SAP has unveiled an in-house developed content management platform, SAP Mobile Documents, designed to provide Dropbox-style features for sharing with any mobile device.

It will offer secure file synchronisation and sharing in thtandalone software solution or combined with SAP's Afaria mobile device management solution. The platform was initially developed for use by SAP's 11,000 + employees.

SAP has designed the solution for accessing files including videos, documents, spreadsheets and presentations on mobile devices. 

IT administrators will be able to centrally apply and enforce management and security policies to help ensure all corporate content is secure. 

“Providing secure mobile access to critical content and data clearly is paramount for businesses. Our customers require a broad, easy-to-integrate enterprise mobility management platform for mobile security that covers everything from mobile device and application management, to mobile content management, and eventually the Internet-of-Things,” said Sanjay Poonen, president, Global Solutions, SAP. 

“The release of SAP Mobile Documents and our support for third-party mobile content tools will help connect the vast amounts of content and data driven from millions of business-class devices and mobile apps via the cloud. This new level of business collaboration and productivity far exceeds what existed only a few short months ago.” 

The platform accords to the open Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) standard to provide interoperability with enterprise content management platforms, such as Sharepoint and the SAP Netweaver Portal.

There are plenty of other mobile content file management products in the market, such as Accellion, Alfresco, Box, OpenText, Soonr, WatchDox and YouSendIt. SAP says its Afaria mobile device management solution will also work with these.