MUMBAI, INDIA: Sybase Inc., a provider in enterprise infrastructure and mobile software, announced on Wednesday the launch of its broad portfolio of industry-leading enterprise mobility offerings in the Indian market.

The company also announced a new version of iAnywhere Mobile Office with expanded iPhone support and availability on the iPhone App Store, said a press release.

This new release would strengthen the company’s existing enterprise mobility portfolio in field force automation, email and application mobilization.

Enterprise mobility is expected to find dramatic levels of adoption in 2009, following companies focusing on it significantly in 2008 as a tool to optimize operational cost and efficiency in the context of the economic downturn.

To address the growing need in the market, where workers are seeking the same access to information and enterprise applications even when they are not in the office, SAP and Sybase have partnered globally to extend access to secure, full-featured, business applications on the go, the release added.

The two companies are co-innovating and collaborating to deliver the new SAP Business Suite software for the first time to iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and other devices by integrating it with Sybase’s industry-leading mobile enterprise application platform.

Sunil Jose, managing director, Sybase India and sub-continent said, “There is an increasing demand from customers and partners in India for a complete, tightly integrated platform that provides true enterprise value by mobilizing business processes and applications.”

He added that more than ever the Indian businesses are in pursuit of better insights into their own business as well as the market to garner competitive advantage. Their offerings are designed to help them unleash the power of information from the data center right to the mobile edge anywhere, at any time.

Mobile office applications, especially mobile e-mail applications, are showing strong growth, further highlighting the resolve for enhancing productivity by organisations.

According to Gartner, “By 2010, 50 per cent of enterprises will have migrated away from tactical mobile application silos (supporting a single application) to strategic platforms capable of supporting multiple applications, managing devices and securing data and transport."

Sybase's latest version for enterprise mobility is intended to strengthen iPhone adoption within enterprises by providing Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange email and PIM data to iPhone users, the release added.