Oracle has announced the Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3, a solution that enables customers and partners develop and deploy applications for mobile and embedded environments.

Oracle Database Lite 10g is mobile solution that claims to enable applications to run even when disconnected from the network, while periodically synchronising to an Oracle Database server. Comprised of a mobile server and a mobile relational database, Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3 helps users securely exchange data with a corporate database; enables application, device and user provisioning and provides centralised management tools.

"The new enhancements in Oracle Database Lite 10g reflect Oracle's dedication to offering mobile users an identical experience to their connected colleagues—when it comes to continuous data availability," said Rex Wang, vice president, Embedded Product Marketing, Oracle. "Providing access to offline applications is key to helping organisations improve productivity, automate data capture and track distributed assets, which ultimately improves operational efficiency and customer satisfaction."

In addition to automatic synchronisation, Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3 supports three additional platforms and two additional languages for stored procedures.