The Mobile Management Forum

On April 12^th 2000, The Open Group launches the Mobile Management Forum (MMF), based on:

• The results of this research

• The views of existing members of The Open Group

• The broader demands of the market

The Mobile Management Forums's overarching objective is to accelerate the deployment of wireless data into the enterprise environment, by leveraging its vendor and user membership.

Its vision is deceptively simple, to allow a user to access any information (to which he/she is entitled) over any network via any device:

Initially, the Mobile Management Forum is invited to focus on five key areas which the research clearly identified as current barriers to attainment of the vision:

• Session management of wireless and mobile devices and applications

•  Wireless and mobile data synchronization

• Wireless Local Area Networks (LANs)

• Wireless data device-independent content origination

• Authorization, authentication, and accounting issues related to wireless data devices and applications

In each case, this summary highlights the issues, examines the problems, and offers a set of specific recommendations to drive the market forward.