Sybase and Verizon to dial managed mobility

MUMBAI, INDIA: Sybase Inc. and Verizon 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 proven mobility services expertise and best-in-class enterprise device management platform to help global businesses manage the complexities surrounding the increasing number of mobile information workers, shares a press note.

According to leading independent research company Forrester Research, Inc., 73 per cent of the global enterprise workforces will be mobile users by 2012. This represents 187.9 million mobile users in 2008, growing to 397.1 million users in 2012 (Enterprise Mobile User Forecast: Mobile "Wannabes" Are The Fastest-Growing Segment, October 2008).

"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."

"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."