Zyb

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ZYB
Type	Private
Founded	August 2005
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Key people	Tommy Ahlers, CEO, Co-Founder Ole Højriis Kristensen, Developer, Co-Founder Morten Lund, Co-Founder
Industry	Internet services
Slogan	Bring mobile data to life
Website	zyb.com

ZYB is a free online management tool for mobile phones where users backup the mobile and share their mobile's data online. Founded in August 2005, ZYB uses the SyncML synchronisation standard to transfer contact and calendar information between users' mobile handsets and its servers.

Since the first full beta launch of ZYB in June 2006 users have backed up more than five million contacts through the service.

Contents 1 Features 2 Requirements 3 References 4 See also 5 External links 6 About ZYB

[edit] Features

• Backup of contacts and calendar from the mobile
• Restoring data from ZYB to any phone
• Keeping two or more phones up-to-date with the same data
• Sharing the phone's data with other ZYB users
• Exporting the phone's contacts and calendars to other devices and applications

[edit] Requirements

In order to synchronise their phone with ZYB, users need:

• A SyncML enabled phone
• A working data connection (WAP/GPRS) on their phone

[edit] References

• "ZYB: Averting Mobile Phone Tragedies and Bringing People Together", Tom's Hardware Guide, October 3, 2006.

• "Backing Up Contacts The Zyb Way", Yahoo!, August 11, 2006.

• "Zyb, the Free Data Backup and Contact and Calendar Synchronizer for Your Mobile", MobileCrunch, June 6, 2006.

[edit] See also

• SyncML

[edit] External links

• ZYB website

[edit] About ZYB

ZYB was founded in 2005 by three entrepreneurs from Copenhagen (Tommy Ahlers, Morten Lund, and Ole Højriis Kristensen). The desire was (and still is) to secure mobile data and enhance usability of phones by allowing people to share and manage data online. The founders wanted to offer as many features, including the back-up itself, for free.

ZYB is based in Copenhagen. Tommy Ahlers is CEO of ZYB and the board of directors consists of Henrik Albertsen (CEO Nordic Venture Partners), Preben Damgaard (co-founder of Damgaard and former EVP at Microsoft), Torben Haase (CEO of Excitor) and Tommy Ahlers.