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Akili Becomes a Sybase Mobility Solutions Partner
July 14, 2011
Akili recently became a Sybase Mobility Solutions partner and will focus on Sybase’s Afaria and Unwired Platform. The goal of this new partnership is the implementation of enterprise-wide mobile solutions for SAP customers. Akili remains an SAP BusinessObjects™ partner, a channel partner, and an SAP services partner in the SAP PartnerEdge™ program.
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July 14, 2011
DALLAS, TX -- Akili recently became a Sybase Mobility Solutions partner and will focus on Sybase’s Afaria and Unwired Platform. The goal of this new partnership is the implementation of enterprise-wide mobile solutions for SAP customers. Akili remains an SAP BusinessObjects™ partner, a channel partner, and an SAP services partner in the SAP PartnerEdge™ program.
“Akili sees our new Sybase partnership as a critical advantage in supporting our existing and future clients with their mobility initiatives,” said Shiek Shah, Akili’s CEO. “Personal and corporate-owned mobile devices are rapidly becoming the number one point of access for employees to obtain critical data for business decision making.”
Sybase offerings promise virtually boundless opportunities to cultivate the demand for productivity while on the go. SAP’s mobile advantage with Sybase is undeniable, delivering a complete enterprise mobility stack that thoroughly integrates business processes, mobile platforms, development tools and popular mobile applications.
Sybase’s Afaria offers integrated device management and security for the broadest range of platforms from a single, web-based console. Afaria proactively manages and secures mobile data, devices, and applications to drive results that ultimately lead to reduced costs, increased IT efficiency and improved productivity of mobile workers.
The Sybase Unwired Mobile Enterprise Application Platform enables enterprise developers to simply and quickly develop applications that connect business data to mobile workers on mobile devices such as Blackberry, Droid or iPhone through the use of a consistent, but highly adaptable, development platform.
With the exponential growth of personally owned and corporate-liable mobile devices entering the enterprise, businesses are seeking a comprehensive and integrated platform to simplify the development, deployment and security of their mobile application landscapes across a widening array of device types. A recent survey by Kelton Research highlighted that in 2011, 65 percent of the IT managers surveyed said they plan to develop and deploy five or more mobile apps this year, and another 21 percent expect to implement 20 or more mobile applications.
By enabling mobile access to corporate information systems anytime, anywhere for a wide array of end users, including executives and management, as well as field and sales representatives, businesses can typically experience a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and higher return on investment (ROI). According to a 2010 study by the University of Texas at Austin, if a Fortune 1000 business increases the usability of its data by just 10 percent, it can realize a $2.01 billion annual revenue increase.
Akili’s partnership with Sybase and SAP reflects their desire to align with and foster market penetration with business-critical tools such as the new collection of mobile apps built on Sybase Unwired Platform and focused on bolstering employee productivity and customer service in key industries, including manufacturing, consumer products, utilities, high tech, oil and gas, retail and healthcare.
About Akili
Akili is an IT services firm specializing in support of SAP BusinessObjects solutions, including SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM), SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence (BI) and SAP BusinessObjects enterprise information management (EIM) solutions. Akili is a Sybase partner, an SAP BusinessObjects™ partner, a channel partner, and SAP services partner in the SAP PartnerEdge™ program.”
Akili , headquartered in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas, has a 19-year track record of successful implementations for small regional companies, midsize national companies, and multi-national Fortune 5 companies in various industries, including Manufacturing, Healthcare, Financial Services, Hospitality and Entertainment, Energy, Construction and Telecom.
About Sybase
Sybase, an SAP company, is an industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyze and mobilize information. We are recognized globally as a performance leader, proven in the most data-intensive industries and across all major systems, networks and devices. Our information management, analytics and enterprise mobility solutions have powered the world's most mission-critical systems in financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing and government. For more information, visit http://www.sybase.com. Read Sybase blogs: http://blogs.sybase.com.
About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 170,000 customers (includes customers from the acquisition of Sybase) to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.