Sybase (NYSE: SY), a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, today announced that it has won seven Gold and three Silver Mobile Star Awards from MobileVillage, the 14-year leader in market development and news services about mobile technology.
The annual Mobile Star Awards aim to honour and promote the best companies, products, deployments and leaders in mobile and wireless technology.
Winners are chosen by subscribers to Go Mobile, MobileVillage's free online newsletter sent to technology executives, mobile professionals, IT managers, developers, and top tech journalists.
Sybase has been recognised with the following awards:
* Enterprise Software: Mobile Communications Gold Star: Information Anywhere Mobile E-mail, Mobile IM
* Enterprise Software: Mobile Database Gold Star: SQL Anywhere
* Enterprise Software: Mobile Developer Tool Gold Star: M-Business Anywhere Silver Star: PocketBuilder 2.1
* Enterprise Software: Mobile Devices Management Gold Star: Information Anywhere Mobile Management & Security
* Enterprise Software: Mobile Marketing Silver Star: AvantGo from Sybase 365
* Consumer Software: Mobile Communications (Email) Gold Star: XTNDConnect PC
* Enterprise Software: Mobile Middleware Gold Star: Information Anywhere suite
* Enterprise Software: Mobile Security (Anti-virus & Firewall) Gold Star: Information Anywhere Mobile Management & Security
* Consumer Software: Mobile Web Content Aggregator/Portal Silver Star: AvantGo from Sybase 365
"Today there are more mobile and wireless products, and more mobile users than ever before," said MobileVillage editor Gary Thayer. "So there's a natural need for people to see and compare what's out there.
This year, nearly 2 000 MobileVillage readers cast votes. These people have a great knowledge of mobile products and success stories, and are eager to share that knowledge with others."
"It's an honour to be voted the best in so many categories," said Raj Nathan, CMO of Sybase. "Winning these awards is further testament to Sybase's leadership in providing best-of-breed data management and mobility solutions that power the unwired enterprise."
This year's Mobile Star Awards winners are posted online at http://www.mobilevillage.com/awards.htm.
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Founded in 1993, MobileVillage is a market and solution development company dedicated to advancing mobile and wireless enterprise computing in a wide range of industries. MobileVillage accomplishes this by fostering education and alliances through "best of breed" solution identification, event partnerships, an online industry directory, industry job postings, daily online news, its widely respected Go Mobile newsletter, a Mobile Mentors programme, and popular annual Mobile Star Awards programme. Visit MobileVillage online at www.mobilevillage.com.
Sybase SA
Sybase SA is the sole African representative of Sybase, the largest global enterprise software company exclusively focused on managing and mobilising information from the data centre to the point of action. Sybase provides open, cross-platform solutions that securely deliver information anytime, anywhere, enabling customers to create an information edge. The world's most critical data in commerce, finance, government, healthcare and defence runs on Sybase. For more information, visit the Sybase Web site at www.sybase.com or www.sybase.co.za.
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