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Softconnection Market Overview

2010-03-30T11:42:00.002+03:00

In the last 1-2 years there has been the start of an evolution in the market for Mobile Phone Data Back Up. Key factors are providing a wider spectrum of opportunity for players in this space such as; the rapid rise of Smartphones within the global subscriber base, the ongoing social networking revolution, the availability of high speed mobile network connections, the growth of application stores and the emergence of cloud computing.

Softconnection has developed the core rich data back up system which can protect and organise such data for Mobile Device users and has a clear road map to extend that facility to a wider community.

The fact that Softconnection can support synchronisation of all file types is a major advantage and one that can be exploited fully in future development plans. In addition, Softconnection has created a vision for extending its core competency into a variety of directions so as to create a much wider ‘system’ around its core sync capability.

SC BackUp application to 16 countries and over 50 Nokia devices

2008-08-18T09:43:00.005+03:00

As mentioned in previous post's, I promised to announce some big announcements that were on the verge of being announced.

I'm happy to confirm that Softconnection have announced that they are taking the challenge in serving and enhancing mobile user's ability in securing, restoring or transferring critical mobile phone data with Softconnection's SC BackUp application. This means that SC BackUp is now available in over 50 Nokia mobile phone devices and in 16 countries around the globe.

Softconnection will apply its expertise with the service and continue to develop and improve the current SC BackUp in offering users the ability to manage more valuable mobile phone data.

This agreement between Softconnection and Nokia will initiate the deliverance of the SC BackUp application globally by allowing the backup software to be delivered more powerfully and rapidly. With all the partners applying their expertise in delivering, hosting and developing the software, mobile phone users will now have the possibility to manage their mobile phone data anywhere around the globe.

We are all very pleased at Softconnection that mobile phone users around the globe will now have the possibility to take advantage of the latest in mobile content management technology. Stayed tuned for future announcements coming soon!

Click here for official press release.

Back to business!

2008-05-05T13:15:00.004+03:00

Greetings from sunny Finland. We enjoyed a beautiful spring weekend here in Finland which accompanied nicely with May day celebrations. It was relaxing to unwind a little over the long weekend but now it's back to re focusing on Softconnections final delivery of SC BackUp to partners and customers.

My optimism in the growth in usage of SC BackUp application or of similar kind of mobile backup products is increasing with a steady flow of interest coming from a number of new avenues. The only way to explain this growing interest is that mobile phone users are realising the importance of what is stored on their mobile phones. Another interesting topic of interest is that mobile users are wanting an application or tool to ease the transfer of data from one phone to another. Most mobile phone manufacturers offer a tool for data transfer using syncml technology but many written reports by consumers find that these tools are not competent enough and they also are not necessarily user friendly.

It seems that with SC BackUp we have really hit a nerve with mobile phone users in the way that the features of the backup application, backup, restore or transfer mobile data answer many of their questions and needs. I am adamant that the more people use SC BackUp, they will realise how easy securing and transferring valuable mobile data can be.

If you want to test the product for your selves then please go to http://www.scbackup.fi/ and register to receive SC BackUp software to your phone today.

The awareness of mobile phone backup is growing

2008-04-17T09:30:00.005+03:00

It has been a while since I posted something so I thought it was time to share some news and information with you.

To begin, I would like to share some pre official announcement news that SC BackUp will soon be available in 16 different countries. This is exciting news for Softconnection as it is the beginning of the global deliverance of the SC BackUp application. This will allow users all over the world to easily activate SC BackUp to their phones. More info in the near future!

As mobile phone backup is one of my favourite topics, I must share my thoughts on the growing awareness of mobile phone backup. When surfing the net the topic of mobile phone backup pops up everywhere. This is also due to a number of new mobile backup products surfacing, but that is another topic in it's self. Even though these new mobile phone backup products are not competitive to the SC BackUp application in features etc, because of their complexity, ability only to backup important data and not restore and still using syncml technology, what these new mobile backup products have achieved is making mobile phone users realise how important it is to backup valuable mobile phone data stored on the phone. Other factors that have increased the need for mobile backup are the countless incidents and stories that we here about friends and family losing, dropping or breaking their mobile phone. And then the heart ache and annoyance of having to manually insert all you contacts into your phone again. If we haven't experienced this ourselves first hand then i am sure we all know someone who has.

With the awareness of mobile backup growing it gives Softconnection a great opportunity to assist users and offer them a complete mobile backup solution through SC BackUp. I am adamant that SC BackUp is still the only complete mobile backup and restore solution that can backup and restore phone contacts, calendars and sms data over the air using GPRS technology to a SSL std secure server. Current SC BackUp users agree that once you use SC BackUp it becomes a necessity to have on the phone as a protection for the mobile life stored on mobile phones.

I am sure that this awareness for backing up mobile phone data will only grow as 1. The usage of mobile phones increases. 2. Mobile phones increase data storage capabilities and 3. Mobile phones will be used more in business activities which will mean the data stored on the mobile phone is vital.

BornGlobal Announcement

2008-03-10T12:56:00.004+02:00

Hello readers,

Well what a few weeks it has been. The beginning of 2008 has been very productive for Softconnection and touch wood, I hope it will continue through out the year.

Last week Softconnection was selected out of a number of companies to receive 2 years internationalization support from the BornGlobal project. What this means for Softconnection is that we will receive professional expertise and financial support in market entry around the globe. We are very pleased with this news because the timing could not be better with SC BackUp being soon released into 13 selected markets around the world. The BornGlobal funding will give some excellent support to this project but it will play a greater hand in the market entry to new countries in the future.

With a positive start to 2008 my expectations for the year also increase so I hope to share some more news with you all in the coming weeks.

The World Mobile Congress Summary

2008-02-28T15:10:00.004+02:00

The World Mobile Congress in Barcelona has come and gone once again and in it's wake we are left with new mobile phone innovations and future visions of telecommunication. It is hard to say if the mobile phone market has matured when mobile phone manufacturers keep coming up with new ideas and features with mobile phones.

The major theme that did interest me most of course was the announcements of new mobile phone devices. One can not help to notice where mobile phone manufacturers are focusing a part of their R&D when it comes to new mobile devices. That is the amount of memory available on mobile phones. Nokia announced the release of their new phone the N 96. The most impressive aspect of the new N96 is the 16GB memory the phone has. 16GB is a staggering amount of memory even on a computer but on a mobile phone is mind boggling. Other mobile phone manufacturers are following suite in producing mobile phones with larger memory capacities. The amount of data that will be stored on mobile phones is clearly increasing and with that much data present, securing the data to ensure that all that data will not be lost is essential.

This is of course is where SC BackUp comes into the picture. SC BackUp is a backup tool that allows mobile users to backup their precious mobile phone data. Currently the backup of mobile phone contacts, sms and calendar is possible but in the near future the next SC BackUp versions will allow mobile users to backup much more e.g. pictures etc.

The direction mobile technology is heading it is clear that Softconnection is in the right business. Mobile backup will some day become as important and common as backing up PC's. The future of mobile phone technology is exciting!

New SC BackUp webpages

2008-02-14T15:26:00.004+02:00

The newly designed SC BackUp.fi pages are now live!

During the last few weeks the new SC BackUp website has been launched. In cooperation with TietoEnator, Softconnection have developed and given a fresh new look to the new SC BackUp webpages. The new website is a user friendly website that allows users to register and download the SC BackUp software directly to their phones. Also users can now access support information, FAQ and numbers to TietoEnator support centres.The new updated website coincides with the soon to be released latest SC BackUp software.

I am especially excited because the new SC BackUp website is our first tool and channel that will be used to deliver SC BackUp to users globally. All users need to do to receive the backup software is register on SC BackUp.fi and then as soon as register now is clicked they will recieve the software via sms to their phone.

Below I have posted a pic showing my favourite aspect of the new site and that is a picture of the globe which expresses the notion that SC BackUp is backing up users mobile life globally. Also when the flags are clicked SC BackUp's moto is translated to 13 different languages. Keep posted for more big announcements in the near future.

Please go to SC BackUp.fi and check out the our new site first hand.

2008, The year ahead

2008-01-10T14:30:00.000+02:00

The holiday season has come to an end and now a new year is among us. I hope readers of my blog have had a safe and relaxing Christmas break with family and friends. I sure enjoyed the short break and now am re energised for the year ahead.

2008 is a year of new opportunities for Softconnection. We are planning to really push with the development of the new upgraded version of SC BackUp. I will add a sneak preview pic at the end of this blog entry for those interested in the progress of the client. The main idea of this latest upgrade for the SC BackUp is to allow the activation and registration of users even easier and faster then previous versions. Now first time users can immediately begin to backup their critical data straight after registration. It is not necessary to enter your activation code during first time registration of your SC BackUp account. Only existing users now have to enter their activation code after enter their existing details.

On going upgrades is part of the Softconnection strategy which will make Softconnection mobile soft wares even more user friendly. We believe the hard work in development and sales will give Softconnection the advantage over the closest competitors in Europe.

Stay tuned because 2008 is going to be an exciting year for Softconnection.

Sneak preview of the latest SC BackUp version

The importance of Mobile Backup

2007-12-14T11:32:00.000+02:00

Reading through countless of articles on the web regarding mobile backup it's easy to see that the number one point argued is that company data is critical and if lost it can cripple a company and it's daily activities. It is said that 50 to 70% of companies that lose company data will go out of business within 1 year of initial data lost. All the contacts, calendar and important txt msgs that are lost are nearly impossible to collect again. On a number of recent studies, contacts, calendar and short txt msgs are still the most desired mobile data to be backed up.

Especially in today's business culture, more and more company's conduct important deals etc using short text msgs. With so much important information being stored in a mobile phone it is evident that it can not be lost and if it is lost it is information that can not be found again.

I have heard many stories of high ranked managers in big organisations who have lost their mobile data involving some sort of mobile phone mishap. The most common one is that they have left their phone in their jacket pocket and then when lent over to pick something up their mobile phone has dropped into the sea or toilet. 6000 mobile phones are lost in Finland alone in taxis, this doesn't include all the other incidents which mobile phones have been lost or damaged. In London 60,000 mobile phones are lost in taxis alone each year, that is a staggering amount of phone data lost.

Today new phones do come with PC Software included which allows the users to transfer mobile phone data to a computer. This said the user must be very close to a computer to use blue tooth technology or connected through a USB cable. This system is run by sync ml technology which means any changes made on either computer or phone will be updated. So what happens if you lose the phone? You can not restore the data to a new phone.

SC BackUp is tool used as an insurance for mobile data, allowing users to backup and secure their important mobile phone data e.g. contacts, calendar and short txt msgs. SC BackUp also allows users to manage their mobile data by transferring their mobile data to another phone. Some many companies and private users are discouraged when contemplating upgrading to a newer phone model. SC BackUp has squashed this concern by allowing users to cross transfer their mobile data into a new supported phone. In just a few clicks all the mobile data stored in a phone will be migrated and stored into a new phone.

My hope is that more people will become aware of the importance of backing up their mobile data.

SC BackUp goes live!

2007-12-05T10:59:00.000+02:00

Last week was an exciting time for Softconnection because now SC BackUp, the next generation mobile phone backup, can be downloaded straight to a mobile phone straight from the website http://www.scbackup.fi/.

What started as an idea a few months ago, Softconnection developed a SC BackUp edition that could be downloaded from the website straight to the users phone after registration. Once the user has downloaded the application they can purchase the user rights of the application by paying from the phone. If the user is an existing user all they have to do is enter their user code which they would have received during the first time of activation of the SC BackUp.

This is really our plan at Softconnection in making our mobile applications easy to access and use. With SC BackUp being live on line it is accessible for any user willing to pay only 3€ a month for the application. We now hope to deliver SC BackUp not only to corporations but also to private users all over the world.

Summarising 2007

2007-11-22T14:41:00.000+02:00

As 2007 is rapidly coming to an end I will write a short reflection of the year that has gone by so fast again. 2007 has been a promising year for Softconnection with a number of agreements being signed for the global distribution rights of Softconnection's mobile backup software SC BackUp. Throughout the year Softconnection has had some changes with regards to new employees coming on board and a minor relocation of the office.

Some personal changes that occurred in 2007 where that i moved back to my hobby home at the lake side that i built a few years ago. Settling in should be completed before Christmas time this year. I look forward to enjoying the next summer there by the lake.

Even though 2007 has nearly ended it does not mean Softconnection has put it's feet up yet. We are still working hard and I am confident that a number of new agreements will still be finalised and announced by the lastest in early 2008.

I will keep you posted if any announcements are made.

SC BackUp is spreading!

2007-11-14T09:40:00.000+02:00

As I expressed my reasons for beginning a CEO blog diary in my first postings, I promised to announce some big Softconnection announcements and also share my thoughts on future developments within the company.

Today I can announce Softconnection has signed a deal with Fonecta, the market leading service directory company in Finland, for usage rights of the SC BackUp application. The agreement also includes the reselling rights of the SC BackUp software for Fonecta to offer their customers.

This agreement is another positive step forward for Softconnection. By gaining partners like Fonecta, it will help push out the SC BackUp software to a wider user group more effectively.

Moving forward during the mobility age is our ambition, to offer users applications that are easy to use and that can be used for managing mobile data from the mobile phone. We plan to make some more big announcements in coming weeks so stayed tuned!

Nokia's future visions!

2007-11-01T11:02:00.000+02:00

Reading through Nokia's future visions of mobile innovation one can only be amazed at the future prospects of the world of mobility. This said we at Softconnection have a challenging task to keep up with the changing mobile world, updating our mobile solutions software to comply with mobile phones new functionalities.

Some of Nokia's future mobile technology concepts range from translations applications which will allow users to capture foreign language texts onto their phones and then the text will be automatically translated to a language of choice. Another future application may be a useful shopping tool which again will involve capturing or even just viewing a certain object through the camera lens, the application will automatically process the object and then name to object on the phone.

A summary of Nokia's view of where mobile innovation is heading is quite promising for Softconnection. The technology trend "Mobility transforms the internet" is exactly where Softconnections backup software will be at it's most useful. With mobility possibly taking over the internet and normal PC activities, Backing up mobile data will be as important as ever with all the critical data that will be stored on mobile phones. SC BackUp will be the perfect solution to partner this technology trend, allowing users to backup and manage all the critical mobile data on the phone, from the phone. We look forward to the unraveling of mobile technology in the coming years.

Data management

2007-10-16T09:19:00.000+03:00

Hi readers,

Having a couple of hetic weeks moving houses and finalising deals I have struggled to find any spare time to share some thoughts on my blog. Softconnection is going through a real change and I am confident that we will be announcing some big announcements in the next few weeks.

Reading some interesting articles latelty it is quite clear that mobile phones are becoming more and more like mini laptops. The new Nokia E series devices are really changing the meaning of corporate mobile phones, enabling users to connect their work emails to their phones. So what's next? it is nearly certain that mobile phones will some day soon have the same amount of memory in them then a normal laptop, allowing users to do more practical things all on the mobile phone.

This is where we at Softconnection intend to focus our energy on. Softconnection is already delivering SC BackUp, which is a mobile tool that is used in fact already for mobile data management, allowing users to manage the most important data on their phones all from the phone. With mobile phones becoming increasingly advanced and more capable of performing and storing more data, it is our plan to develop software that can backup and manage most of the data and settings on a mobile phone.

The fantastic Nokia E series family

Looking into the future

2007-09-24T14:54:00.000+03:00

If you don't keep up to date with the news on the Softconnection web pages then you may have missed Softconnections latest press release. Softconnection and Tekes (which is is the Finnish funding agency for Technology and Innovation) have entered a partnership. This means that Softconnection will have extra resources to further develop our mobile solutions portfolio.

To let you in on what we plan to further develop is the SC BackUp software. I strongly believe that there are many opportunities to further expand into the mobile backup software market and this is what Softconnetion intends to do. This is no big secret, I know who our competitors are and what they have to offer but I also know what Softconnection offers. Many of our competitors still use sync ml technology for their backup service and their service is intended for data sharing. Users can only backup their contacts and then share them over the net to friends. Also backing up mobile data is one thing but restoring phone data to it's original state is another. I challenge readers of my blog to test a number of backup services including Softconnections SC BackUp application and judge for yourselves which application is the best!

SC BackUp is a pure over the air backup that can backup and recover more mobile data then most of other backup products, and also I know from testing many competitors products that SC BackUp is a far user friendly application. This said I am very proud in the current SC BackUp version, and also confident that with the Tekes partnership the future versions of our SC BackUp application will be right up at the forefront of mobile backup technology.

What Softconnection is all about

2007-09-13T09:59:00.000+03:00

As I promised, I will share more intimate details about Softconnection and it's products in the first few posts.

Softconnection is a mobility software solutions company with its roots in Finland. The experienced team provides mobile software and services for the mobile devices.

There has been significant technology development in mobility related infrastructure and mobile terminals. As of today, reliable, high bandwidth and less expensive data transmission capability is available in the principal marketplaces (North America, Europe and Asia). Also, there are a number of mobile terminals available with the capability to execute applications tailored to a specific need and which require the storage of large amounts of data.

As a consequence, both corporations as well as private consumers store more and more sensitive data on their mobile handsets (such as contact information, calendar events, and memos).

Softconnection delivers end-to-end and stand-alone mobile applications for mobile terminal users that take advantage of the most up to date mobile technology and IT-solutions already available for the customers. Softconnection offers expertise in the areas of mobile data backup, data encrypting, smart phone software and mobile business solutions. Softconnection delivers mobile solutions and products for customers in professions such as Telco operators, ASP partners and international corporations.

The Company’s high scalability technology allows Softconnection the opportunity to target a wider customer base: from mobile phone producers, operators and ASP partners to medium and large corporations.

Softconnection Mobility Platform architecture is designed to be a modular approach where new features can be added easily and smoothly. Platform supports many type of connectivity technologies, integration/adaptation with legacy systems, core functionalities and special technologies.

Our mission at Softconnection is to develop mobile solutions that enable businesses and private users to better use and manage mobile data and by doing that enhance the management of business activities in areas of reporting, control, delivery, maintenance logistics and sales.

Thanks for reading,

Jussi

Mobile Technology Today

2007-09-04T12:03:00.000+03:00

When I think about mobile technology today and how far it has come over the last few years, it is hard to believe that it was still seen as a luxury good only 10-15 years ago. Nowadays, the total number of mobile user's world wide has sky rocketed and the types of users vary right across the board. This is where we gain a lot of our motivation when developing our mobile applications. With such a large user group of mobile user's it is essential to create a product that is user friendly and that can be used by any leveled mobile user.

Softconnections SC BackUp is just that! Even the most novel mobile user will be able to navigate through the clear commands and create a backup of their critical mobile data, and if needed also restore the data with just a couple of clicks.

I am excited and look forward to see where mobile technology is heading and as Softconnection is always planning new ideas for mobile solutions I believe that Softconnection will be at the forefront of mobile solution technology.

Jussi Teeriaho

Welcome to Softconnections "CEO's Desk" Blog

2007-08-30T11:26:00.000+03:00

Welcome to the first entry of Softconnections CEO Desk blog.

My name is Jussi Teeriaho and I am the founder and CEO of Softconnection Ltd. More then 10 years ago the idea of developing an mobile application that allows mobile users to backup mobile phone data was conceived. Since then we have developed a number of mobile solutions but none more used and publicised then our SC BackUp application.

Over the coming weeks and months I hope to update this blog regularly with news and updates that occur within Softconnection. I will also use the time to specifically explain a number of Softconnections innovative mobile solutions and how they came about.

2007 has been an exciting year for Softconnection. I hope that you enjoy the news and thoughts that I will share.

Jussi Teeriaho