Sybase evolves up to iOS 4

DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA: Sybase has expanded its support for Apple devices with a full mobile device management and security solution for iOS 4. As the company says, the release of Sybase Afaria delivers proven, market-leading functionality to empower enterprise IT to effectively manage the proliferation of personally and corporate-liable iPhones, while providing a high degree of security to meet the strictest corporate standards.

The increasing diversity of platforms being incorporated into enterprise environments, such as iPhone 4, have companies scrambling to enable the use of such high user-demand devices while maintaining corporate security policies,” said Jack Gold, President of J.Gold Associates, LLC. “Third party management and security applications like those from Sybase enable companies to augment these devices’ capabilities by keeping corporate data assets safe and separate from the private user sections of these devices. When such enhancements are deployed, these consumer devices can become capable business productivity tools connected to a corporate environment.”

“The new features that Sybase will offer to secure Apple’s iOS 4 devices are game-changing for customers using our cloud-ready, managed mobility service,” said Caroline Comet-Fraigneau, Head of Mobility Business Unit, Orange Business Services. “Our customers will significantly benefit from the ability to separately manage enterprise data without affecting personal data all while transforming their business through managed mobility solutions that better connect customers and better enable employee productivity.”

New features of the upcoming Afaria release support both on-premise and multi-tenant, managed mobility service models.