A set of case studies on Mobile solutions using Couchbase. This was from a presentation done by Anish Mathew, Architect at RedBlackTree, at the 2nd Couchbase Chennai Meetup.

1. Couchbase Mobile Use Cases
Anish K. Mathew
Software Architect, RedBlackTreeTechnologies Pvt. Ltd.

2. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Mobile Applications
2
Objective
Delight customers with great mobile experiences by delivering applications that
are always on and always work, with or without a network connection
Business requirements
 Access data with or without a network connection
 Fast time to market - rapidly develop and enhance apps
 Support multiple device types and platforms
The Couchbase Solution
 Couchbase Lite embedded JSON database
– ensures data is always accessible, with or
without a network connection
 Sync Gateway pre-built, secure two-way
data synchronization – simplifies
development, minimizes coding required
 Push-button scalability – fast, easy and
inexpensive to scale to any size
Technical requirements
 Store and access data on the device
 Sync data between device and cloud server
 Scalability

3. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Couchbase Mobile Solution
Couchbase Lite Sync Gateway Couchbase Server
Full featured embedded
NoSQL database
Secure data synchronization
over the web
Our flagship, highly scalable
NoSQL database in the cloud

4. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
GE
4
GE has made a massive investment
in building software to manage the
data explosion that is created by
the increasing intelligence of
industrial machines in a Cloud Base
Platform for the Industrial Internet
called Predix

5. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Mobile Applications on Predix @ GE
5
Field Service
Application
Damage Assessment
Application

6. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Field Service Application
6
 Sensors on machines, super structures, pipelines where connectivity is not
available.
 Field staff goes with their iPads or tablets to inspect them.
 Data gets stored on the devices which later syncs to the server when they come
back into the network.

7. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Field Service Application @ GE
7
Card
Context
Offline
 Built around a message bus
 STOMP Client
 Rabbit MQ

8. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Field Service Application @ GE
8
Existing system
 Applications built with Cards.
 Developed basic offline capability
 Message bus using Rabbit MQ
 JSON Object Model
 Offline capabilities built in
 Modular backend domain integration
services
 iPad
Lessons Learned
 Conflicts resolution has to be built
 Flexible data model is required
 Cache needs to improve
 Big portion of engineering resources
required to maintain offline
capabilities

9. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Field Service Application @ GE
9
Card
Context
Couchbase-Lite Couchbase
Server
Integration
Domain
Data
Couchbase
Mobile Sync

10. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Field Service Application @ GE
Objectives & Challenges
The Predix platform required full offline capabilities to ensure applications
always work, regardless of network availability
 Industrial sites have very limited network connectivity
 Predix apps did not have offline access to their data
 Building offline support internally required a significant portion of
engineering resources
10
 GE Predix software
platform for the
Industrial Internet
 Data availability is
mission critical
 Offline capabilities are
crucial
Solution
Couchbase Mobile gives Predix the full offline capabilities needed to power
mission-critical machines and applications
 Integrated offline capabilities with Couchbase Mobile in 90 days
 Eliminates network dependency
 Engineering team no longer required to develop and maintain their own
offline solution
The Couchbase
Advantage
GE produced full offline
support in 90 days and
saved close to 1 year in
development time

11. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Ryanair
11
 Europe’s No 1 traffic – 100m customers/ year
 Europe’s No 1 coverage – 73 bases
 1600 daily flights
 190 destinations in 30 countries
 Fleet of 330 Boeing 737-800 (380 new)

12. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
MobileTravel App @ Ryanair
12
Existing system
 Ryanair Mobile App with 3+ million users
 Semi-static data: gate information, routes, seating maps
 Cross-platform (iOS,Android)
 Mobile bookings took over 5 minutes to complete
 1MB/ booking of semi-static data  day
 REST services backed by Oracle and Coherence architecture, request/response
processing caused long booking times
 Heavy roaming charges when abroad, travellers could not use the app

13. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
MobileTravel App @ Ryanair
13
Lessons Learned
Conflicts resolution has to be built
Flexible data model is required
Cache needs to improve
Big portion of engineering resources required to maintain
offline capabilities

14. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Requirements for Mobile App
 Reduce booking time
 Reduce data traffic for mobile app
 Deliver different data to different versions of the app
 Spend less time/ manpower to build this feature
 Enable app to handle different schemas of data without
having to upgrade the app
14
MobileTravel App @ Ryanair

15. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
How Couchbase Fits in

16. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Performance Improvement
Solution
 Semi-static assets are packaged within the app and sync updates as they
change
 Bookings went from 5 min to 2 min
 Data traffic reduced from 80GB/day to 10GB/day
 Able to route specific data to versions of the app using channels

17. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Live comparison

18. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
MobileTravel App @ Ryanair
Objectives & Challenges
Solve user experience issues associated with time to complete a booking
 Mobile bookings took over 5 minutes to complete
 Each booking required 1MB of semi-static data to drive the process,
resulting in 80GB of data being delivered to mobile devices daily
 Due to traditional REST services backed by Oracle and Coherence
architecture, request/response processing significantly contributed to the
long booking times
18
 Ryanair MobileApp
with 3+ million users
 Semi-static data: gate
information, routes,
seating maps
 Cross-platform (iOS,
Android)
Solution
Couchbase Mobile provides the performance needed to support an amazing
user experience, without requiring re-architecture of the app
 Semi-static assets are packaged within the app and sync updates as they
change
 Bookings went from 5 min to 2 min and data transfer from 80GB/day to
10GB/day
The Couchbase
Advantage
Integrate Couchbase
Mobile to manage your
semi-static data without a
significant re-architecture

19. ©2014 Couchbase Inc.
Mobile @ Disney
19
Objectives & Challenges
Provide a robust and customized experience for Disney Park guests
 Network dependency leads to slow and inconsistent app performance
 Guests don’t have Internet connectivity at all times, so app needs to work
offline
 Ride wait times and customizable maps aren’t always accurate
 Getting Fast Pass to work is cumbersome and not always dependable
 My Disney Experience
Mobile App
 Online/Offline
capabilities
 Cross-platform (iOS,
Android)
The Couchbase
Advantage
Network independence
and local data storage
enables a consistent and
fast user experience
Solution
Couchbase Mobile provides local data storage with complete read/write
capabilities and sync
 Enables data access online or offline, eliminating network dependency
 Stores guest data on device and syncs with backend database when
network is available, giving guests accurate park data

20. ©2014 Couchbase Inc. 20
ThankYou