Sybase (News - Alert), an SAP company and a provider of enterprise and mobile software, announced that its mobile device security and application management software now supports Cisco (News - Alert) Cius, a new business tablet created for enterprise mobility.

This development extends Sybase's device agnostic approach to support a growing list of mobile devices that includes Android (smartphones and tablets), iOS (iPhone (News - Alert) and iPad), Windows Mobile, Symbian and BlackBerry.

Sybase Unwired Platform and Sybase Afaria software improve customer efficiency, responsiveness and satisfaction through development and management of a set of user friendly Web-based applications.

These applications mobilize business processes and workflow and provide real-time access to back-office systems across the enterprise. Sybase's Support for Cisco Cius brings leading functionality to mobile application developers and IT managers, company officials said.

The Over-the-Air (OTA) deployment enables IT managers to quickly configure hundreds or thousands of devices at a time and deliver applications on them. Asset tracking and reporting help them manage their mobile assets.

The Cisco Cius business tablet features innovative voice, video, collaboration and virtualization capabilities. The combination of Cisco Cius and Sybase's leading enterprise mobility solutions enables organizations to deliver an optimized tablet containing enterprise-grade management, security and a suite of collaboration applications, company officials said.

“Our ability to rapidly support the latest devices on our mobile enterprise application platform and ensure they are enterprise-ready is unmatched in the industry,” said Terry Stepien, president, Sybase iAnywhere (News - Alert), in a statement. “We highly value Cisco as a strategic partner with a common goal of driving enterprise mobility innovation.”

The Cisco Cius running on Sybase Unwired Platform will offer customers a new class of highly collaborative and secure productivity apps, which will continue advancing tablet adoption in the enterprise, Stepien added.

In another recent development, Sybase announced the general availability of Sybase IQ 15.3, powered by a new generation of shared everything Massively Parallel Processing technology.