Sybase announced that its Mobile and Embedded Computing Division is collaborating with SAP Labs, Inc., to extend its e-Anywhere strategy to enable mobile access for SAP R/3 inter-enterprise business solutions. As an initial delivery of this strategy, Sybase and SAP are developing customizable applications, integrating Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio`s market leading mobile database and synchronization technology with SAP R/3, to enable handheld or wearable Internet appliances to intelligently interoperate and interact with mySAP.com solutions. The companies plan to jump-start development by providing evaluation versions of these applications free of charge, two of which are immediately available. These applications will be demonstrated and distributed at SAP TechEd `99, being held in Philadelphia, PA this month (Sybase booth #435).
Unveiled last month, Sybase`s e-Anywhere strategy is designed to power next-generation e-Business solutions, targeting a range of portable computing devices, including laptops, handhelds, smart phones and intelligent appliances.
"Sybase and SAP share a common vision for empowering a large number of employees with low-cost access to their enterprise solutions-anywhere, anytime," said Terry Stepien, senior vice president and general manager, Sybase`s Mobile and Embedded Computing Division. "Our work with SAP extends Sybase`s strengths in mobile enterprise information management to the enterprise solutions market." "The combination of Sybase`s mobile computing technology and low-cost pervasive computing devices will enable rapid next-generation application development for SAP customers within the mySAP.com product strategy," said Robert Wenig, chief technology officer, SAP Labs. "Sybase and SAP`s efforts will help jump-start the market, enabling ubiquitous deployment of mySAP.com business scenarios wherever handheld or palm-top devices are used."
Customizable Applications Speed Deployment of Mobile R/3 Solutions
Sybase, together with SAP, is developing customizable applications to help customers rapidly deploy mobile enterprise applications. The applications are ideal for use in occasionally connected environments, such as sales, service, manufacturing and mobile computing. The companies are debuting two of the applications, Cross-application Time Sheets (CATS) and Fixed Assets, at TechEd `99.
The CATS application is designed to help an organization capture critical job date and time data directly into SAP solutions to automate and improve service management. A repair person for example, could therefore more accurately track jobs charged to a specific job, order, cost center, etc. while on the job-automating what is often currently done by paper and pencil.
The Fixed Assets Inventory application addresses the mobile needs of companies conducting annual inventory. The system allows the inventory-taker to record (via scan or input) such information as asset location, employee number, cost center, asset tag number, manufacturers serial number and equipment type on a handheld device, for synchronizing with the master inventory SAP files. This speeds the inventory process and greatly reduces the possibility of errors.
Sybase`s e-Anywhere Strategy: Enabling Mobile R/3 Solutions
The cornerstone of Sybase`s e-Anywhere strategy is its market leading mobile database solution, Sybase SQL Anywhere Studio, which provides a comprehensive package for mobile computing business needs, designed to lower the total cost of ownership and enable rapid deployment of mobile computing solutions. SQL Anywhere Studio`s UltraLite deployment option provides the local storage of SAP data on the end-user`s handheld or embedded computing device, ensuring fast, reliable access to the information remote workers need to be effective -- even while they are not connected to the network. SQL Anywhere provides two-way enterprise server synchronization, enabling the UltraLite database on a handheld device to seamlessly receive information from and send information to the corporate SAP solution.
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mySAP.com and Pervasive Computing
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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." According to GartnerGroup`s Dataquest, Sybase is the mobile database market leader for the third consecutive year with 55% marketshare. (Source: Dataquest, "Embedded Database Vendors Focus on Mobile Devices," March 1999).