Apptix Delivers Email Hosting and ActiveSync for Palm Prē

[NewsDesk]

Apptix (OSE: APP), the industry-leading provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange email, Microsoft SharePoint collaboration services, and hosted VoIP phone service for small and medium businesses (SMBs), today announced that it offers hosted email and ActiveSync services for the Palm Prē. This offering gives Prē users instant access to their email, calendar, and task lists anywhere, anytime.

“Small businesses want to take advantage of the same enterprise-class tools available to larger businesses, including the inherent business and mobility benefits of a powerful device like the Prē,” said Rick Rumbarger, Vice President of Product for Apptix. “Our offering of hosted Exchange and ActiveSync for the Palm Prē ensures that SMBs can realize the benefits of this new device without having to pay for an expensive and unnecessary in-house Exchange server.”

With hosted Exchange and ActiveSync from Apptix, Palm Prē users receive a wide set of mobile email and collaboration capabilities, including:

• Full-featured Outlook email: Receive and reply to messages on the fly
• Calendaring: The ability to check calendars, and plan and schedule meetings
• Personal/global contact lookup
• Integration with Apptix hosted Exchange email account
• Push technology: No prompting to send/receive email; your email finds you no matter where you are
• Secure mobile email: 128-bit SSL encryption and the ability to remotely wipe your device if lost or stolen

Apptix hosted Exchange email and ActiveSync for the Palm Prē is available now. For more information, please visit www.apptix.com.

About Apptix

Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Apptix (OSE: APP) is the leading provider of hosted email, voice, and collaboration services for small and medium-sized businesses, serving nearly 200,000 Exchange subscribers worldwide. A pioneer in the hosted services space, Apptix and its MailStreet subsidiary offer a variety of hosted communications and IT services including: Microsoft Exchange; VoIP; Microsoft SharePoint; Web conferencing and secure Instant Message via Microsoft Office Communications Server; Online Backup by EMC's Mozy; mobile messaging (including BlackBerry, Palm, and iPhone); compliance and archiving; and a Web presence solution that includes domain registration, DNS hosting, and Website hosting. Apptix is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting and Application Services. Apptix is recognized as one of the CRN 2008 Fast Growth 100, Deloitte's 2008 Virginia Technology Fast 50 and 2008 North American Technology Fast 500, Software Magazine's 2008 Software500, Washington Business Journal 2008 Fastest Growing Companies, as a finalist in the Customer Service and Product Departments categories for the 2009 American Business Awards (Stevie Awards), and as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards finalist in the Unified Communications Solutions category. For more information, visit www.apptix.com