In a blast from the past, Sybase is aiming to be your mobile phone security provider. According to this article in Information Week, Sybase iAnywhere division's, Afaria security line already provides device authentication and encryption and now will add anti-virus and firewall capabilities.

I was glad to see the Sybase name in the article.  I have fond memories of Sybase on Sun servers from my early web hosting days.  It is also good to see a new competitor in the mobile phone business. Lets see if Sybase gives the McAfee's, Symatecs, etc a run for their money. Or who knows maybe another not yet heard from name will come out to dominate the mobile phone market.

What I also was unaware of was that there were over 500 viruses that target mobile phones.  With Sybase covering Windows Mobile, Symbian (they just went open source), Blackberry and more, even the Apple iPhone appears to be covered.  Though overall I still think this is an immature market, it will be interesting to see who steps up.

In a blast from the past, Sybase is aiming to be your mobile phone security provider. According to this article in Information Week, Sybase iAnywhere division's, Afaria security line already provides device authentication and encryption and now will add anti-virus and firewall capabilities.

I was glad to see the Sybase name in the article.  I have fond memories of Sybase on Sun servers from my early web hosting days.  It is also good to see a new competitor in the mobile phone business. Lets see if Sybase gives the McAfee's, Symatecs, etc a run for their money. Or who knows maybe another not yet heard from name will come out to dominate the mobile phone market.

What I also was unaware of was that there were over 500 viruses that target mobile phones.  With Sybase covering Windows Mobile, Symbian (they just went open source), Blackberry and more, even the Apple iPhone appears to be covered.  Though overall I still think this is an immature market, it will be interesting to see who steps up.