Sky Mobile Enterprise

Application Platform
 A Single Platform

SkyMobile enables you to support multiple mobile applications across a

diverse range of devices, users and data sources.
This powerful certified solu-
tion delivers true MEAP
capability and enables appli-
cations to scale across thou-
sands of devices while pro-
tecting your existing busi-
ness systems through com-
prehensive interface man-
agement. With over twelve
years of research and devel-
opment and production use,
SkyMobile is a proven solu-
tion used to deliver hun-
dreds of successful projects
across the globe.

Key features:
Complete end-to-end interface management from inception to final posting
“Super client” support for all major mobile platforms
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) supporting multiple “code free” applications
Centralized systems management of all devices, software, applications and integration
High Performance robust scalable architecture
Secure data object transmission and storage
Fully Unicode compliant with international language support
Certified technology that is fully complimentary, upgrade and future proof
Supports connectivity with business systems, applications and databases

In the above diagram, SkyMobile supports a “super client” application server on the mobile device, a cen-
tral MEAP instance, specialized interface management components and comprehensive integration sup-
port for back end business systems, applications and databases.

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Comprehensive Interface Management

As most production users will attest, the biggest threat to any business system is flooding it with external
transactions and synchronisation requests. It is therefore critical that your Mobile Enterprise Application
Platform (MEAP) provides all the controls to effectively and efficiently manage all mobile interfaces.
“It is not OK to carelessly lob transactions over the fence into the back end with no load balancing, depen-
dency controls and error monitoring”.
Other major considerations include:
Total visibility and management of all transactions from a single central point.
The ability to perform multi-phase business transactions within and between business systems e.g.
CRM and ERP, without having to write custom code.
Internal dependency management to avoid sequencing errors, resource locking conflicts and priority
scheduling issues.
Variable “throttle” controls to manage the maximum computing resources that can be used at any one
time i.e. connections, processes, instances etc.
Support for all major integration options i.e. Web Services, XML, EDI, Files, peer-to-peer sockets, SQL
etc.
Ability to use the most appropriate trigger points (events) to initiate outbound transactions and data
object synchronization i.e. push technology.

With our twelve years of integration experience, we have included all the customer experiences and tech-
nical knowledge into the SkyMobile framework. It has a proven interface management component that
effectively protects your back end business systems while improving the overall throughput of mobile
transactions and data object synchronization requests.
 All Major Mobile Devices

According to Gartner (i), “Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms (MEAPs) provide tools and client/server
middleware for mobile (targeting any sort of mobile application) and multichannel (highly device/OS- and
network adaptive) thick (offline) enterprise AD (Application Development)”.
SkyMobile provides a native application server for all major mobile devices i.e. Windows®, BlackBerry®,
Apple iPhone®/iPad®, and Android®.
This provides the following advantages:
A multi-threaded application server and OS specific presentation client making full use of the capabili-
ties of the device
Stand alone capability i.e. a application can run without a network connection with its own secure
database
Advanced GUI capability over and above that of a web browser
Seamless integration with both “native” and 3rd party applications e.g. phone, browser, contacts,
calendar, email, GPS, GIS etc.
Local device systems management, providing secure networking, resource monitoring, application/
data synchronisation etc.

Important things to note are that:

“Code free” applications can run seamlessly across different platforms without change e.g. the same
CRM mobile application can run on iPhone®, BlackBerry®, Windows® and Android®.
A central Integrated Development Environment (IDE) providing the capability and flexibility to develop
and deploy applications without having to write program code and deploy binaries i.e. no specialized
programming and complex change management required.
Application definitions, business data and transactions can be synchronized while the application is in
use.
Supports Enterprise, Cloud and Micro-application deployment models.
Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

SkyMobile provides a comprehensive IDE that supports the full development and operational life cycle of
mobile applications. It provides the capability and flexibility to develop and change feature rich applications
without knowledge of ‘programming’ and complex device specific API’s.

The primary components of the IDE are:

A workbench to build, change manage and deploy “code free” mobile applications
A Binary object repository for all associated media e.g. pictures, documents etc.
Data object definitions and synchronization controls PR
CODEOVEN
Data Profiler to manage the automatic distribution of data objects TECHN FREE
OL OGY
Integration object definitions and interface controls
Built-in change management, security, data dictionary and object repository.

It takes approximately five days to undertake the Sky technical certification and become proficient at
building, customizing and managing mobile applications.

Write once, run anywhere “code free” applications:

The application definitions generated by the SkyMobile IDE are stored internally as meta-data. These are
synchronized and subsequently interpreted and executed by the SkyMobile Application Server on the
mobile device. This means that there is no need for device specific compiled program code; and the
mobile applications can be far more dynamic, adaptive and context aware; and subsequently much easier
to manage.
 High Performance Scalable Architecture

Whether its 1 or 10,000 mobile users, SkyMobile has the flexibility to scale and grow with your mobility
requirements. You can expand the number of components to handle large numbers of connections and
transaction volumes, while protecting your back end systems.
You also have options to effectively load balance, prioritize and control mobile connections and data
transmissions. High availability options provide automatic failover and seamless network connectivity,
ensuring that mobile users experience maximum “up time”.

Because SkyMobile has complete interface management capability, it can also significantly improve the
performance of transactions i.e. Improve the overall throughput and capacity of the back end business
systems. This is important i.e. process as many mobile transactions as possible while minimizing the
impact.

You can implement SkyMobile in a variety of configurations i.e. locally on your existing business system
servers, or remotely on its own stand alone server. You can even implement one or more SkyMobile
Access Gateways on different servers. Both Windows and UNIX servers are fully supported as well as
VMware configurations.
Centralized Systems Management

It is important to be able to manage your entire fleet of devices from a central point. By this we mean:
Deploy application and software changes “over the air” (including decommission)
Support mobile users by being able to remotely connect to their devices and analyze the system
Control individual or groups of device connections
Remote control of applications

SkyMobile provides a complete set of systems management tools with which you can perform:
capacity planning and performance tests
“self test” diagnostics for connectivity status and device vital signs
tuning and optimization analysis of throughputs and quickly identify bottlenecks
backup and restore operations of database data on the device
High availability failover of key components to enable maximum “up time” and DRP Scenarios.

Security:
As well as providing built-in support for symmetric and asymmetric encryption on all data transmissions,
you can also encrypt all data stored on the device. This is important should the mobile device fall into the
wrong hands! SkyMobile data security does not rely on the security services of the OS and network, but
rather we see these as an additional bonus. So no matter what the platform and network infrastructure,
you can be assured that your data is safely transmitted and stored.

Certified technology:
The SkyMobile framework is an industry certified technology.
There is no impact to any other Vendor or Customer objects.
Standard API’s and sub-systems are used throughout.
Backward and forward compatible with all major heterogeneous computing environments.

Integration Workbench:
SkyMobile has a powerful integration engine that supports a variety of mechanisms to connect and inter-
act with back end business systems, applications and databases. These include:
Web Services, XML, EDI, SQL, fixed and delimited raw data formats
TCP/IP sockets, Http, Serial connections, File transfer, Email, Java/.Net methods etc.

The integration workbench allows you to define and configure integration objects and interface schemas.

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About Sky Technologies
Sky Technologies has been mobilizing
business systems for more than 12
years.

With hundreds of successful projects

in more than 25 countries, the
SkyMobile Enterprise Platform
(MEAP) is a proven “code free”
technology capable of deploying a
vast range of solutions.

Increasing returns and lowering costs

is what we do best.

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