Mobility

HTML 5: The future for U & I?

HTML 5

By Dan Jackson | 15th March, 2012 | Mobility

Adobe’s recent announcement to cease development of their flash player for mobile browsing might have caused a few raised eyebrows, but perhaps wasn’t unprecedented. The debate could rage about what lead them to the decision, but regardless of their motivations Adobe have lead us to an interesting place, and one that has got me thinking about HTML 5.0 and the potential for it to fill the boots of mobile Flash as it drifts into the ether of cyberspace.

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Sybase Unwired Platform – Synchronization Models: What suits you?

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By Bhavna Bharti | 13th January, 2012 | Mobility

The Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP) is a Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) for mobilizing enterprise data from backend systems to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Having been around for quite some time, SUP came into the limelight when SAP acquired Sybase in May 2010 and began promoting it as the new SAP mobile platform going forward.
With mobility fast becoming a key focus area for many organisations around the globe, some concepts that are unique to mobility need to be considered when deciding on a mobility solution. One such consideration is data Synchronization.

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Mission Critical – Synchronised Mobile Apps

Synchronisation Mobile Apps

By Sergio Congia | 22nd November, 2011 | Customer Management, Mobility

Building offline capability into an enterprise grade mobile application requires a platform that enforces secure and efficient exchange of enterprise data between the device and the enterprise backend whilst still maintaining synchronicity across the solution. This blog will introduce you to “mobile synchronisation applications” from Sybase, a development pattern available through SUP that abstracts the complexities of building offline support into a mobile app. I will provide some insight into how data replication works in the SUP world.

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Unpacking the Platform: A whistle-stop tour of the Sybase Unwired Platform 2.0

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By Sergio Congia | 7th October, 2011 | Mobility

The Sybase Unwired Platform provides enterprises with exactly that… a platform with which to serve up enterprise data to be used either by “mission critical” apps where offline capability is vital, or by “hybrid” applications that mobilise business workflows and offer mobile users last-mile connectivity for workflow applications. In this blog we will take a look at how SUP meets the key business challenges for each of these mobile application categories. We will also look at the role that middleware plays in supporting either application type and explain the concept of Mobile Business Objects which is fundamental to the SUP design paradigm.

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The Business Value of Exploiting SOA to Provide the UI of Choice for SAP Customers

Enterprise SOA

By Dan Jackson | 7th October, 2011 | Customer Management, Mobility

In my last blog I elaborated on recent experiences integrating a bespoke, pre-existing user interface with the SAP CRM product. We were able to deliver a pretty slick demonstration to the customer; the success of which owing, in no small part to the ESOA capabilities of the CRM product. It’s this fact that has got me thinking about the wider SOA capabilities of SAPs products and the vast potential it has for SAP customers.

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