This document introduces new enterprise mobile capabilities with Telerik Platform, including data connectors, Screen Builder for visually building screens, offline support for caching and syncing data, AppManager LiveSync for pushing updates to apps, building native Android and iOS apps with NativeScript, and application templates to help jumpstart development. It discusses key challenges enterprises face in mobile development and how Telerik Platform addresses these challenges through its open and modular architecture for designing, building, connecting, testing, managing, measuring and deploying enterprise mobile apps.
2. About Me
Technical Evangelist
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5. Definition:
Enterprise customers are those that must develop apps
(mobile and web) in complex IT environments,
with a requirement to integrate with existing systems and
data sources, often on larger teams involving many
stakeholders.
6. CONFIDENTIAL
Engage customers
in new ways
Modernize & mobilize
internal processes
Transform and reimagine
the business
The Mobile Potential for Enterprise
8. CONFIDENTIAL
Enterprises Need More Apps. Better Apps.
Delivered Fast.
71%Timely delivery of apps biggest
challenge for large enterprises **
50%Mobile Enterprise Apps
will be re-written by 2017 *
5-10Mobile Apps per a Single
Web/Desktop App *
* Gartner Predictions 2015
** IDG Connect CIO Survey
9. CONFIDENTIAL
But Development Teams Are Challenged.
“Good mobile developers
are hard to find.”
“Our apps are not
being adopted.”
“Integration into our
backend systems is
difficult.”
“Great UI development
resources are scarce”
“We waste cycles in the
design phase.”.”
“There are too many
devices to test.”
13. Data Connectors – Powered by DataDirect
• BackEnd Service offers SQL Server, Oracle,
MySQL, PostgresSQL Connectors – out of the box
• Connect to legacy data in Secure, RESTful way
• Progress DataDirect – leader in Data Connectivity
• Backend will start supporting variety of data store
connectivity over the time
18. ScreenBuilder – Enterprise Extensibility
• Quickly, Visually assemble apps out of pre-built
“views”
• Configure via Properties, Connect to data
codelessly
• Customize, Tweak, Debug by opening in AppBuilder
• Jumpstart your app development
23. Offline – Cache & Sync
• Telerik Backend Service SDK now supports Offline
• When offline
• Stores App Data Locally
• Keeps track of changes
• When online
• Sync changes to server
• Decide where to store data locally
• Local storage
• File System
• Custom Storage
30. What is NativeScript
• OSS from Telerik
• Build Native Cross Platform Apps
• Use XML for UI & JavaScript for code
• One Single Code Base
• Supported in AppBuilder/ScreenBuilder
• NOT DOM … TRULY NATIVE UI
33. App Templates Marketplace
• New Telerik Marketplace for App Templates
• Search & Use Templates in your Apps
• Jump Start your App Development with Templates
• When Available – First Template to go live:
Expensity –Expense Reporting App
• Coming Soon…