Press Release

April 18, 2005

iAnywhere Launches Mobile Sales For BlackBerry Early Adopter Program

iAnywhere launches early adopter program to provide participating organizations quick, convenient access to their CRM systems using BlackBerry handheld devices.

ORLANDO, Florida — WIRELESS ENTERPRISE SYMPOSIUM 2005 - iAnywhere Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), today launched its Mobile Sales for BlackBerry Early Adopter Program. Mobile Sales, which extends custom and packaged CRM systems such as those from Salesforce.com and Siebel to handheld devices, will offer support for BlackBerry® devices from Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM).  Participants of the Early Adopter Program will gain early access to the pre-release software to take advantage of next generation wireless features such as push updates and trickle synchronization.

“Mobile Sales for BlackBerry will extend our industry leading ease-of-use, performance and reliability to the BlackBerry platform,” said Lubos Parobek, senior product manager, iAnywhere. “Usability is a key factor for successful handheld deployments, and Mobile Sales for BlackBerry delivers exceptional ease-of-use through automatic updates, large dataset support, and an advanced user interface."         

Mobile Sales helps organizations accelerate the adoption of key sales tools at the point of customer interaction by enabling sales professionals to access multiple data resources such as CRM, ERP, intranet and legacy systems on smart handheld devices. Key features of Mobile Sales for BlackBerry include:

  • Push updates with trickle synchronization for an always up-to-date application
  • A robust on-device client with large dataset support, providing a highly responsive and easy to use application
  • A complete set of configuration and administrative tools for rapid deployment and cost effective management

iAnywhere partner salesforce.com is co-sponsoring the Early Adopter Program. “Blackberry support is an increasingly important requirement, and our customers demand solutions with little or no setup,” said Antoine Blondeau, VP of Wireless Products Division, salesforce.com. “Mobile Sales for BlackBerry enables us to provide a BlackBerry solution that is very easy for customers to deploy through features such as wireless provisioning and automatic support for Salesforce customization.”

Organizations interested in participating in the iAnywhere Mobile Sales for BlackBerry Early Adopter program can visit www.ianywhere.com/mobilesalesbb or call (800) 801-2069. Additional product information is available online at www.ianywhere.com/mobilesales.

About iAnywhere

iAnywhere enables success at the frontlines of business, and holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management and security, and mobile middleware.  iAnywhere’s unique “Always Available” computing model provides online and offline access to the information and applications users need, when and where they need it most. Millions of subscribers, 15,000 customers and 1,000 partners rely on the company’s award-winning technologies, including SQL Anywhere®, Afaria®, and  the AvantGo® mobile Internet service.  iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY).  Visit www.ianywhere.com for more information.

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