Sybase launches enterprise-ready iPhone solution

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 24 March 2009 08:58

IT Industry - Deals

Sybase enterprise and mobile software vendor, has released a new version of iAnywhere mobile office with expanded iPhone support and availability on the iPhone App Store.

According to Sybase, this latest version of iAnywhere is intended to strengthen iPhone adoption within enterprises by providing Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange email and PIM data to iPhone users.

And, Sybase claims it’s “the first recognised leader in the middleware space” to encrypt all data contained within an email and PIM application on an iPhone without compromising user’s personal information.

Chief Marketing Officer for Sybase. Dr Raj Nathan, maintains that  today’s wireless consumers have grown accustomed to feature-rich functionality and extensive access to personal data, which is carrying over to the enterprise, and the recent iPhone OS 3.0 release supports this transformation.

“As the demand for wireless device usage and access to corporate data in the enterprise continues to grow, only solution providers with extensive mobility expertise and a single, comprehensive mobile platform such as Sybase will be in a position to fulfill requirements of the next generation workforce.”

With this latest release, Nathan says iAnywhere Mobile Office provides iPhone users with an enterprise solution supporting email, calendar, tasks and contacts with corporate directory lookup.

“In addition, it provides several key security features for IT to administer and manage iPhones within the enterprise including application password protection, on-device encryption for all enterprise data contained within the iAnywhere Mobile Office application on an iPhone, leaving user’s personal data and applications untouched, and on-demand remote data wipe to remove all enterprise data within the application in the case of a device being lost or stolen.”

Sybase says the new version of iAnywhere Mobile Office, supporting both IBM Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange, is now available, and it’s offering a  free 30-day trial version at: www.sybase.com/iphone .