Sybase and Symbian unveil industry-leading mobile database for next-generation smartphones

Symbian to join Sybase’s mobile and Embedded Business Solutions Alliance Program

Emeryville, California, November 10, 1998 - Sybase and Symbian today announced the companies will be demonstrating the industry-leading mobile database solution, Sybase SQL Anywhere and its UltraLite* deployment technology, for next-generation Smartphones powered by Symbian’s EPOC operating system. The solution is uniquely suited to drive a new class of business applications for smartphones manufactured by EPOC licensees. Sybase will be demonstrating this solution at Internet World Sweden ‘98 (Stockholm, Sweden, November 10-12) and Comdex (Las Vegas, NV, November 16-20).

The companies also announced that Symbian plans to join Sybase’s Mobile and Embedded Computing Business Solutions Alliance Program, which is designed to address the widespread demand for applications tailored to the mobile and embedded computing market. This alliance enables the companies to jointly address emerging enterprise market opportunities for smartphones.

Symbian
"At Symbian we’re continuing to extend enterprise solutions for EPOC, and this integration with Sybase’s mobile database technology is a further demonstration of the industry’s commitment to working with an industry standard - with EPOC we’re enabling the Wireless Information Device industry," said Simon East, Vice President, Technology at Symbian.

Sybase Mobile and Embedded Computing Division
"Together Sybase and Symbian provide breakthrough technology that will transform smartphones into ‘windows’ to the corporate enterprise," said Terry Stepien, Vice President and General Manager, Sybase’s Mobile and Embedded Computing division. "Sybase defined small ‘fingerprint’ database technology for palmtop devices, two-way pagers and intelligent appliances, and is pleased to join Symbian in driving enterprise applications for smartphones."

The world phone market is projected to grow to more than 600 million users by 2002. With UltraLite, Sybase is poised to extend its leadership role in the mobile market by distributing enterprise information to address this fast-growing market that will deliver a new class of wireless phones. For the first time, organizations will be able to extend critical business applications, such as sales force automation, service and support, and scheduling to smartphones—offering significant productivity and flexibility to mobile users.

Sybase’s UltraLite Database Technology for EPOC

Sybase’s UltraLite deployment technology for Adaptive Server Anywhere is the industry’s first application-optimized, ultra-small relational database to reside on smartphones. Organizations can customize the capabilities of the database to match the memory requirements of an application running on the device; the customized database can have a memory "fingerprint" as small as 50K. Two-way server synchronization to any major corporate database allows users to download and upload mission-critical data, ensuring that up-to-date information is available both at their fingertips and at their corporate office.

About Sybase’s Mobile and Embedded Computing Division

Sybase’s Mobile and Embedded Computing division is committed to helping organizations realize the promise of "information anywhere." Sybase® SQL Anywhere™ Studio, an integrated product set which includes the company’s market-leading mobile computing database Adaptive Server Anywhere and replication technology, as well as the new Sybase UltraLite database deployment option, enables users to seamlessly synchronize data across the enterprise — from laptops, handheld computing devices and pagers to intelligent appliances.

About Sybase, Inc.

Headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Sybase, Inc. is one of the ten largest global independent software companies. The company helps businesses manage and deliver applications, content and data anywhere they are needed. Sybase’s products, combined with its world-class professional services and partner technologies, provide a comprehensive platform for delivering the integrated solutions businesses need to be successful. Leveraging its existing strengths in enterprise data management and enterprise application development, Sybase, Inc. is focused on delivering end-to-end solutions for mobile and embedded computing, data warehousing, and Web computing environments. Sybase customers represent the industries leading the global economy, with strong concentrations in financial services, public sector, telecommunications, health care, and media and entertainment. Sybase, Inc. was the official software supplier for the France98 World Cup football tournament.

About Symbian Ltd.

Symbian licenses, develops and supports the EPOC operating system - providing leading software, user interfaces, application frameworks and development tools for Wireless Information Devices such as communicators and smartphones. Symbian aims to promote standards for the interoperation of Wireless Information Devices with wireless networks, content services, messaging and enterprise wide solutions.

With headquarters in London, and offices in Kanazawa, Japan and the San Francisco Bay Area, Symbian is owned by Psion, Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia.

Media Enquiries

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