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October 12, 2016
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October 12, 2016 Volume 5 Issue 10
• LEAD ARTICLE: The Progressive App “Party”
• FEATURED ARTICLE: Xamarin Marks the Spot as Flexible Mobile App Development Tool
• NEWS HIGHLIGHT: IBM and AT&T Strengthen Alliance by Offering Advanced Cloud Networking to Businesses
• WHITE PAPER: Mobile Computing and the IBM i
• EVENT: COMMON - Fall Conference and Expo
Lead Article - Networking
The Progressive App “Party”
The native vs. hybrid vs. web application war has been raging for years, with millions of apps having become zombies, trapped in app stores across the planet. Progressive web apps promise an end to those wars, but what are they and how can they change the mobile landscape?
Written by Pete Helgren
Garr! Just about as soon as you put your feet up and rest after delivering your sweet web application to your boss, the next challenge does come! Your salespeople like the app, but they want it to look more “app-ey.”Sigh! Salespeople can be such a pain, and the boss isn't helping things any by saying, “IT developers can do anything.”Yep. Anything to make everyone 'appy (I say in my best Cockney accent...).
BCD Software
Mobile and desktop web applications… Together at last!
Recorded IBM i Webinar
Watch this webinar to see how WebSmart's new responsive PHP, Node.js and RPG web application development templates:
- Generate a single code base for the mobile and desktop versions
- Use Bootstrap to create applications that resize to fit various screen sizes
- Attract new developers by using popular web technologies
MC Press Bookstore
Get the latest and greatest advice from the DB2 for z/OS gurus! DB2 11: The Ultimate Database for Cloud, Analytics, and Mobile provides essential advice and explanations to ensure a successful upgrade--including feedback from early customer experiences. This book describes new DB2 11 features that can help you respond cost-effectively to the data explosion resulting from mobile applications, cloud computing, social media, and smart devices. Understand the new functions in DB2 11, plan your migration strategy, and learn about important new support for application compatibility. Get your copy today!
MC Press Bookstore
This book is a practitioner's guide to deploying IBM Cognos software and the cloud. If you are a solution architect or an IT architect charged with evaluating, designing, or implementing a Cognos Business Intelligence solution to leverage a cloud infrastructure, this book is for you.
Inside, you will find pragmatic and practical information about best practices and guidelines, as well as specific software and configuration steps to help you achieve success with your Cognos BI cloud solution.
Feature Article - Networking
Xamarin Marks the Spot as Flexible Mobile App Development Tool
Xamarin offers cross-platform development and code-sharing, native performance, and forms for UI building, among other features, in a C# mobile application development platform (MADP).
Written by John Ghrist
The debate about what's the best way to create applications for mobile devices remains unsettled between whether to use HTML to create apps that work across both server and mobile platforms or to build apps natively to the mobile platforms for better performance (or to use a hybrid approach). The answer truly lies in what's best for each enterprise. However, if a company has already resolved this argument in favor of building apps native to the mobile hardware in use, there are many options from which to choose for selecting an MADP.
MC Resource Centers
Mobile White Paper available now.
Mobile Computing and the IBM iMobile 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!
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