SyncML®: Synchronizing and Managing Your Mobile Data

Preface

Information is the nucleus of today's interconnected economy. We need to be able to access our personal and business information quickly, efficiently, and securely, at any time and at any location, even if this location has no capabilities for wireline or wireless networks to access remote servers.

Pervasive devices like PDAs and mobile phones enable us to remotely use services provided by servers. With these devices we want to access personal or corporate data that we need for our daily business, like contact information of customers, pricelists, or other corporate data.

Data is primarily stored on servers or desktop computers. The mobile device contains a copy of this data and the user needs to be able to manipulate the data on the mobile ...