Saloob, Inc.

Saloob currently manages and provides for the following Solutions;

• DaaS
  

• Open-Xchange

• Funambol
  

• spreed

• VoIPNow
  

• Zingaya Flashphone
  

• Open Bravo ERP
  

• SugarCRM
  

• Drupal

• Parallels PBA, Virtuozzo & Plesk

• ZaBridge SaaS Integration Platform

2008-2010 Trends in Mobile 

• Currently in Japan there is a resurgence in interest in mobile data synchronisation services. Partly this can be attributed to;

  • Global Effects - Global corporations' expectations/requirements imported into Japan

  • Blackberry release with Docomo, its popularity in US/EU

  • Devices - Are technically ready and smart-phones are starting to get greater recognition

    • NTT Docomo & Blackberry

    • Windows Smart-phones

  • Carrier-grade Solutions are now generally available;

    • Funambol

    • Visto - Currently used globally by Vodafone

    • Blackberry - JP Ground-breaker via NTT Docomo

  • Solutions can be be deployed;

    • Device-independent

    • Carrier Independent

    • Suitable for consumer and all business markets: SMB, SME and Large Global Enterprise

• Opportunities exist because;

  • There is no leader - almost no providers!

  • The Carriers have been amazingly slow on the uptake - “device first, solution next“ attitude

  • A bridge is required between the “owners/controllers” of the users and providers of the service

  • ISP's, IDC's & Hosting Companies

• Softbank, NTT Docomo, KDDI and Willcom are now starting to prepare mobile data synchronisation solutions;

  • They have started releasing Windows based smart-phones

  • They do NOT have services in place to offer to subscribers

  • Business Services are usually Business or Enterprise demanded

    • Carriers do NOT have access to the Business/Enterprise Data

      • They have missed the strategy to strongly partner with ISP's, IDC's and Hosting companies

  • Solutions implementation will be almost fully managed by System Integrators or ISPs themselves

• i-Phone release spurs on Carriers to provide similar level solutions

  • First-mover helps build understanding - but basically helps build an infant market

  • Initial target users are consumers - but WILL target businesses

  • Interface is fantastic - other players to copy-cat for sure

  • Data Synchronisation Service quality is low - but WILL get better

    • WILL be able to up-sell to businesses by approaching the mass-market (SMEs, SMBs, Soho) and grow into Enterprise.

  • Interface is 100% controlled by Apple - restrictive for other providers

• 2008-2010 will see a fight between Mobile Linux and Windows Mobile and open standard types that exist in Symbian and the rival mobile OS that occupies 70% or more of the market. Especially, it is expected that Mobile Linux's first year from the launch of the Open Handset Alliance(OHA) - based on Google's Android OS - will be a major terminal decision for manufacturer in 2008+

• Two high-ranking manufacturers are growing due to cost competitiveness, the brand power, and the sales force, and it is assumed that Nokia and Motorola, will become dominant in respect of the volume of shipments in the low-end terminal and the ultra low-end terminal..

• Problems & Solutions for Carriers

  • Wireless Connected Devices and more free/home/office/cafe/hotel wireless hot-spots;

    • Problem: Carriers will not make revenue on data transmission

    • Solution: Provide server-side services

  • Data Services are Device and Carrier Independent

    • Problem: Carriers can not control the services used

    • Solution: Get in FAST and package or provide branded up-sell services

  • Business & Enterprise Domains & Data are not managed in by Carriers

    • Problem: Carriers do not have direct access to or control Domain/Data Management

    • Solution: Partner with Domain/Data Managing Service Providers & provide Packages

      • System Integrators managing MSX, Notes, etc for Enterprise & Carriers

      • ISPs, IDCs providing services for Enterprise, SMBs, SMEs

      • Groupware Solution/Service Providers to Up-sell Synchronisation Services

General Market Trends

“Markets naturally can not accept Monsters to dominate forever – they doom themselves”

Pre-Internet-Age Monsters = Traditional Telephone Companies

Internet-Age Monsters = Internet Portals, ISPs & Closed Platforms

• Virtualisation

  • OS Virtualisation for hyper-efficient mass-markets

    • Allows for full automation & hyper-efficiencies

  • Hardware Virtualisation for the customised & legacy markets

    • Requires greater human efforts -> greater costs -> ROI is questionable...

• Automation

  • Hand-in-hand with OS Virtualisation

  • Simplicity with Control Panels

  • Repetitive, non-intelligent tasks automated with scripts

  • Replaces human effort -> Employees to shift/focus on Differentiation, Quality and Customer Support

• Open Platform Integration

  • Products will be designed or even conceived for integration

  • Open API's will be available for all software

  • Intelligent API “Bridging” will arise as “intermediary services”

• Software as a Service

  • Will eventually replace “thin clients”

  • Web-based, multi-tenant, multi-domain

  • Growth-shift from PC to Server - vendors will see greater per-item high-value sales growth

• VOIP, Video & Messaging (Chat)

  • Traditional telephone companies are slow and inefficient and slow to jump on fast-paced advances

  • Fast-moving Is P's will replace traditional telephone companies

  • Telephony will shift to Net-based and Wireless services

  • All business must shift to be competitive

  • Web-based video will be as expected as having a home-page and will include;

    • Streaming company and products video introductions on all home-pages

    • One-to-one and one-to-many video conferences for sales, education/training

    • ALL software will have a video interface

  • Video Conferencing

    • Green Approach

    • Human Transportation Cost reductions

    • We-based & Integrated

    • NPO, NGO, SMB, Education, Enterprise, Internal & External all hold opportunities

• Ecological Necessities

  • All business will have carbon-credit audits

  • “Green” technologies will be used foremost by developed governments

  • Shift towards more web-based, particularly workplace, sales activities and general communication using video conferencing

• Wireless Connectivity & Mobility

  • Hot-spots will be as common as electricity

  • Wireless and mobile devices are being integrated into all facets of life – including clothing

  • Less time will be wasted or not used efficiently – work on Trains, Planes, Cafes, anywhere.

• More Specialised Workforce - Intelligent business will hire intelligent employees –> Software will replace inefficiencies with Automation -> Inefficient business will fade away

  • Less Redundancy

  • Greater Efficiency

  • Greater Focus

  • Multi-Skilled

  • Innovative

• Less Reliance on Cumbersome Technology, Products and Industry – especially Auto Industry

  • They are highly inefficient and terrible for the environment

  • They employ blue-collar workers who will be cut at any time and can not be employed elsewhere

  • Over-reliant on Credit markets at all points on the supply chain – one link collapses and the whole chain is crippled

  • Human Transportation costs reducing – new, more efficient methods being chosen