environment.
According to iAnywhere, Mobile IM enables enterprises to easily deploy secure instant messaging and presence functions on mobile devices. The company says its technology provides a single application through which users can access leading enterprise and public IM platforms from various devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0, among other embedded OSes.

Mobile IM architecture
(Click to enlarge)Key capabilities of Mobile IM include message routing, as well as auditing and archiving function compatibility; the latter are important for compliance with various regulatory requirements, the company said.
Supported enterprise class IM systems are said to include IBM Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server, Jabber XCP, Jabber Wildfire, and Reuters Messaging; supported "public instant messaging networks" include Google Talk and Jabber, via XMPPd, the company said.
iAnywhere VP of engineering Joe Owen stated, "With mobility comes responsibility. Businesses must take measures to protect corporate information wherever it resides, particularly with widespread usage of unmonitored consumer instant messaging services at work."
A free 30-day trial download of Mobile IM can be requested
here.
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