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Sybase, Inc., a major player in delivering enterprise and mobile software, and Verizon, has teamed up to enable multinational companies to effectively manage the deployment and ongoing support of their growing mobile workforce.

Sybase (News - Alert) officials said that Verizon’s new offering, Managed Mobility Solutions, utilizes Sybase’s proven mobility services expertise and enterprise device management platform to help global businesses manage the complexities surrounding the increasing number of mobile information workers.

Verizon (News - Alert) Managed Mobility Solutions is highly flexible and user-friendly and offers an integrated solution in key areas including: inventory and expense management, logistics, mobile device management and security, and application management.

“As enterprises today strive to incorporate mobility to stay competitive, increase productivity and meet employee demand, they are seeing significant manageability issues across the entire organization,” said Nancy Gofus, senior vice president – global business products, Verizon, in a statement.

Gofus said that managing multiple fixed and mobile operator contracts and communication costs, selecting mobile devices, network interoperability and device management and security are unwieldy for most enterprises.

“Sybase is a proven leader in device management software and together we are well placed to minimize the pain points for customers through our new highly accessible, comprehensive managed mobility service,” said Gofus.

Stephen Drake (News - Alert), program vice president for Mobility & Telecom research, IDC said that managed mobility services are an increasingly critical offering in the enterprise mobility space.

Drake said that incorporating best of breed mobile device management and security components provide a key value to enterprises seeking to manage and control their mobile deployments.

“As we continue to extend our enterprise mobility leadership, we are extremely pleased to team up with a leading managed service provider in Verizon,” said Terry Stepien, president, Sybase iAnywhere (News - Alert).

Stepien said that enterprise mobility has moved beyond line of business applications to include a much wider group of wireless consumers or information workers.

Both Sybase and Verizon recognize this rapid change and are in the unique position to provide an easy-to-consume service that reduces the complexities of today’s ‘on-the-go’ enterprise.