SAP adds security, management for app stores
SAP customers looking to open iTunes-like enterprise app stores through Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP) will soon have the ability to manage and deploy the software securely thanks to new VPP support in the Sybase Afaria platform, SAP said Tuesday at the Tech Ed conference in Las Vegas.
Afaria delivers mobile applications to devices and allows IT staff to apply authorization levels, making sure only the right employees get to use the software. The platform also manages mobile devices and tracks application usage and licenses.
SAP is hoping the support for VPP, which is scheduled to be available later this month, will help increase its customers' investment in mobility, which SAP entered wholeheartedly last year with the acquisition of Sybase. Also Tuesday, SAP announced an upcoming new release of the Sybase Unwired development platform and mobile SDK (software development kit).
