Web 2.0 continues to drive consumer/employee demand for content-rich, user-friendly and visually-intense Web applications on “smart-phone devices”. Supported by the growing adoption of “service-oriented architecture” or S.O.A, XML will continue to leverage the growth in web-based services and Javascript, HTML and CSS programming skill-sets. The “chunking” or simplification of server-side processes will become more targeted to key user groups for the purpose of collaboration, approvals, and decision-making.

1. Mobile Enterprise Overview
MEAPS –
Mobile Enterprise Application
Platforms
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2. • Web 2.0 continues to drive consumer/employee demand for content-rich, user-
friendly and visually-intense Web applications on “smart-phone devices”.
• Supported by the growing adoption of “service-oriented architecture” or S.O.A,
XML will continue to leverage the growth in web-based services and Javascript,
HTML and CSS programming skill-sets.
• The “chunking” or simplification of server-side processes will become more
targeted to key user groups for the purpose of collaboration, approvals, and
decision-making.
• Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms (MEAPs) predicted to grow annually at
15 - 20% CAGR to 2014.
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3. apps and mobile enterprise
• Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms are the most rapidly
growing area of software today.
• By 2014 MEAPs are predicted to converge with Mobile Consumer
Application Platforms by (MCAPs) 2014.
• The outcome: enterprise platforms supporting heterogeneous data
sources, O/S and devices for B2B and B2C in a “bring your own
device” eco-system.
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4. programming evolves
• Traditional 3GL technical skills will diminish as code generators
become standard in 4GL products.
• Coding around business rules will become more accessible to analysts
and web programmers.
• Java will remain strong and HTML 5 a target destination for mobile
platforms.
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5. Gartner Quadrant - 2011 - Mobile Enterprise
Application Platforms
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Syclo - Install base vulnerable with SAP departure. Tight focus on EAM and Field
Services will have to end - need to address more business solutions.
Antenna - new acquisitions of Dexterra and Volantis yet to prove market
revenues. Still requires degree of native coding. On-premise deployments need
security validation.
Microsoft (native dev. on single OS) - Windows Phone 7. No path forward from
Windows Mobile 6.5 large detractor. Not seen as “enterprise-grade” OS.
Mobile .Net fading.
Apple (native dev. on single OS) - Xcode 4 SDK but no back-end support.
Delivery and approval of Apps on iTunes. Very consumer. Lack of Java,
Silverlight and Flash support.
SpringWireless - South America primarily; Spanish-speaking Europe.
IBM (native dev. on single OS) - reliant on native programming capabilities with
Java, Eclipse and Websphere. Likely will involve higher TCO and IBM Global
Services for completion.
Rhomobile - open-source model suited to web-based developers; free
development studio. Relative new-comer.
Pyxis - still requires native-coding
Oracle - no longer meets Enterprise criteria. (Lack of cross-platform integration,
mgmt. and security, and application diversity).
High-level competitive analysis

6. Gartner Quadrant - 2011 - Mobile Device
Management
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Good Technology – No Blackberry support. Separate UI for email.
Must deploy entire Good Server Enterprise.
Airwatch – Poor post-sales support. Lacks international presence.
Lack of quality management.
Mobile Iron – Start-up and may be acquisition target. No encryption
method of its own. Late to release SaaS product.
Zenprise – Poor market visibility. Weak dashboard.
High-level competitive analysis
http://enterpriseios.com/wiki/Comparison_
MDM_Providers
Further MDM comparisions:

7. beyond 2014
• Consumer driven Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 are predicted to merge. The battle-ground is
the corporate firewall behind which revenue can still be generated.
• Mobile Apps will become a robust indicator of a company’s ability to execute on its
business model.
• Enterprise 2.0 (the adoption of Web 2.0 tools) will make business processes more
transparent, flexible and service-oriented.
• Mash-ups will provide new revenue and increasing niche functionality by leverage
existing app investment and programming tool-sets.
• Collaboration tools in the mobile arena will continue push corporate functionality out-side
of the tradition firewall. The need for security will become increasingly important.
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8. mobile mash-ups
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Reuse of existing services and data - can be profitable
No extensive IT skills required
Rapid development of new niche functionality
Cost-efficient (cheap)
Scalability Issues
Most data sources are not made as a service
Better tailored thanks to less resources required
There are no standards: difficult to implement security mechanisms
Service reliability and QoS
Table 2.1: Advantages and disadvantages of Mashups
Common ProtocolsTop 10 Mobile Mash-Ups
Advantages / Disadvantages
mash-ups use pre-
existing tools to create
unique value between
mobile apps
Tools

9. collaborative environments
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mobile problem solving
enables faster decision-
making and productivity
SAP StreamWork makes it easier to
work together and improves your
team's productivity and success.
Unite people with information and
proven business approaches
Keep everyone on the same page
Work with your existing applications
Create a corporate memory for
repeated success

10. mobile mash-ups – cont’d
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SAP, Google expand collaboration
partnership, eye enterprise mash-ups
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/howlett/jim-snabe-co-ceo-sap-
explains-current-business-drivers/3313?tag=rbxccnbzd1
easily visualize geographic data and make
better business decisions – the delivery and
monetization of massive data sets through
Google Apps for BusinessSource: http://business.financialpost.com/2011/07/27/sap-
and-google-team-up-to-mash-up-analytics-and-maps/
A primary theme for the partnership is
so-called location-based intelligence,
which revolves around bringing
enterprise data to geospatial tools,
street level views and local trends.
The aim is to meld consumer and
enterprise tools.

11. appendix
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12. what drives convergence?
• Moore’s Law, the doubling of CPU processing power every 18 months so far is a constant.
With faster devices and greater WAN through-put, Moore’s Law lowers the cost of end-point
device adoption, multi-functional media delivery and allows more complicated software to be
developed due to memory and power capacity increases.
• Devices (internet-nodes) that replace multiple older devices. (ie iPod plays music, audio
books, movies, pictures in converts from a variety of formats.) Downside: promotes “good-
enough” technology. High-end of quality standards not required for the masses. However
since improved technology and processes are used to design next-generation technology, on
the average, better quality is distributed to a wider base of users.
• The Internet has begun to replace the phone, fax, mail, television, newspapers. With the
development of Web 2.0 tools allowing web-ages to interact independently (REST, JSON,
SOAP, OWL), the social media grew exponentially and created a compelling user-interface.
Anything that can become digitized can be delivered on the internet. Downside: Digitization
de-monetizes old business models. Security and privacy need to keep pace with media
convergence. New copyright forms have to be created. Media piracy is a large concern.
• Wireless - always-on, ubiquitous access to information creates a “mobile anywhere” society
and drives demand for devices that can access popular applications.
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