DataViz Joins Symbian Platinum Partner Program

Milford, Conn., July 19, 2005 -­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­DataViz, Inc. today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for smartphones based on Symbian OS™. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global industry standard operating system for smartphones, to the world's leading handset manufacturers. As a Platinum Partner, DataViz is extending Documents To Go® and RoadSync™ to the Symbian OS ecosystem. With smartphones based on Symbian OS, users have secure and wireless access to corporate e-mail, calendar, contacts, attachments and other office documents using innovative DataViz technology.

DataViz, Inc
"This partnership reflects our overall commitment to ‘Microsoft Office’ users in need of mobile access to their mission-critical e-mail, Outlook data and other business files. By utilizing the Microsoft ActiveSync protocol, RoadSync is the only commercially available software product to provide secure, wireless and direct synchronization with Microsoft Exchange 2003 without the need for a middleware server or desktop redirector. In addition, Documents To Go, through the employment of InTact Technology, provides a desktop-quality editing experience that ensures complete document integrity while using attachments. Together these software solutions answer the demand for mobilizing ‘Microsoft Office Life’ without any compromise for professionals on the road today," said Kathleen McAneany, Marketing Director at DataViz, Inc."By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, we can further expand these software solutions and strengthen our relationships with mobile phone users, application developers, smartphone manufacturers and mobile operators.”

As a Symbian Platinum Partner, DataViz also ensures the close integration of its solutions with Symbian OS-based smartphones. DataViz is committed to providing premium solutions that mobilize 'Microsoft Office’ for today's knowledge workers and provide instant access to critical files and business data and will bring these benefits to the Symbian ecosystem. RoadSync and Documents To Go licenses are available for OEM, volume and end-user purchase.

Symbian Ltd
“We are very pleased to have DataViz join the Symbian Platinum Program and bring its award-winning corporate solutions and 21 years of experience to the Symbian ecosystem,” said Simon Garth, Vice-President of Marketing, Symbian Ltd. “Effective corporate mobile solutions are a key requirement for our customers, the world’s largest handset manufacturers. We look forward to working even more closely with DataViz in the future.”

About the Symbian Platinum Program

The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology surrounding Symbian OS. As part of the program, Platinum Partners benefit from a range of commercial services, including technical support and joint marketing opportunities as well as privileged access to Symbian OS source code and a dedicated Partner Support team.

About DataViz, Inc.

DataViz is an industry leader in developing and marketing Office compatibility and productivity solutions across a variety of platforms including Palm OS, Pocket PC, Symbian OS, Java, Windows and Macintosh. Founded in 1984, DataViz began its business developing file conversion software and has since expanded its expertise to providing solutions that meet the increasing demands of the handheld and mobile markets. DataViz is a member of Nokia Forum Pro, palmOne Plugged-In Developer’s program, Sony Ericsson Core+ developer’s program and is a Symbian Platinum Partner and Orange Partner Premium member. In addition, the company has developed strategic partnerships with Microsoft, palmOne, Sony, Apple and other industry leaders both domestically and abroad.

About Symbian Ltd

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global open industry standard operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones.

Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers. The following Symbian OS licensees have Symbian OS-based mobile phones in production and / or in development: Arima, BenQ, Fujitsu for NTT DoCoMo FOMA, LG, Lenovo, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Sendo, Sharp, Siemens, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. In 2004, over 14 million Symbian OS-based mobile phones were sold worldwide and more than 25 million have been sold to date.

Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe, Israel, Australia and Asia (Bangalore, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo).

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