iClink

Wirelessly sync your CRM or PIM data with your iPhone

iClink is an iPhone application that works with CompanionLink Professional to keep the data on your PC and iPhone synchronized. iPhone owners can access their CRM or PIM contacts, calendar events, tasks, histories, notes and opportunities directly from their iPhone.

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Sync the following data:

Contacts (syncs with the native iPhone addressbook)
Calendar and phone calls (syncs with a proprietary Calendar application)
Notes and histories
Opportunities
To-do items and tasks (syncs with a proprietary Tasks application)
User-defined fields
Attachment names
Calendar and activities with linked contacts

What you need

1. CompanionLink Pro - $99.95, available here.
Installs on your PC.

2. iClink - $39.99, available on the iTunes Store.
Installs on your iPhone.

3. Wireless sync service - $9.95 per month.
Activate monthly service in CompanionLink Pro (#1 above).

How it works

Two-way sync between your PC and iPhone happens through CompanionLink's secure servers. Changes to data in your CRM or PIM application on your PC are securely sent to our servers, which then send this data to your iPhone; and vice versa.

Security and data encryption

CompanionLink wireless sync uses a packet/mailbox model. Packets are created on your personal PC and encrypted using DES encryption tied to your personal password. Packets are dropped in a "mailbox" on a server that CompanionLink hosts. The iPhone polls for packets when you select Sync on the iPhone, or at specific time intervals. If packets are found, they are downloaded, decrypted and the data is integrated with the iPhone. At that point, all packets are cleared off of the CompanionLink server. Changes on the iPhone are returned in the same way.

CompanionLink packets use 64-bit encryption in compliance with U.S. Commerce Department regulations for software that ships internationally.

All data is encrypted to your password on your computer and is not decrypted until it reaches your iPhone. There is no way for any party to decrypt the information without knowing your password. This includes CompanionLink personnel who maintain the packet server.