Sybase has announced its highly developed spatial data functionality to be comprehensive of the next release of SQL Anywhere database and synchronization solution. With this launch, Sybase seems to have become the first to enable development of data-driven spatial applications for latest smartphones and co-ordinate the data on the phone with spatial databases, application servers and enterprise systems.
By presenting these new efficacies, various businesses in prime market areas such as utilities, telecommunications, manufacturing and the Government will be in a position to offer its employees access to detailed spatial data along with organization-specific data in a flexible and estimable manner.
“Sybase is pleased to work with industry leaders such as ESRI to expand its enterprise mobility leadership and revolutionize the mobile experience for field workers in emerging, high-growth markets such as geo-spatial,” said Mike Paola, director, product management, Sybase. “The innovative approach taken by SQL Anywhere in synchronizing geo-spatial information with enterprise systems demonstrates its continued leadership of enabling enterprise data outside the traditional data center.”
Spatial Information management according to David Sonnen, IDC’s consultant, is expected to grow at a reasonably healthy compound annual rate over the next several years. As for SQL Anywhere, he said that the spatially-enabled Sybase solution addresses the occasionally-connected environment gap that exists in the spatial market as of now.
SQL Anywhere provides data management and synchronization technology designs for mobile operations and integrated environments without usual on-site IT maintenance. The new spatial data support facilities include support for OGC and SQLMM for spatial data types and APIs, native import for shape files and built-in functions to export to KML, GML and SVG formats. Also included is use of spatial data on all of the platforms supported by SQL Anywhere, right from Linux, Unix, Mac OS to Windows, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile and two-way syncing of spatial data and standard data between a field worker and other well known popular enterprise systems.
The solution is slated to be available in the second half of 2010 and was showcased at ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference.