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Synchronoss Cares Program Raises Over $100,000

April 24, 2013 | Posted by Stacie Hiras

Stacie Hiras and Dana Huppert from Synchronoss’ Team Sandy attended the Thank You Reception at the Governor’s mansion on April 9th. They presented New Jersey’s First Lady, Mrs. Mary Pat Christie, a check for $42,139.33 from the Synchronoss Cares program for the Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund.

Bringing floods, massive power outages, and general chaos, last October’s Hurricane Sandy had a devastating effect on our area. As a company headquartered in New Jersey, we rallied together to support relief efforts and contribute to the recovery of the Tri-State area, thus launching the Synchronoss Cares program.

The goal of the Synchronoss Cares program was to raise significant funds for three charities, fueling some friendly internal competition. The charities were the Everett Family Fund, Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund, and American Red Cross (NJ Chapter). A fourth team, Habitat for Humanity was designated to be the recipient of a bank of employee volunteer hours to be worked on in the coming months.

To date the combined efforts of the Synchronoss Cares teams raised $135,559.67 for the three charities and created a bank of 558 volunteer hours for Habitat For Humanity. The winning team, the Everett Family Fund, raised an impressive $81,884.01! Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund raised $42,139.33 and the American Red Cross (NJ Chapter) raised $11,536.33.

Thanks to each and every employee who participated in this effort, especially to the team leads: Sheri Horwitz (R&D) – Everett Family Fund, Stacie Hiras (Marketing) – Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund, Holly Marston (HR) – American Red Cross (NJ Chapter), and Heather Housman (Marketing) – Habitat for Humanity.

Their leadership sparked employee involvement and a creative competition all for a good cause. Thanks also to Dana Huppert (Legal) for her work in tracking, establishing bank accounts, and handling administration for each team. “Synchronoss Cares was a great way for our employees to come together as a team and provide support to the surrounding communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy,” said Stephen Waldis. “I am deeply proud and truly appreciative of the extraordinary effort and results of this initiative.”

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Mobile Breakfast Series March 21, 2013 Recap: Cloud, SDN, and The Art of Mobile Computing

April 9, 2013 | Posted by Stacie Hiras

Celebrating its fifth year of operation, Chetan Sharma’s Mobile Breakfast Series gathered last month to discuss cloud, Software-defined networking (SDN) and the art of mobile computing. As a series partner, Synchronoss has been honored to take part in numerous Mobile Breakfast sessions and discuss the future of mobile with key players in the industry. This session was no different, as Synchronoss’ Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Biju Nair, joined a panel of mobile enthusiasts to discuss what’s in the cards for big data, cloud and analytics.

Mobile is a $1.5 trillion economy, and revenue generation is one of the major shifts taking place in the industry. According to Chetan this shift, or “fourth wave,” of new revenue will come from services and solutions, with mobile operators breaking out revenues from digital services. With an estimated $90 billion in mobile data revenues this year, the focus of this panel was to discuss what services will be included in this “fourth wave,” and how they will be supported.

Biju shared his thoughts on the personal cloud opportunity for mobile operators, as well as the fourth wave of revenue that cloud presents.  He also discussed the importance of analytics to create new services and revenue opportunities.  Biju touched on the differences in how operators utilize cloud in developed markets as well as emerging economies. The panel also honed in on security being a major component of cloud, as consumers become more educated about security issues and best practices. As data is sent to the cloud, security requirements will become even stricter. Policy will continue to play an important role in managing security in the network and at the device level.

What else can we expect in 2013?

  • Mobile operators seeking new ways to utilize big data to target consumers
  • Software Defined Networking disrupting mobile infrastructure
  • Data revenues overtaking voice revenues

We were honored to take part in the Chetan Sharma Mobile Breakfast Series and look forward to another exciting year of mobile!

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Mobile World Congress 2013 Recap

March 5, 2013 | Posted by Stacie Hiras

The team at Synchronoss just completed another successful show at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Every year MWC is an exciting show that brings some of the best and brightest in the mobile industry together from all over the world. And this year was no exception with more than 72,000 visitors from over 200 countries.

During this year’s show, we announced that our Personal Cloud solution has been significantly enhanced to add support for connected consumer devices and to the home and car. Additionally we announced that Rich Communications Services (RCS) were integrated into our Personal Cloud Platform. By supporting RCS, we are enabling subscriber’s access to cross-device next generation RCS communications services such as voice, video calling, file transfer and chat.

The connected future was truly on display this year, which was right on target with our Connected Home and Connected Car displays that we showcased in our booth and extended the reach of the mobile operator to the home and the car. The GSMA demonstrated how the power of mobility and the cloud could connect a whole city in their Connected City exhibit.  Synchronoss’ EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Biju Nair was invited to introduce the Fierce Markets Connected Car panel comprised of leading industry executives from AT&T Mobility and Ford Motor Company.

Synchronoss is proud to have been a part of this year’s MWC and look forward to seeing the many innovations on display come to life this year. To stay up to date on any upcoming events, follow us on Twitter @Synchronoss and visit our events page at http://synchronoss.com/events.html

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Synchronoss Expands Personal Cloud to Consumer Connected Devices

February 26, 2013 | Posted by Stacie Hiras

While out at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday we announced that the Personal Cloud solution has been significantly enhanced to add support for connected consumer devices. Operators can now offer a branded cloud storage, backup and synchronization service to their subscribers, by providing new capabilities to store contacts and rich media across any device (smartphones, PC’s, tablets, TV’s, etc.) and any platform (Android, iOS, RIM, Windows, etc.).  Address book contacts, pictures, music, videos, device settings (such as ring tones, wall papers, email etc.), documents, SMS/MMS and call logs can be securely stored to the cloud and relevant contents synchronized across multiple devices and mobile operating systems.

We are also showcasing our Connected Home and Connected Car solutions at the show! The Connected Home solution will showcase how subscribers can access their digital content stored in the Synchronoss Personal Cloud on their connected consumer electronics devices, such as Smart TV’s.  The Connected Car solution, featuring Synchronoss’ intelligent voice recognition technology, will demonstrate how subscribers can access and navigate their content assets stored on their mobile devices through voice driven commands, and also access and control other home automation systems such as thermostats from the car dashboard. These solutions are truly about personalization of the content  experience uniformly across all 3 screens and ensuring the mobile operator with a strong presence in two locations where people spend a lot of time,  i.e. their cars and their living rooms.

If you at the show stop by our booth in Fira de Barcelona Gran Via – Hall 5, Stand H510.

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‘Synchronoss Cares’ Launches to Support New Jersey’s Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

November 30, 2012 | Posted by Stacie Hiras

As a company headquartered in New Jersey with employees spanning the Tri-state area, we were saddened to see the effects of Superstorm Sandy in our communities. In an effort to raise money and offer support to families and communities throughout New Jersey that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy, we have launched ‘Synchronoss Cares.’ This program is calling on all employees to help raise money and/or volunteer time to help those in need.

Synchronoss Cares has selected three charities, Everett Family Fund, Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund and American Red Cross, NJ Chapter, as the recipients of the company’s fundraising efforts. In addition to monetary donations, Synchronoss Cares has chosen a fourth charity, Habitat for Humanity, for those employees and their family members who would like to donate their time and talents. Synchronoss will donate $25/per hour (up to $50,000) to one of the 3 designated charities for each work hour that is invested in projects related to rebuilding homes.

With the combination of fundraising and volunteering, in addition to the amounts raised by employees under the Synchronoss Cares Program, Synchronoss will be donating more than $100,000 to kick off the program, expected to last through January 31st, 2013. The company’s goal is to raise funds throughout the holidays and make contributions to each of the three charities by January 31, 2013.

The Synchronoss Cares campaign was established in the wake of Hurricane Sandy which devastated much of the Garden State. Tax deductible contributions can be made to the “Synchronoss Charitable Foundation”, and mailed to Synchronoss Technologies, 200 Crossing Boulevard, Eighth Floor, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Attn: SNCR CARES or by contacting synchronosscares@synchronoss.com.

Let’s all work together to recover and rebuild New Jersey!

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