mobility services

Cisco is making its move in the mobile-workspace world. Last week, at the Interop show in Las Vegas, the networking giant announced a new initiative called Collaboration in Motion, that draws from a number of its product lines to facilitate collaboration in the mobile workspace. Products and services tied to the initiative include Cisco WebEx, Cisco Unified Communications, Cisco Unified Wireless Network, and Cisco Advanced Services.

Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion announced a strategic alliance Monday to deliver solutions for business mobility on the BlackBerry platform. The planned solutions focus on increasing service levels, reducing operations costs, and improving productivity for customers. Among the planned solutions is support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.

Specifically, HP and RIM plan to design and launch offerings that increase productivity for road warriors around the world and make way for businesses to extend their return on investment for global mobility services.

A struggling Motorola has sold some mobile-messaging assets. The handset maker on Tuesday announced it's selling Good Technology to Visto, a mobile push-synchronization platform. Visto has its sights set on competing with BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, but analysts are skeptical about its chances in an entrenched market.

Good Technology offers wireless messaging, mobile VPN data access, device management, and handheld security for enterprise customers. Visto says adding Good's service suite in the U.S., Europe and Asia will allow the company to offer a broader range of solutions.