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January 11, 2017

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January 11, 2017 | Volume 6 Issue 1

• LEAD ARTICLE: What Is IBM MobileFirst?

• FEATURED ARTICLE: The Sencha Platform Offers MADP with Life Cycle Coverage

• NEWS HIGHLIGHT: IBM Goes Mobile with Watson

• WHITE PAPER: Mobile Computing and the IBM i

• FEATURED VIDEO: 3 Things About Successful Mobile First Organizations

• EVENT: Why MySQL High Availability Matters

Lead Article - Mobile Dev Tools

What Is IBM MobileFirst?

Demystifying IBM’s mobile application development offering.

Written by Steve Pitcher

IBM MobileFirst (formerly IBM WorkLight) is an enterprise-grade suite of tools which help you build mobile applications. I want to give you a little insight of how MobileFirst is structured, in terms of a high level technical infrastructure overview and your pricing options.

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Feature Article - Mobile Dev Tools

The Sencha Platform Offers MADP with Life Cycle Coverage

The Eclipse-compatible Sencha Platform helps developers build web and mobile apps using Java and JavaScript frameworks that employ HTML5.

Written by John Ghrist

If your programming expertise is in Java or JavaScript frameworks that use HTML5, a natural fit for a web or mobile application development platform (MADP) at your enterprise may be the Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform, which lets users build, test, and deploy web applications for desktops, smartphones, and tablets.

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Mobile White Paper available now.

Mobile computing is rapidly maturing into a solid platform for delivering enterprise applications. Many IBM i shops today are realizing that integrating their IBM i with mobile applications is the fast path to improved business workflows, better customer relations, and more responsive business reporting. The ROI that mobile applications can produce for your business is substantial.

This ASNA whitepaper takes a look at mobile computing for the IBM i. It discusses the different ways mobile applications may be used within the enterprise and how ASNA products solve the challenges mobile presents. It also presents the case that you already have the mobile programming team your projects need: that team is your existing RPG development team!

Download your copy today from the MC White Paper Center