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New Software to Enhance Mobility Support|
- By CXOtoday Staff, Mar 24, 2008 1310 hrs IST
- Tags : Sybase, Apple iPhone, Information Anywhere Suite
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Following Sybase iAnywhere's recent announcement of inclusion of support for Apple iPhone within its Information Anywhere Suite, IT organizations can now safely deliver Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange enterprise email to iPhone users and many other mobile devices.
Sybase's approach, on one hand, provides enterprise email support for the iPhone reducing potential security concerns, on the other hand, it offers a rich user experience utilizing native iPhone applications.
Mark Willnerd, vice president of Sybase iAnywhere, says, "We've had significant demand from our customer base for iPhone support, as companies want to allow the iPhone as an approved device choice for wireless email, along with their other Windows Mobile, Symbian or Palm devices. In addition, we are excited by the recent release of the Apple iPhone SDK. We are currently exploring new possibilities for future product enhancements and additional iPhone support across our entire Information Anywhere Suite mobility platform."
There are certain advantages of Information Anywhere suite. The suite provides iPhone support without requiring changes to an enterprise's messaging infrastructure. The outbound connection model adds an additional layer of security. Enterprises no longer need to open inbound communication ports to the messaging infrastructure, all mobile device connections end within the enterprise DMZ.
The suite also supports the native iPhone client, which provides a feature rich and faster user experience than found with browser-based email support. In addition, it makes email available for offline use. Also, it provides secure access to contact data, including corporate directory and personal contacts.
Information Anywhere addresses the demand corporations face to support a variety of mobile devices. Sybase iAnywhere now supports the iPhone, in addition to more than 250 Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm-based devices. Most importantly, it supports both Lotus Domino R6/7/8 and Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003/2007.
In the words of Melkon Torosyan, project manager of Comdirect AG, "We were glad to be selected as an iPhone beta participant with Sybase iAnywhere. The solution was easy to set up without any adjustment to our backend infrastructure and we were ready to go with our iPhone devices in less than a day. We are looking forward to deploying the solution because it addresses the needs of the users and the security concerns of our enterprise customers."
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