Inciscent Inc., the wireless software provider backed by Aether Systems Inc. and Metrocall Inc., released a new wireless e-mail program the company said can run on almost any handheld device and any carrier’s network.
“This is a single software platform that manages across all devices and networks,” said Thomas P. Matthews, the company’s president and chief executive officer.
Inciscent’s SkyBox Mail synchronizes with IMAP 4 and POP 3 e-mail programs and allows users to open and view file attachments wirelessly using software programs like Microsoft Corp.’s Word. SkyBox Mail operates on Palm Inc. and Handspring Inc. devices, as well as Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry and Motorola Inc.’s T900 e-mail devices. Inciscent said its product would soon support other wireless gadgets, such as WAP-enabled phones and devices running on Microsoft’s PocketPC operating system.
Matthews said the offering is aimed directly at businesses looking to give their workers access to e-mail, which is why the product is strictly network and device agnostic.
“We are not consumer-oriented at all,” he said.
Inciscent’s product features encryption and authentication programs and message filters. It works on both business-based platforms, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, as well as Internet-based e-mail services.
Separately from its SkyBox release, Inciscent also announced a partnership with Inviso Inc., which develops microdisplays and systems for mobile devices. Under the alliance, the companies will co-develop and co-market wireless multimedia solutions for business employees. Inviso said its technology creates displays that are tiny but provide images that are as large and colorful as those on a desktop computer.
The deal allows Inciscent to develop applications using Inviso’s technology, which the company hopes will broaden its customer range.
Inciscent’s announcements come after a length of silence from the company, which will soon celebrate its one-year anniversary. Matthews said the company has grown from a single employee operation-Matthews himself-to one that boasts more than 80 employees.
To date Inciscent offers products for business technology managers, the real estate community and construction businesses. The company markets itself as a “wired-to-wireless” software provider, a tag line Matthews said the company trademarked.
