Microsoft lets IT managers wipe your phone
C|Net | at | by Mike
Just weeks after releasing its latest operating system for mobile devices, Windows Mobile 5.0, Microsoft has unveiled a security and messaging features update.
Among the changes in the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0 are faster access to the Outlook e-mail client, the ability to wipe data on devices remotely and certificate-based identity authentication, the company said Monday.
The update, which will be available the second half of this year, will also see the mobile version of Outlook get a makeover. The pack will enable Windows' "direct push" technology, in which information is pushed from Exchange Server to a Windows Mobile phone or PDA without any middleware servers. Other changes include global look-up of contact information from a Windows device.