Sybase Intros SQL Anywhere 11, Featuring Advanced Mobile Data Sync

Sybase iAnywhere (News - Alert), a company that provides mobile enterprise, database and radio frequency identification (RFID) software technologies, today announced the commercial release of SQL Anywhere 11.

The company said this new release pushes the boundaries of enterprise database features, including embedded full-text search, parallel sorting, and immediately maintained materialized views optimized for environments outside the data center.

 

The new SQL Anywhere features advanced mobile database and synchronization capability, including support for BlackBerry (News - Alert) devices, MySQL, and background data synchronization, said the company. SQL Anywhere 11 also includes a new Web Edition targeting the emerging Web 2.0 and rich Internet applications.

 

“For more than 15 years, SQL Anywhere's self-managing database and synchronization technologies have been engineered to run outside the traditional data center,” said Dave Neudoerffer, vice president, Engineering, Sybase iAnywhere, in a statement.

 

“SQL Anywhere 11 is a key enabler of Sybase's Unwired Enterprise strategy by facilitating distributed data management architectures that provide global enterprises information access anytime, anywhere,” added Neudoerffer.

 

According to Sybase iAnywhere, there have been more than 10 million SQL Anywhere deployments worldwide. They include server, desktop, remote office and mobile applications. With these deployments, SQL Anywhere has established its reputation as an enterprise-caliber database and synchronization solution designed to be widely deployed in environments with little or no onsite IT support, said the company.

 

According to Carl Olofson, research vice president, application development and
deployment, IDC (News - Alert), the new SQL Anywhere will be able to deliver business information promptly.

 

“There was a time when most IT users interacted with specialized applications while sitting at a desk, and only 'knowledge workers' dealt with general enterprise information,” said Olofson. “These days, advances in technology, more expansive job descriptions, and pressure to use timely business intelligence has greatly expanded the range of people needing enterprise information, and they need it well beyond the confines of their offices, and outside of 'normal business hours'.”

 

“With the latest SQL Anywhere release, Sybase iAnywhere continues to deliver on its proven track record of delivering a broad range of information to people when they need it, and wherever they happen to be,” said Olofson.