today for more information.