AGID first delivered mobility to their wholesalers in 2004 with Pyxis Mobile and based on the success of the program, the firm has moved forward to deliver additional data and functionality.

"On average, a person spends 35% of their time looking for information they need. We wanted to implement a solution for our sales force that drastically cut this time down to produce a competitive advantage," said Neal Zamore, Head of eSolutions for Allianz Global Investors Distributors. "The Apollo Initiative delivers needed information to our sales force so they can spend less time looking for it and more time acting on it to meet our clients' needs."

Allianz Global Investors Distributors relies on SharePoint Server 2007 for document management and team collaboration, and identified SharePoint Server 2007 mobility as a "must have" deliverable for 2009. The Pyxis Mobile SharePoint offering, which is available across a wide array of devices including BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile smartphones, includes several key functions: advanced searching and filtering for content, the ability to view and email any document out of SharePoint Server 2007, tailored subscription management, access to client information, dashboard reporting, newsfeeds, announcements and alerts, and more.

"Attention towards collaboration has driven SharePoint Server 2007 to experience huge growth and has positioned it as the primary system of record within the enterprise," said Tom Rizzo, senior director of SharePoint at Microsoft. "Companies such as Pyxis Mobile are delivering important functionality and flexibility by making SharePoint available from any smartphone at any time and from any location."

"Allianz Global Investors Distributors has a highly mobile workforce and it is imperative that we have a mobile solution that makes our information relevant and easy to find and share, while ensuring system usage when away from the office," said Neil Dewar, Chief Informatition Officer of Allianz Global Investors Distributors. "Pyxis Mobile delivers a robust and scalable SharePoint Server 2007 application that we can deploy to all of our mobile devices with the same configuration in a fast and efficient manner."

"AGID demonstrates their commitment to excellence by providing real-time access of their SharePoint to their field force," says T.L. Neff, Executive Vice President of Product Management and Client Services at Pyxis Mobile. "We are excited to provide the mobile application platform that powers their advanced business strategy and look forward to helping them achieve their goals."