[September 16, 2009] Sybase and Verizon Ink Alliance for Mobility Solutions Tweet Sep 15, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Sybase, a supplier of enterprise and mobile software, and Verizon, a communications provider, announced they are teaming up to enable multinational companies to effectively manage the deployment and ongoing support of their growing mobile workforce. Verizon's new offering, Managed Mobility Solutions, utilizes Sybase's mobility services expertise and enterprise device management platform to help businesses manage the complexities surrounding the increasing number of mobile information workers. "As enterprises today strive to incorporate mobility to stay competitive, increase productivity and meet employee demand, they are seeing significant manageability issues across the entire organization," said Nancy Gofus, senior vice president - global business products, Verizon. "Managing multiple fixed and mobile operator contracts and communication costs, selecting mobile devices, network interoperability and device management and security are unwieldy for most enterprises. Sybase is a proven provider of device management software and together we are well placed to minimize the pain points for customers through our new highly accessible, comprehensive managed mobility service." Business requires that organizations connect partners, suppliers, manufacturers, remote offices and remote employees directly to their systems, applications and information so they can improve customer service, bring products or services to market quicker, make better decisions and increase their organizations' overall productivity. "Managed mobility services are an increasingly critical offering in the enterprise mobility space," said Stephen Drake, program vice president for Mobility & Telecom research, IDC. "Incorporating best of breed mobile device management and security components provide a key value to enterprises seeking to manage and control their mobile deployments." Verizon Managed Mobility Solutions offers an integrated solution in key areas including: inventory and expense management, logistics, mobile device management and security, and application management. Sybase was selected to support the mobile device management and security modules of the new Verizon managed service: - Mobile Device Management for delivering tools, applications and data to employees in a timely manner, and creating and enforcing flexible mobile policies across devices, groups or individual users - Mobile Security that enforces access codes, establishes "lock/wipe" policies, encrypts devices and data cards, delivers firewall and antivirus applications, and supports mobile access to corporate applications "As we continue to extend our enterprise mobility leadership, we are extremely pleased to team up with a leading managed service provider in Verizon," said Terry Stepien, president, Sybase iAnywhere. "Enterprise mobility has moved beyond line of business applications to include a much wider group of wireless consumers or information workers. Both Sybase and Verizon recognize this rapid change and are in the unique position to provide an easy-to-consume service that reduces the complexities of today's 'on-the-go' enterprise." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]