89% of Business Surveyed by VDC say that it is critical for mobile business apps to be able to work when there is no signal or the signal is spotty or inconsistent. Wired Magazine reports that building offline/disconnected support in apps can often TRIPLE the cost because of the complexities involved (synching, conflict resolution, persistence etc) At this Innovation Summit, Alpha Software previewed its upcoming Alpha Anywhere with Offline which lets developers build sophisticated enterprise class mobile apps rapidly and with no additional time or cost required for offline support.

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Richard Rabins, CEO
Enabling Organizations to Prototype,
Develop and Deploy Enterprise-level
Mobile Business Applications FAST

2. Intro Video
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3. Internal Mobile Business
Applications
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Reality Desired
- IDC May 2014

4. 4Mobile Applications for business are poised for growth – with Mobile being a top priority for CIO’s – Gartner 2013

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However, until now, building these apps has been hard, time consuming and expensive because of screen real estate issues, because of the
need for responsive design, because of the need to run on different devices, because of the need to adapt to a new
swipe/gesture metaphor and because of connectivity issues

6. One approach to building mobile apps is using code centric platforms. They are powerful
but they take a lot of time and therefore the cost of building applications tends to be very high. 6
Lots of handwritten code

7. And …. They require skilled developers who
are as hard to find as Waldo!
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8. As a result of these factors, people have looked at an alternative approach - the “no code” approach 8
No Code

9. This approach promises rapid development…but 9
Fast Development

10. Because coding is not possible – inevitably for serious enterprise and business applications, this approach poses the serious risk
that the project cannot be completed and therefore has to be abandoned and re-attempted with code heavy platforms. 10

11. In addition, mobile applications for business involve both the back end (databases and business rules) and
the front end and the vast majority of current mobile platforms are either front end or back end 11

12. As a result with these two approaches, companies are held back from getting their mobile apps built 12

13. What is the solution?
There has to be a better way! 13

14. Firstly you want a platform that offers both the front end and back end. 14

15. Secondly you want a system that requires as little code as possible, but you do want to be able to code when needed 15
Low Code

16. This way you get rapid development because coding is minimized and the assurance that you can build enterprise apps
because coding is possible
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Fast Development

17. You also want a full set of tools so that everything you need is built in – this further enhances productivity 17
Role Based Security Reporting Scheduling
Geographic
Information Services Database Connections and Web Services
Complete Solution - no risk of running out of steam

18. Alpha Anywhere is that platform! 18

19. We mentioned before that there are many challenges in building mobile enterprise apps –
Offline is probably the single biggest and hardest challenge. 19

20. “The hottest trend in mobile”
“Suddenly, the industry woke up to
the reality that we can’t always get
connected”
- ComputerWorld May 2014
The issue is not new, but as business gets more serious about building mobile apps in the real world, the issues of offline
have bubbled up to the top
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Offline – The Elephant in the Room
#OfflineProblems

21. Most developers have assumed that signal is always available and they don’t factor offline capability into their applications 21

22. And until they have to deal with it, they also tend think that that syncing data from mobile devices to the server is easy. 22

23. It turns out, that this is a really flawed assumption on both accounts 23

24. Connectivity in the real world can be unpredictable, intermittent,
non existent or slow. Which means…
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25. …that mobile initiatives that don’t take into account connectivity problems are unable to get off the ground 25

26. 89% of Enterprises regards offline support to be extremely or somewhat critical 26
How critical is offline support for mobile
business applications?
Not at all
Somewhat
Extremely
- VDC Research
25%
11%
64%

27. ..One of the most difficult challenges
developers face
…Many organizations specify “offline access” as a required
feature of their app, but quickly remove that feature when
the development teams responds with the estimate of what
it will take to architect and build offline support.
Can Triple the Cost of Development.
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Offline Data Synchronization is…

28. 1. Security and Compliance
2. Linking to Enterprise Databases
3. Conflict Resolution
4. User Control
5. Data Integrity
6. Persisting Local Data
7. Development Cost
This is complicated and hard stuff. This means dealing with all these issues in an easy, fast and seamless way is highly desirable! 28
Offline Issues
#OfflineProblems

29. What Do Enterprises Want?
To Develop Mobile Apps Without a
Time and Cost Penalty for Offline
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30. Alpha Anywhere does this. It solves the problem at the application level, It works with existing
enterprise databases. Offline capabilities are built right in
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31. Short Video Demo
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32. Just a couple of examples of what customers say 32
Customers
“Over one weekend, from
scratch, I built a secure
loan analysis and
reporting app. It's not
because I am a genius, it’s
because Alpha Anywhere
is just that good.”
-Imran Riaz, SVP TD Bank
Other products advertise
themselves as Rapid
Application Development,
but you quickly find out that
unlike Alpha Anywhere, they
run out of steam before the
job can be completed.”
-Anthony Ward, Director Development, Palace
Entertainment,

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Summary
Large unmet and growing need for
enterprise mobile applications.
Alpha Anywhere is the Solution
• Low Code
• Complete – Front/Back End
• Offline Built Right In
• Rapid Development