Sybase touts mobile tools, partnerships

Sybase on Tuesday unveiled mobile enhancements to its development tools and announced a series of partnerships to promote its database software. The company released a version of its PowerBuilder development tool for building applications that run on Pocket PC devices and also penned agreements with Fujitsu Software and Tibco Software to offer their respective data access products with Sybase's database and integration software.

Sybase also announced a deal with consulting firm Bearning Point to offer hosted application services. The announcements were made at the software maker's customer conference in Orlando, Fla.