Microsoft acquires Acompli to give a mobile edge to Outlook and Office 365

BANGALORE, INDIA: After bringing Office to the iPad, iPhone and Android, Microsoft has now acquired Acompli, the innovative mobile email apps provider for iOS and Android, which will give seamless email experience on mobile devices.

"These are significant steps in our work to deliver the best productivity experiences across mobile platforms, and we’re continuing to push forward,'' said Rajesh Jha, Corporate Vice President, Outlook and Office 365 in an official blog post.

The Acompli app provides a single place to manage email, schedule meetings, and work with attachments and files. "We’re excited about what’s possible as we build on the app’s success and bring it together with work currently in progress by the Outlook team," said he.

Acompli already provides support for email and file services from Apple, Dropbox, Google, and Box and Microsoft is looking to integrate the capabilities of the  Office 365 platform into the product as well to deliver the best productivity experiences across various mobile platforms.

Acompli CEO Javier Soltero said, ''18 months ago we started building a team and a product around the idea that we could make mobile email better. Today that journey continues as part of a larger organization with the technology, talent, and market reach that will help us take the vision of Acompli to hundreds of millions of mobile users across the world.''