Samsung Telecommunications America , also known as Samsung (News - Alert) Mobile, reportedly announced collaboration plans with Sybase, a provider of enterprise and mobile software, to deploy, manage and secure Windows Mobile powered smart phones for enterprise customers.

 

Officials said the collaboration between the two industry-leading companies will result in fast, secure and easy access to business critical applications and bolster the productivity of mobile knowledge workers.

 

The new endeavor will further support Samsung Mobile’s efforts to deliver high quality, full-featured and enterprise- ready mobility smart phones that bring the power and capabilities of an office computer to a mobile device, officials said.

 

As part of the collaboration, Sybase (News - Alert) will offer its enterprise device management platforms to allow enterprises to extend information securely, making it useful for people anywhere. The combined solution will significantly reduce the complexities with securely extending corporate information to consumers who are increasingly bringing personal smart phones into the workplace.

 

Samsung will continue to develop new solutions in association with Sybase to power specific business applications to ensure that enterprise mobility initiatives are aligned with business goals, said Gavin Kim, vice president, content and data services and enterprise enablement for Samsung Mobile.

 

Samsung Mobile’s smart phone devices are designed with features that enable mobile workers to send and receive e-mail, view and update their calendars, read documents and access the Internet, no matter where they are. They also provide fast and easy access to corporate information and resources when running mission-critical applications.

 

Some of the latest smart phones from Samsung mobile include Samsung Propel Pro, Samsung Jack, Samsung Epix, Samsung Saga, Samsung Omnia and Samsung Intrepid..

 

“Building a strategic ecosystem is critical to meeting the demands of the rapidly growing enterprise mobility industry,” said Willie Jow, vice president of Sybase’s Enterprise Mobility Group, in a statement. “Our work with Samsung Mobile will arm information workers with enterprise-ready devices capable of easy integration within IT frameworks while maintaining the integrity and privacy of enterprise information.”

 

Recently Samsung Mobile, in association with UIEvolution that provides mobile convergence technology, launched Samsung Widget SDK, which can be used to make connected mobile apps for Samsung’s lineup of TouchWiz touchscreen phones, TMCnet reported.