Sybase teams up with Microland

Sybase Software (India) Pvt. Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., and Microland Limited have entered into a partnership, which will enable enterprises to effectively manage and support their growing mobile workforce.

Microland's new offering, Smart Future Mobility Service, utilizes Sybase's proven mobility services expertise and best-in-class enterprise device management platform, Afaria to help global businesses meet the complexities surrounding increased demand for hosted/managed services, richer applications, broader mobile device support, access to backend systems, centralized management and security. This new service also enables enterprises to develop and implement mobility strategy, support their mobile workforce and manage their mobility infrastructure 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Sunil Jose, Managing Director-India & Sub-Continent, Sybase said, "The rapid influx of employee-owned smartphones into the enterprise has helped boost employee productivity and satisfaction. Business requires that organizations connect partners, suppliers, manufacturers, remote offices and remote employees directly to their systems, applications and information to make better informed decisions and increase the overall productivity. Globally, best-in-class companies are using a step wise Mobility

Commenting on the partnership, Pradeep Kar, Chairman and Managing Director, Microland Limited said, "Today, mobility is creating a new, convenient communication and transaction channel to end- users. By partnering with Sybase, we can offer our customers leading-edge management capabilities for all forms of mobile devices, to increase productivity and competitiveness. We chose Sybase as a strategic partner based on the capabilities and strength of its enterprise device management platform."