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Smartphone Enterprise Applications

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International Journal on Network Security, 2 (2): 3 (April 2011)

Abstract

Smartphones like iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc. are a wonderful combination of computers and cell-phones. They include many multi-media features that seem to be capturing the interests of individuals. With the growing popularity of these devices, enterprises have discovered them to be useful for employees who are distant / dispersed from the office. Therefore, developing smartphone applications for the enterprises has become necessary. In this paper we describe our methodology for smartphone enablement of enterprise software systems. This comprises of a framework to assess the business processes to identify the potential candidates for smartphone enablement and also guidelines for re-factoring the system architecture.As most of the enterprises are either web applications and/or web services, the technical approach will provide the details of developing the solution using web technology. Based on our experience, we briefly discuss the benefits and limitations of our approach. We conclude the paper with a short note on the evolution of web technology in the smartphone area.

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