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Software announced by Aether Systems Inc. last month is an ambitious attempt to simplify the work of letting sundry handheld devices wirelessly connect with existing corporate data.
Aether Fusion is intended as a set of building blocks that plug into a core server program that runs on Java application servers. It will blend several Aether products, including its AIM messaging middleware and ScoutSync data synchronization program. Users can then select the set of blocks that match their back-end applications, wireless nets and client devices.
If Aether is successful in stitching together these various components with new APIs, enterprise users should...