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This document summarizes a webinar on enterprise mobile development best practices for 2015. It discusses the rapid evolution of mobile operating systems and increasing complexity of mobile apps. It also covers challenges for mobile developers, different application development approaches, and considerations for which approach to take. Modern mobile architectures using mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) are presented as reducing development time and costs while focusing on functionality over infrastructure.

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© Copyright 2013 AnyPresence, Inc. All rights reserved. Enterprise Mobile Development Best Practices for 2015 December 4, 2014
Speakers 2 Dr. Jim Walsh Chief Technology Officer GlobalLogic www.globallogic.com Richard Mendis Chief Product and Marketing Officer AnyPresence www.anypresence.com
CONFIDENTIAL©2014 GlobalLogic Inc. All Rights Reserved. Webinar Enterprise Mobile Development Best Practices for 2015 December, 2014
2 CONFIDENTIAL Rapid Pace of Evolution 2X Faster 5X Faster Rate of Desktop OS evolution compared with iOS and Android Android Rate that Apps are updated iOSDesktop 6 Weeks Every More Smart Phones are Activated Daily than Babies Born Worldwide Phone Device lifecycle 18 Months © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
3 CONFIDENTIAL Rapid Pace of Evolution 2.521.00.50 3 Windows MacOS iOS Android 1.5 Average Number of OS Releases per Year Releases Source: Ship dates obtained from wikipedia.org © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
4 CONFIDENTIAL New Paradigm for User Interaction © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
5 CONFIDENTIAL Increasing Complexity Source: dates from wikipedia.org; screen images courtesy of http://theappentrepreneur.com/ © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
6 CONFIDENTIAL Part of an Ecosystem, not a Standalone Device Integration with Sensors Environmental Awareness “Free” Apps and Features End to End Cloud Ecosystem Partnerships 100 © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
7 CONFIDENTIAL Challenges Facing Mobile App Developers Distinct presentation style, interaction style and software stacks Rapid OS and device upgrade cycles Varying screen-sizes and hardware capabilities Optimized apps for varying usage scenarios Rapidly evolving standards based on usage trends © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
8 CONFIDENTIAL MADP | Cross Platform Mobility Frameworks Mobile Application Development Platforms Cross Platform Mobility Framework Mobile Backend Services Application Management Suites © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved. Application Management Suites Mobile Backend Services
9 CONFIDENTIAL Application Development Approaches Browser Based Cross Platform Frameworks Native Toolkits Code once Compile once Deploy once Code once Compile many Deploy many Code many Compile many Deploy many •  Universal platform support •  Well established web technologies •  Lacks access to Native features •  Centralized application hosting •  Supports single platform •  Experience optimized for the target platform •  Full access to Native Capabilities •  Publish and distribute © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
10 CONFIDENTIAL Cross Platform Frameworks • Reliant on HTML5 based frameworks for rendering UI • Provides a bidirectional Native to JavaScript bridge for platform feature access • Orchestrates the Native Object Model through a common high level language (e.g. JavaScript, C++ / C#, etc.) • Access to Platform specific Object Model, allows the app to render a truly native user interface, and device capabilities Hybrid Cross-Platform Native Cross-Platform © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
11 CONFIDENTIAL Which Path to Take | Considerations Business Goal Device Class Number of Apps Inform (Brochureware) Smartphone 1 Engage (Interact) Smartphone Tablet 2-3 Transform (New Services) 10+ Smartphone Tablet Embedded / M2M Smart TVs Value of Platform-Specific Approach Value of Platform Agnostic Approach © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
12 CONFIDENTIAL MADP | Lifecycle Management Suite Mobile Application Development Platforms Cross Platform Mobility Framework Application Management Suites Mobile Backend Services © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
13 CONFIDENTIAL Mobile Lifecycle Management Tools Deploy Manage Certify Extend Test Design Develop © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
14 CONFIDENTIAL MADP | Mobile Backend Services Mobile Application Development Platforms Cross Platform Mobility Framework Application Management Suites Mobile Backend Services © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
15 CONFIDENTIAL Mobile Backend Platforms Reduce Complexity •  Focus on creating great experiences •  Leveraging existing APIs and frameworks •  Automate infrastructure provisioning (MBaaS) •  Autoscale capabilities •  Manage concurrency traps •  Optimize performance continuously Rapid Scaling Data Integration and Synchronization •  Optimize data for mobile consumption •  Align with MDM strategy Track and Measure •  Log business events •  Collect and visualize integrated metrics across apps © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
16 CONFIDENTIAL Traditional Architecture Source Systems Push Notifications SMS Web Services © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved. Email Messaging All App Business Logic
17 CONFIDENTIAL “Mobile-First” Architecture Cloud-based Applications Web Services Common&3rdparty ServicesConnectors Firewall User & Identity Management Business Logic Enterprise Integration Push Notification Resource Management SMS Messaging Access Control Analytics + More Rest Common Services Mobile Backend Platform © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
18 CONFIDENTIAL Common Enterprise MBaaS Services •  User Management •  Business Logic Workflow •  Data Persistence •  Enterprise App Integration •  Database Connectors •  Push Notifications •  SMS •  Object Relational Modeling (data virtualization) •  Administrative Console •  Version Management •  Environment Management •  Cloud and On-Premise Deployment Options © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
19 CONFIDENTIAL Lean Application Development Roadmap Start lean, with minimum viable product (MVP) Leverage development frameworks Continue to improve and introduce new features •  Evolve features •  Continue to invest •  Add platforms and people + © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
CONFIDENTIAL©2014 GlobalLogic Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Development Expectation Challenges 3 Development cycles down to 6-8 months or less, from 12-18 Development budgets not increasing to match mobile needs Complexity across Front-end, back- end and secure, scalable integration Development, Design, Develop, Test all work on the same cadence: Rapid Prototyping and Ongoing Updates LESS TIME LESS BUDGET MORE COMPLEX Source: Forrester Research MORE DYNAMIC
Mobile Development Trends 4 Then (2007-2011) §  iPhone launched in 2007 §  First Android phone launched in 2008 §  App Store launched 2008 §  Fragmented smartphone market §  Poor browser and device support for HTML5 §  Immature mobile native and web development tools §  Shortage of modern mobile development skills in market Now and Beyond (2013+) §  Apple and Google worldwide smartphone market share exceeds 80% and growing §  Improved native development tools (iOS Storyboard, etc.) §  Strong HTML5 support across modern smartphones §  Mobile backend services become critical §  Developers have more experience developing for modern mobile platforms Development frameworks were used in lieu of native tools Development frameworks must complement native tools
Focus on App Functionality, not the Plumbing An MBaaS approach reduces time, cost, and risk across several stages of the app development lifecycle Total cost of ownership (TCO) savings are realized across multiple aspects of a mobile solution; in both the development of the back-end server and front-end client 5 Example Scenario: Mobile app that displays a list of assets from a MySQL database. Pre-built MySQL connector Object modeling SDK and base UI Instant test environment Instant deployment environment Develop middle tier that connects to MySQL database and exposes web services for CRUD operations Develop abstraction layer Develop front-end UI to display list of assets Setup test infrastructure Setup scalable production infrastructure with backups CUSTOM BUILD Time&Cost Develop TestDeploy More time to focus on functionality, design, usability WITH MBaaS
Modern App Architecture 6 Your App Business Logic and Data Orchestration Web Services and Data Access Databases Applications Middleware Custom §  Support Multiple Devices §  Enable Custom User Experiences §  Organize Information §  Define App Logic §  Manage App Security §  Create Access to Data and Systems §  Manage Usage
CREATE, MANAGE, ACCESS RESTful WEB SERVICES Web Service Transformation Logic SOAP to REST API Key Management Entitlements and Rate Limiting Usage and Error Logging LEVERAGE MOBILE SERVICES, ENABLE “COMPOSITE” APPS Push Notifications, SMS Messaging App User Roles and Access Control App Specific Business Logic Object Model Abstraction SEPARATE UI FROM DATA MGMT, AVOID PROPRIETARY UI Custom Object Classes, Docs, and Test Scripts Use MVC Libraries For HTML5 Apps Leverage Native Platform Tools Minimize Client-Side Business Logic AnyPresence Platform Approach 7 Smart SDKs Cross-Platform Client Accelerants MBaaS Application Services and Connectivity App Gateway On-Premise RESTification Layer (Coming Soon)
App Gateway Optional On-Premise RESTification Layer Compilation and Generation in Cloud Versioning and Code Repositories Environment and Deployment Management App Templating Design Time API Services RUNTIME COMPONENTS (Dedicated Stack per App) AnyPresence Solution Overview 8 Dedicated Backend Server Roles and Authentication Integration and Business Logic Mobile Services AnyPresence Designer Enterprise Integration and Data Storage User Interface Starter Kits Object Modeling and Business Logic Mobile Services and Extensions DESIGN-TIME PLATFORM SERVICE (Multitenant Environment) Mobile UI Starter Kits (Editable Code) Enterprise Systems and Data PUBLISH PUBLISH Mobile SDKs (Docs and Test Scripts) PUBLISH
Brief Demonstration 9
Independent MBaaS Technical Evaluation 10 “AnyPresence… offers more value than these competitors for enterprises that need to integrate their existing systems with mobile applications. It is especially valuable for enterprises that wish to expose their APIs to partners...” Martin Heller, Contributing Editor, InfoWorld In-depth AnyPresence review: http://bit.ly/1waE9rJ
App User Interface ü  Cross-platform UI code with SDK examples ü  100% non-proprietary, editable source code ü  Based on Templates Provides accelerants for developers to build the user interface layer for iOS, Android, Windows, and other platforms Summary: Modern App Infrastructure for Agile IT 11 API Management ü  Modern Web Services ü  Integration adapters ü  Usage Analytics ü  Account/Member Management ü  API versioning Enables access control and governance of enterprise data and systems MBaaS (Backend Services) ü  Object Relational Mapping layer for “composite” apps ü  Cross-platform SDKs ü  Mobile-specific business logic ü  Mobile services (push, SMS, etc.) Consolidate and manage app services with business logic and client-side SDKs Developer Ecosystem
Keep in touch! Contact AnyPresence 25

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Enterprise Mobile Development Best Practices for 2015

  • 1. © Copyright 2013 AnyPresence, Inc. All rights reserved. Enterprise Mobile Development Best Practices for 2015 December 4, 2014
  • 2. Speakers 2 Dr. Jim Walsh Chief Technology Officer GlobalLogic www.globallogic.com Richard Mendis Chief Product and Marketing Officer AnyPresence www.anypresence.com
  • 3. CONFIDENTIAL©2014 GlobalLogic Inc. All Rights Reserved. Webinar Enterprise Mobile Development Best Practices for 2015 December, 2014
  • 4. 2 CONFIDENTIAL Rapid Pace of Evolution 2X Faster 5X Faster Rate of Desktop OS evolution compared with iOS and Android Android Rate that Apps are updated iOSDesktop 6 Weeks Every More Smart Phones are Activated Daily than Babies Born Worldwide Phone Device lifecycle 18 Months © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 5. 3 CONFIDENTIAL Rapid Pace of Evolution 2.521.00.50 3 Windows MacOS iOS Android 1.5 Average Number of OS Releases per Year Releases Source: Ship dates obtained from wikipedia.org © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 6. 4 CONFIDENTIAL New Paradigm for User Interaction © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 7. 5 CONFIDENTIAL Increasing Complexity Source: dates from wikipedia.org; screen images courtesy of http://theappentrepreneur.com/ © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 8. 6 CONFIDENTIAL Part of an Ecosystem, not a Standalone Device Integration with Sensors Environmental Awareness “Free” Apps and Features End to End Cloud Ecosystem Partnerships 100 © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 9. 7 CONFIDENTIAL Challenges Facing Mobile App Developers Distinct presentation style, interaction style and software stacks Rapid OS and device upgrade cycles Varying screen-sizes and hardware capabilities Optimized apps for varying usage scenarios Rapidly evolving standards based on usage trends © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 10. 8 CONFIDENTIAL MADP | Cross Platform Mobility Frameworks Mobile Application Development Platforms Cross Platform Mobility Framework Mobile Backend Services Application Management Suites © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved. Application Management Suites Mobile Backend Services
  • 11. 9 CONFIDENTIAL Application Development Approaches Browser Based Cross Platform Frameworks Native Toolkits Code once Compile once Deploy once Code once Compile many Deploy many Code many Compile many Deploy many •  Universal platform support •  Well established web technologies •  Lacks access to Native features •  Centralized application hosting •  Supports single platform •  Experience optimized for the target platform •  Full access to Native Capabilities •  Publish and distribute © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 12. 10 CONFIDENTIAL Cross Platform Frameworks • Reliant on HTML5 based frameworks for rendering UI • Provides a bidirectional Native to JavaScript bridge for platform feature access • Orchestrates the Native Object Model through a common high level language (e.g. JavaScript, C++ / C#, etc.) • Access to Platform specific Object Model, allows the app to render a truly native user interface, and device capabilities Hybrid Cross-Platform Native Cross-Platform © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 13. 11 CONFIDENTIAL Which Path to Take | Considerations Business Goal Device Class Number of Apps Inform (Brochureware) Smartphone 1 Engage (Interact) Smartphone Tablet 2-3 Transform (New Services) 10+ Smartphone Tablet Embedded / M2M Smart TVs Value of Platform-Specific Approach Value of Platform Agnostic Approach © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 14. 12 CONFIDENTIAL MADP | Lifecycle Management Suite Mobile Application Development Platforms Cross Platform Mobility Framework Application Management Suites Mobile Backend Services © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 15. 13 CONFIDENTIAL Mobile Lifecycle Management Tools Deploy Manage Certify Extend Test Design Develop © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 16. 14 CONFIDENTIAL MADP | Mobile Backend Services Mobile Application Development Platforms Cross Platform Mobility Framework Application Management Suites Mobile Backend Services © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 17. 15 CONFIDENTIAL Mobile Backend Platforms Reduce Complexity •  Focus on creating great experiences •  Leveraging existing APIs and frameworks •  Automate infrastructure provisioning (MBaaS) •  Autoscale capabilities •  Manage concurrency traps •  Optimize performance continuously Rapid Scaling Data Integration and Synchronization •  Optimize data for mobile consumption •  Align with MDM strategy Track and Measure •  Log business events •  Collect and visualize integrated metrics across apps © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 18. 16 CONFIDENTIAL Traditional Architecture Source Systems Push Notifications SMS Web Services © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved. Email Messaging All App Business Logic
  • 19. 17 CONFIDENTIAL “Mobile-First” Architecture Cloud-based Applications Web Services Common&3rdparty ServicesConnectors Firewall User & Identity Management Business Logic Enterprise Integration Push Notification Resource Management SMS Messaging Access Control Analytics + More Rest Common Services Mobile Backend Platform © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 20. 18 CONFIDENTIAL Common Enterprise MBaaS Services •  User Management •  Business Logic Workflow •  Data Persistence •  Enterprise App Integration •  Database Connectors •  Push Notifications •  SMS •  Object Relational Modeling (data virtualization) •  Administrative Console •  Version Management •  Environment Management •  Cloud and On-Premise Deployment Options © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 21. 19 CONFIDENTIAL Lean Application Development Roadmap Start lean, with minimum viable product (MVP) Leverage development frameworks Continue to improve and introduce new features •  Evolve features •  Continue to invest •  Add platforms and people + © GlobalLogic 2014. All Rights Reserved.
  • 22. CONFIDENTIAL©2014 GlobalLogic Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  • 23. Development Expectation Challenges 3 Development cycles down to 6-8 months or less, from 12-18 Development budgets not increasing to match mobile needs Complexity across Front-end, back- end and secure, scalable integration Development, Design, Develop, Test all work on the same cadence: Rapid Prototyping and Ongoing Updates LESS TIME LESS BUDGET MORE COMPLEX Source: Forrester Research MORE DYNAMIC
  • 24. Mobile Development Trends 4 Then (2007-2011) §  iPhone launched in 2007 §  First Android phone launched in 2008 §  App Store launched 2008 §  Fragmented smartphone market §  Poor browser and device support for HTML5 §  Immature mobile native and web development tools §  Shortage of modern mobile development skills in market Now and Beyond (2013+) §  Apple and Google worldwide smartphone market share exceeds 80% and growing §  Improved native development tools (iOS Storyboard, etc.) §  Strong HTML5 support across modern smartphones §  Mobile backend services become critical §  Developers have more experience developing for modern mobile platforms Development frameworks were used in lieu of native tools Development frameworks must complement native tools
  • 25. Focus on App Functionality, not the Plumbing An MBaaS approach reduces time, cost, and risk across several stages of the app development lifecycle Total cost of ownership (TCO) savings are realized across multiple aspects of a mobile solution; in both the development of the back-end server and front-end client 5 Example Scenario: Mobile app that displays a list of assets from a MySQL database. Pre-built MySQL connector Object modeling SDK and base UI Instant test environment Instant deployment environment Develop middle tier that connects to MySQL database and exposes web services for CRUD operations Develop abstraction layer Develop front-end UI to display list of assets Setup test infrastructure Setup scalable production infrastructure with backups CUSTOM BUILD Time&Cost Develop TestDeploy More time to focus on functionality, design, usability WITH MBaaS
  • 26. Modern App Architecture 6 Your App Business Logic and Data Orchestration Web Services and Data Access Databases Applications Middleware Custom §  Support Multiple Devices §  Enable Custom User Experiences §  Organize Information §  Define App Logic §  Manage App Security §  Create Access to Data and Systems §  Manage Usage
  • 27. CREATE, MANAGE, ACCESS RESTful WEB SERVICES Web Service Transformation Logic SOAP to REST API Key Management Entitlements and Rate Limiting Usage and Error Logging LEVERAGE MOBILE SERVICES, ENABLE “COMPOSITE” APPS Push Notifications, SMS Messaging App User Roles and Access Control App Specific Business Logic Object Model Abstraction SEPARATE UI FROM DATA MGMT, AVOID PROPRIETARY UI Custom Object Classes, Docs, and Test Scripts Use MVC Libraries For HTML5 Apps Leverage Native Platform Tools Minimize Client-Side Business Logic AnyPresence Platform Approach 7 Smart SDKs Cross-Platform Client Accelerants MBaaS Application Services and Connectivity App Gateway On-Premise RESTification Layer (Coming Soon)
  • 28. App Gateway Optional On-Premise RESTification Layer Compilation and Generation in Cloud Versioning and Code Repositories Environment and Deployment Management App Templating Design Time API Services RUNTIME COMPONENTS (Dedicated Stack per App) AnyPresence Solution Overview 8 Dedicated Backend Server Roles and Authentication Integration and Business Logic Mobile Services AnyPresence Designer Enterprise Integration and Data Storage User Interface Starter Kits Object Modeling and Business Logic Mobile Services and Extensions DESIGN-TIME PLATFORM SERVICE (Multitenant Environment) Mobile UI Starter Kits (Editable Code) Enterprise Systems and Data PUBLISH PUBLISH Mobile SDKs (Docs and Test Scripts) PUBLISH
  • 30. Independent MBaaS Technical Evaluation 10 “AnyPresence… offers more value than these competitors for enterprises that need to integrate their existing systems with mobile applications. It is especially valuable for enterprises that wish to expose their APIs to partners...” Martin Heller, Contributing Editor, InfoWorld In-depth AnyPresence review: http://bit.ly/1waE9rJ
  • 31. App User Interface ü  Cross-platform UI code with SDK examples ü  100% non-proprietary, editable source code ü  Based on Templates Provides accelerants for developers to build the user interface layer for iOS, Android, Windows, and other platforms Summary: Modern App Infrastructure for Agile IT 11 API Management ü  Modern Web Services ü  Integration adapters ü  Usage Analytics ü  Account/Member Management ü  API versioning Enables access control and governance of enterprise data and systems MBaaS (Backend Services) ü  Object Relational Mapping layer for “composite” apps ü  Cross-platform SDKs ü  Mobile-specific business logic ü  Mobile services (push, SMS, etc.) Consolidate and manage app services with business logic and client-side SDKs Developer Ecosystem
  • 32. Keep in touch! Contact AnyPresence 25