There are also known implementations running with nginx, lighttpd. Z-Push was developed and tested with the Apache2 Webserver and PHP. We expect that other backends arise in the near future as the opensource community gets the grips with the new possibilities. There are also a SQL backend to save the states in a database and searchLDAP backend for Global Address List search. Open source Z-Push enables any PHP-based groupware package to become fully syncable with any ActiveSync-compliant device.īeing an opensource project under the AGPL v3, it allows developers to add their own backend so that Z-Push can communicate with their groupware solution.Ĭurrently, Z-Push is available with the following backends: the IMAP and the maildir backends for e-mail synchronisation, the vCard and CardDAV backends for contact synchronisation, CalDAV backend for calendar and task synchronisation and one for the Kopano package which allows full synchronisation of E-mail, Calendar, Contacts and Tasks. This is where Open source Z-Push comes in it is an implementation of Microsoft’s ActiveSync protocol which is used ‘over-the-air’ for multi platform ActiveSync capable devices, including Windows Phone, Apple iPhone and iPad, Android and Blackberry 10 devices. Both solutions require proprietary server-side software from the vendor, therefore limiting the use of PIMs (personal information managers) to either wired synchronization or irritating 3rd-party synchronizers requiring the installation of client software on the PDA.

The most important platforms that can do wireless synchronisation are ActiveSync that is used to communicate with Exchange Server and Research-in-Motion’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). Mobile data synchronization is becoming increasingly important for many people, and various standards have arisen to perform this two-way copying ‘over-the-air’.

With a history of over 9 years of successful synchronization with multiple backends Z-Push is the leading open source push synchronization.

Z-Push is an open-source application to synchronize ActiveSync compatible devices such as mobile phones, tablets and Outlook 2013 and above.

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