News
Issue #2002 - 47 (December 2002)
(Updated Dec. 22, 2002)

INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTS & SERVICES

iAnywhere Solutions Tops Mobile Database Market

DUBLIN, Calif. - December 17, 2002 - iAnywhere Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), today announced that it leads the mobile database market for the sixth year in a row, with overv70% market share. The company's SQL Anywhere Studio powers mobile, remote, embedded and workgroup database solutions across a range of industries including field service, transportation, retail, utilities, financial services, healthcare and government.

Mobile DBMS giant Sybase was able to increase its share of the market from 68 percent in 2000 to 73 percent in 2001. As the global economy slowly pulls out of recession, the mobile DBMS market is expected to pick up fairly rapidly. Gartner is predicting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over
16 percent through 2006. This will cause the market to more than double, from slightly under $70 million in 2001 to around $150 million in 2006.

"We are proud to be recognized as the long-standing mobile database market leader," said Terry Stepien, president, iAnywhere Solutions. "With more than ten years experience, iAnywhere Solutions has built a strong base of over seven million deployed seats of our technology. Also key to our success are our strong relationships with the seven hundred application partners who embed SQL Anywhere Studio within their solutions."

About SQL Anywhere Studio
SQL Anywhere Studio is the market leading data management and enterprise synchronization solution for mobile, remote, embedded and workgroup environments. SQL Anywhere Studio enables the rapid development and deployment of distributed e-Business solutions - extending the reach of enterprise information to anywhere business transactions occur.

MobileInfo Comments and Advisory: iAnywhere has done well in mobile database space with seven million seats but this will be eclipsed if it does not succeed in the mobile development platform space. iAnywhere has the potential to grow into a bigger player there but bigger players like IBM and Oracle are not letting that market go away from their hold. Sybase is better off in going after the medium size enterprises who want to mobilize. Its recent acquisition of AvantGo will help it in getting more well-known among mobile enterprise customers. We shall be watching how it can integrate and exploit industry-specific AvantGo solutions into its own products. 

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