By leveraging enterprise service-oriented architecture, composite applications from SAP connect handheld devices to business data and processes located in the home office.

Barloworld Handling, a lift trucks company, has implemented a SAP composite application for mobile business to provide its more than 600 service technicians with remote access to the information they need to be more productive and make better business decisions.

Udo Waibel, senior vice president of information worker at SAP, said: SAP is meeting this need by offering mobile solutions that focus on giving information workers simple access to data anytime and anywhere. With more than 850 customers’ worldwide using SAP mobility solutions, SAP has become one of the leading providers of mobile enterprise applications.