Doi: 10.1145/1995376.1995390

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Finding solutions as growth and fragmentation
complicate mobile device support.
BY maChe CReeGeR
aCm Cto
Roundtable
on mobile
Devices in
the enterprise

BlaCKBerrY? iphOne? andrOid? Thin or fat client? Carrier network or Wi-Fi? Developers of mobile applications have many variables to consider if they are going to be successful in a rapidly changing and increasingly fragmentary environment.

With rapid worldwide growth and increasingly

 

diverse devices and networks, supporting mobile devices in the enterprise is becoming increasingly more challenging and complex.

Application service architectures, security, connectivity, testing, a constantly changing mix of devices and platforms, and an uncertain future are among the concerns mobile application developers must face in deploying mobile device services. Change in this market is the only certainty, and developers must continually look ahead to refine development and deployment strategies to keep up.

In this ACM CTO Roundtable, five
leaders in the mobile applications field
discuss the current challenges in sup-
porting multiple devices on multiple
networks for highly variable business
requirements.

—Mache Creeger

Participants

Andrew Toy is past VP, mobile applications at a major Wall Street investment bank; past VP, mobile and syndication technology at MTV Networks; cofounder and CEO of Enterproid.

André Charland is the developer of PhoneGap; and cofounder and CEO of Nitobi.