Sybase Addresses Market Need for Hosted Device Management and Personally-Owned Devices in the Enterprise
November 03 2009 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), an industry leader in delivering
enterprise and mobile software, today announced the latest release
of Afaria®, the industry’s leading mobile device management and
security solution. Afaria 6.5, a key component of the comprehensive
mobile platform from Sybase, comprises new hosting options via a
highly-secure multi-tenant infrastructure, enhanced security
updates, and a new policy based model for enabling simplified
device management across a range of platforms and smartphone
devices including iPhone.
In addition to providing enterprises with multiple sites and
business units with a cohesive way of managing company-issued and
employee-owned devices, Afaria 6.5 now enables customers to manage
various device types in hosted environments while maintaining
centralized control.
“Partnering with Sybase has enabled Inmar to provide our
customers with services that simplify the management and security
of a wide array of remote and mobile devices, allowing us to focus
on the core areas of our businesses,” said Jeff Pack, senior
manager of Remote Relief SM Services for Inmar, a leader in
providing technology-driven logistics management solutions in the
consumer goods and healthcare markets. “Afaria's new features and
multi-tenant support are well suited for our hosted environment,
providing additional capabilities that will allow us to more
effectively utilize our hosting resources while providing customers
access to a centrally managed, streamlined environment that fully
protects and secures remote and mobile data.”
“The enterprise mobility market is constantly evolving as
organizations look for new ways to manage mobile deployments and
the adoption of personally-owned devices continues to rise,” said
Willie Jow, vice president of Mobility Marketing, Sybase. “We are
meeting the industry demand to deliver the power of Afaria
management and security to a wider audience through hosted managed
services and support for the iPhone.”
To simplify the management of an increasingly mobile workforce,
Afaria 6.5 now includes device identification and search
enhancements, wipe and lock control options, and sophisticated
profile settings. The device security capabilities are also
expanded through integrated antivirus and firewall components, new
application control capabilities, Nokia device encryption, and an
expanded Windows Mobile data security manager feature set.
Key Features of Afaria 6.5 Include:
- Multi-tenancy infrastructure
and hosting options for management of multiple sites or tenants
using a single server farm
- iPhone support with
over-the-air provisioning, certificate-based policy enforcement and
enforceable administrative policy lockdown control
- Application control to
block (blacklist) or allow (whitelist) specific applications from
being accessed by end users on Windows Mobile devices
- Data Security Manager
enhancements including best-in-class Symbian data-at-rest
encryption, increased complex password, and device lockdown
capabilities
- Policy-based management
model to increase administration ease of use
- Integrated antivirus and
firewall features for improved security using a single
connection
- Open Mobile Alliance Device
Management (OMA DM) terminal security and session control
enhancements for clientless device management
In Related News
Sybase today released new product offerings for the iPhone that
extend enterprise functionality to service both internal employees
and external users. Sybase will be featuring its latest iPhone
solutions at the iPhone Developer Summit at the Santa Clara
Convention Center, November 2-4, please visit booth number 113.
Please see press releases at www.sybase.com/press.
Availability
Afaria 6.5 will be available in mid November. For more
information, please visit: www.sybase.com/afaria or by calling:
800-801-2069
Analyst Perspective
Sybase was recognized by Forrester Research as a leader in its
April 2009 report The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Device Management
Solutions, Q2 2009i and as the leader in mobile device management
enterprise software for the eighth consecutive year by IDC.ii The
full reports can be obtained at www.forrester.com and
www.idc.com.
About Sybase
Sybase is an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile
software to manage, analyze and mobilize information. We are
recognized globally as a performance leader, proven in the most
data-intensive industries and across all major systems, networks
and devices. Our information management, analytics and enterprise
mobility solutions have powered the world’s most mission-critical
systems in financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing
and government. For more information, visit http://www.sybase.com.
Read Sybase blogs: http://blogs.sybase.com.
Sybase, and Afaria, are registered trademarks of Sybase, Inc. or
its subsidiaries. ® indicates registration in the United States of
America. All other company and product names mentioned may be
trademarks of the respective companies with which they are
associated.
Special Note: Statements concerning Sybase’s 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).
For more information, please contact Sybase Public
Relations.
i The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Device Management Solutions, Q2
2009, Forrester Research, Inc., April 27, 2009.
ii IDC, Worldwide Mobile Device Management Enterprise 2009-2013
Forecast 2008 Vendor Shares Report, Doc # 218680, June 2009.
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