Informix has advanced its efforts to enable mobile computing in the wireless software market by announcing it has become a Technology Partner with Symbian, a software platform provider for Wireless Information Devices (WIDs). Informix plans to build enterprise applications for Symbian-enabled smart phones and Communicators using its Cloudscape database, which was recently ported to the wireless platform.
"Symbian owns, develops and licenses a software platform for next generation mobile phones and is owned by Ericsson, Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia and Psion. Its mission is to license the Symbian platform to all mobile phone manufacturers and to create a mass market for next generation mobile phones by working closely with wireless networks, content, services, messaging and enterprise wide solution providers," says Julian Field, business unit manager for Informix SA.
The Java-based Cloudscape technology offers third parties extended options to develop wireless enterprise solutions for the Symbian platform. A key benefit the object-relational Cloudscape database provides to users of Symbian-based devices is that they now have continuous access to their data and corporate applications even when disconnected from the network or the Internet.
Field comments: "Cloudscape allows mobile workers to access enterprise applications wherever they are, on- or offline, and boasts an full database executable weighing-in at only 2MB. With our Foundation.2000 and Cloudscape software, we have the core Web-based database technology to ensure the automatic exchange and synchronisation of information across all mobile devices. This technology will make the installation and update of distributed applications seamless to the end user."
"WIDs will soon be one of the primary devices used to access Internet and network information," says Colly Myers, CEO of Symbian. "Businesses are looking for low-risk, safe methods to allow both employees and customers to obtain remote access to information. The partnership we are creating will help to progress the demand for content and services for the wireless data market and provide mobile users with access to relevant information from any location and using any device."
Psion, the original developer of Symbian`s EPOC operating system, has long been a supporter of Cloudscape as its database of choice for the OS because it will, in Psion`s view, offer reduced administration for corporate applications deployed on mobile hardware.
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