Enterprise E-Mail Security Dogs Droid

Following my post on the impact Android is having on usage of mobile web sites, I was contacted by Denis Stypulkoski, executive vice president and chief information officer at Tygris Commercial Finance, who noted the critical need for Google and Verizon to quickly add support for ActiveSync Provisioning Protocol - which is a prerequisite for e-mail security in Exchange shops -- in the Android OS.Stypulkoski succinctly captured the sentiment of the 450+ comments on Google's Android support forums on this particular issue:

I agree with comment 202 in this long list that recommends also reporting the issue to Verizon Wireless (here) to step up the pressure.

The bad news for Verizon Wireless and Google is the number of commenters who say they have no choice but to return their phones unless a fix comes quickly, and who say Droid can never have a place in the enterprise without this feature.

The first report came about on Nov. 2 and, by my count, Google employees have entered two blank posts in the discussion since that time. Google classifies the issue as a "medium" priority "enhancement" request. Clearly, Google and or Verizon will address this, but some communication at this point is vital.

Quoting Stypulkoski again, this time from the support forums:

Google, are you listening?

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