For Funambol, open source software makes business sense
Funambol, an open source Java-based SyncML application, reached a milestone in September with the release of v3.0. The software provides calendar and address book linkage for groupware and mobile devices. Funambol started out more than three years ago as Sync4j, with a project on SourceForge.net. From humble beginnings, Funambol has today become a company that sells commercial support contracts, but still makes its software available under the GPL.
Windows and Linux server bundles of what the company calls its general availability release are available for download, as are client modules for a range of mobile devices that do not support SyncML natively -- including BlackBerry, iPod, Palm, and Windows Mobile systems. The company hosts a list of devices with built-in SyncML capabilities for people who are not sure if their device qualifies.
The server bundle contains three big components: the Funambol Data Synchronization Server, the Funambol Administration Tool, and the Funambol Inbox Listener. DS Server handles synchronization of calendar, contact, and to-do data with mobile phone clients, Inbox Listener is an "always on" email forwarding server, and the Administration Tool lets you configure both.
The DS Server and Inbox Listener are J2EE applications; you will need a supported app server like Apache Tomcat and an ANSI SQL compliant relational database in order to use them. The server bundle also includes a pair of demo applications.
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