IDC has recognised Sybase Mobile as the leader in mobile middleware technology, with higher revenues and larger market share than nearly 20 of its competitors. The results of this year's IDC report reflect the acquisition of AvantGo by Sybase and firmly position Sybase Mobile in the mobile middleware market for the second consecutive year.
"Of all of the pure-play enterprise-centric vendors, Sybase Mobile stands as the company with the strongest financial and marketing muscle, and with a strong solution portfolio," says Stephen Drake, programme manager, Mobile Infrastructure Software at IDC, a provider of worldwide IT research and advice.
"With the addition of AvantGo and expansion into WiFi initiatives, the company continues to build on its solution portfolio and leadership position in the mobile middleware market and is poised to continue as a key player."
Tahzier Isaacs, marketing manager of Sybase in SA, says: "Mobile middleware is the key to enabling the unwired enterprise to have access to business critical information anytime, anywhere. Our leading mobile middleware and our recently announced WiFi initiative enable our customers and partners to create cost-effective mobile solutions."
IDC expects the mobile middleware market to reach a compound annual growth rate of 36.5% by 2007, reaching a total of $1.58 billion. As defined by IDC, the mobile middleware market consists of a platform that includes server and/or client software that either extends the reach of existing IP or other essential applications or offers the ability to develop new applications for mobile users using wireless devices.
Mobile middleware solutions can be deployed in a variety of wireless scenarios, including real-time wireless and wireless LAN/WAN, a synchronisation solution, or a combination of any of those. Mobile middleware may include the platform, front-end applications, and development tools as sold in a single offering or as a hosted offering.
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