Sybase and Wipro join hands to power SAP applications on mobiles

Sybase Software has announced a
partnership to extend SAP applications to a variety of mobile device
types. With these solutions, SAP customers will be able to securely
access their business-critical enterprise applications while on the
move.

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are jointly delivering
co-developed solutions for extending SAP CRM and SAP Business Suite
to mobile devices. SAP customers will now be able to leverage Wipro's
SAP implementation skills to customize these Sybase Mobile Solutions
for SAP, in addition to developing custom mobile applications for
other SAP modules such as SRM SCM, PLM that will be directed towards
areas like mobile services, mobile sales, time and travel approvals,
workflows, warehouse management, asset management, etc. Wipro's
solutions will be based on Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP), a mobile
enterprise application platform that provides systems integrators,
independent software vendors and enterprise developers with the
ability to easily develop, deploy and manage mobile applications.
This comprehensive, yet flexible mobility infrastructure which will
enable enterprises to implement, manage and expand their mobile
computing initiatives in a coherent, streamlined and cost-effective
manner. Mobile solutions created using the Unwired Platform enable
mobile workers to access business critical data anytime, from
anywhere, leading to a positive impact on productivity and revenue.

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Jose, MD, India and
Sub-continent, Sybase Software said, “The Sybase and Wipro
partnership will offer Wipro's SAP customers, applications on the go.
SUP supports a wide variety of popular mobile platforms. This enables
true mobility for a large section of employees and not just top or
middle management. Through this, SAP's customers will be able to
create an information edge by optimizing and enhancing the
infrastructure they already own, linking valuable data resources in
place, and securely delivering information anytime, anywhere.”

Commenting on the partnership, Sairaman
Jagannathan, VP-Business Solutions Division, Wipro said, “Building
on our SAP partnership, this partnership with Sybase demonstrates a
strong synergy between our companies as we share a common goal of
providing businesses easy access to valuable information contained
within enterprise applications. As Sybase's implementation partner,
we will bring in tight integration with a wide range of mobile
environments to ensure secure and real-time access to information.
Wipro chose Sybase as a strategic partner based on the strength of
its mobile enterprise application platform and rich expertise and
proven leadership in the enterprise mobility space.”

As part of this joint initiative, Wipro
will set-up a Center of Excellence(CoE) at its research Center,
Sangam, in Bengaluru, where customers will be able to experience the
various mobile applications developed by Wipro to mobilize SAP. This
CoE will also be used to develop newer industry frameworks that can
be used across different customer verticals.

Sunil Jose further added, “Sybase is
in the best position to support the movement away from siloed mobile
applications to the mass adoption of mobility across the entire
enterprise. With the growing number of end users and device types to
the demand for real time access to information, our enterprise
mobility platform is unrivaled in the industry. We believe our
position in Gartner's leader quadrant is a further validation of the
significant advancements made to our Sybase Unwired Platform and
success in building out our partnership ecosystem.”