Docs To Go application offers users access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and other files on multiple mobile devices.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Research in Motion (www.rim.com), the company behind BlackBerry smartphones, has acquired some assets of software developer DataViz (www.dataviz.com), as well as the majority of its employees, according to reports.
“RIM has acquired some of the assets of DataViz and hired the majority of its employees to focus on supporting the BlackBerry platform,” RIM said in a statement to tech blog Digital Daily. “Terms of the deal were not disclosed but the transaction was not material to RIM in the context of RIM’s financial results.”
The acquisition gives the phone maker control of the popular Docs To Go application, which offers users access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and other files on mobile devices, as well as an easy-to-use desktop application offering bi-directional file synchronization, and providing users with a simple way to transfer and manage important documents.
Docs To Go is available for BlackBerry, iOS, Android, Maemo, Palm OS, webOS, Windows Mobile Standard and Windows Mobile Professional. The premium edition lets users view, edit and create Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and attachments, as well as view PDF files all on a phone.
The software is currently tightly integrated with BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1.5 and BlackBerry Internet Service 2.5 for quick native attachment downloading and uploading. It also supports existing IT policies, including new policies specific to Documents To Go functionality.
Documents To Go also features a desktop application that offers bi-directional file synchronization, and provides users with an easy way to transfer and manage documents.
It was also announced recently that DataViz has stopped development for webOS, which some speculate is related to the merger, and could be the first of many platforms other than BlackBerry to be abandoned.
BlackBerry news site Crackberry.com has speculated that RIM could offer Docs To Go as a free feature included in BlackBerry Enterprise Server for business users – or even provide it for free for all BlackBerry users.
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