Sybase iAnywhere has added mobile instant messaging (IM) and presence capabilities to its Information Anywhere suite. This addition to the Information Anywhere suite addresses the demand of today's mobile workers for increased productivity and collaboration by offering the most comprehensive support for extending enterprise email systems and IM platforms across the broadest range of mobile devices.
Sybase iAnywhere's mobile IM and presence technology is a component of the company's Information Anywhere suite, a platform which addresses converging enterprise requirements for mobile email, collaboration, security, device management and enterprise applications. Additionally, the new technology provides logging and routing capabilities that ensure compliance with corporate auditing policies.
"Sybase iAnywhere addresses the rapidly growing enterprise IM medium by enabling businesses to ensure that their mobile workers have the same ability to communicate in real-time as if they were in the office. Now users in the field can easily determine if their co-workers are online and available," explained Mark Willnerd, vice president, Sybase iAnywhere.
Features include:
- Heterogeneous Solution
- Multiple messaging systems
- Support for leading enterprise instant messaging systems including IBM Lotus Sametime, Jabber XCP, Jabber Wildfire, Microsoft Live Communications Server and Reuters Messaging.
- Support for public instant messaging networks via XMPP, which includes support for Google Talk and Jabber.
- Broad device support - Comprehensive cross-platform support for Windows Mobile, Palm, RIM BlackBerry and Symbian mobile devices.
Easy-to-Use Client
- Single client - Provides access to multiple instant messaging systems
with a single client.
- Presence information - The client can transmit and receive extended
presence information (online, busy, away, and not available).
- Contacts - Contacts can be managed (add, drop, edit) from the device
in the field. In addition, contacts can be organized into personalized
groups for easy recognition and access.
- Notifications - Custom notifications and alerts (audio, vibration) can
be set up for new inbound messages.
- Advanced user functionality - Message history can be displayed with
timestamps. In addition, the client supports multi-party chat.
Administration Capabilities
- Easy installation - Easy set-up and deployment with site wizards and an intuitive user interface.
- Compliance and auditing - Compatible with IM security and management solutions such as Akonix, FaceTime and IMLogic.
- Web interface - Support for Web-based administration and registration.
- Easy-to-use over-the-air deployment - Install directly from the mobile device.
- Data encryption - Supports end-to-end encryption through 168-bit 3DES.
Sybase iAnywhere's mobile IM and presence technology will be available Q2 2007. |
