DUBLIN, Calif.;March 1, 2007 ; Sybase iAnywhere today announced that it has added mobile instant messaging (IM) and presence capabilities to its Information Anywhere® suite. This addition to the Information Anywhere suite addresses the demand of today's mobile workers for increased productivity and collaboration by offering the most comprehensive support for extending enterprise email systems and IM platforms across the broadest range of mobile devices.
Sybase iAnywhere's mobile IM and presence technology is a component of the company's Information Anywhere suite, a platform which addresses converging enterprise requirements for mobile email, collaboration, security, device management and enterprise applications. Additionally, the new technology provides logging and routing capabilities that ensure compliance with corporate auditing policies.
Research firm Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2010, 90% of users with business e-mail accounts will have IT-controlled IM accounts. According to Gartner, "As IM traffic becomes increasingly higher in volume and potentially higher in value, organizations will need to adopt enterprise-class IM technologies, as well as IM hygiene services, to ensure efficient, integrated, reliable and secure use of IM technologies." Tom Eid, "Businesses Increase Their Use of Instant Messaging:, Gartner, Inc.11/27/06, ID Number: G00144778
"Sybase iAnywhere addresses the rapidly growing enterprise IM medium by enabling businesses to ensure that their mobile workers have the same ability to communicate in real-time as if they were in the office. Now users in the field can easily determine if their co-workers are online and available," explained Mark Willnerd, vice president, iAnywhere.
"Additionally, we give enterprises the tools to easily manage and secure mobile communications wherever their employees may be."
Features include:
Heterogeneous Solution
Easy-to-Use Client
Sybase iAnywhere's mobile IM and presence technology will be available Q2 2007. Additional information is available at
http://www.ianywhere.com/MobileIM or by calling 1-800-801-2069. Pre-request your free 30-day trial version at: www.ianywhere.com/GetMobileIM.
About Information Anywhere
Suite
The Information Anywhere
suite is a secure, scalable mobile software portfolio of products that
address the converging IT requirements of enterprises today. By combining
mobile email, collaboration, device management, enterprise-to-edge security
and back-office application extension capabilities, Information Anywhere
enables organizations to empower employees to do the work they need to
do anywhere, at anytime, on any device. Built from the inception to address
the unique characteristics of frontline environments, Information Anywhere
ensures that mobilized applications are as secure, reliable and available
as those that run within the data center.
About Sybase iAnywhere
Sybase iAnywhere enables
success at the front lines of business. The company holds worldwide market
leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management
and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and Bluetooth®
and infrared protocol technologies. Tens of millions of mobile devices
and over 20,000 customers and partners rely on the company's "Always Available"
technologies, including SQL Anywhere and its Information Anywhere suite.
iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY).
Sybase, iAnywhere, iAnywhere Solutions, Information Anywhere, and Afaria are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Sybase, Inc. or its subsidiaries. ® indicates registration in the United States of America. The Bluetooth trademark and logos are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by iAnywhere is under license. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
Special Note: References to Sybase iAnywhere mean iAnywhere Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. Statements concerning iAnywhere Solutions' product market, relationships with its customers and new products are forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks and cannot be guaranteed. Factors that could ultimately affect such statements are detailed from time to time in Sybase's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (copies of which can be viewed on the Company's web site).