MEAP and Business Platforms

MOBILE IS AN ENTERPRISE PRIORITY

Source: Wells Fargo Securities, January 23, 2012Fostering the People: The Shift to Engagement Apps

Mobile and Cloud are top spending priorities for CIOs!

Dramatic Growth in Mobile Devices• Mobile data traffic exceeded voice in2010• Shipments of Smartphones exceeded totalPC shipments for the first time in 2011• 10 Billion mobile connected devices areexpected to be in use by 2020

2011 IBM Global CIO StudyWireless Industry News, August 26, 2010 and 2011 Economist

WHY MEAP FOR BUSINESS?

The consumerization of IT makes smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices in the enterprise to stay

Recent surveys show that around 83 percent of users considered their device more important than their morning cup of coffee

79 percent said they use their smartphone more than their office or home phone to conduct business Strong trend of business transformation with more and more enterprise roles demands mobility as mobile devices and mobility solutions have become part of the mainstream IT

What the mobility driven consumerization trend means for businesses?

Embrace mobility for topline and bottom-line boosting IT enablement in a contextualized, holistic and optimal manner that deliver maximum ROIContext: Business context, customer context – platform coverage, application type, BYOD, IT context – policy management, inventory mgmt., security mgmt., software distribution etc Holistic and Optimal way for mobility : Multi-platform, integration effectiveness, deployment and management effectiveness

# MEAPs are comprehensive container platforms that addresses all the aspects of mobile IT enablement of enterprises for rolling out

their mobility roadmap

MEAP – KEY COMPONENTS

Design Build Integrate Certify Publish Manage Analyze

Mobile Application Life Cycle

• Design templates based on app type/ category

• Rich UI controls/ UI framework libraries

• Build once for multiple device platforms

• Flexibility and provision in choosing the appln. type

• Integration effectiveness for a unified multi-platform integration

• Configurable and customizable integration adapters for the leading enterprise IT packages

• Integration with business support systems

• Certify the application for non functional aspects including ruggedness depending on the business context

• Compliance to OEM guidelines

• Compliance to IT security policies of the organization

• OEM app store• Enterprise App

Store• OTA download

• Unified IT management system for both desktop/ laptop assets and mobile assets/ devices to be managed• IT Policy

mgmt.• Device/ App

mgmt.• Inventory

mgmt.• Notification

handling

• Provision for continuous data analytics

# A robust MEAP platform should cover the complete application life cycle of mobility solutions by providing multiple built in flexibilities for each cycle!

MEAP – MOBILE ENTERPRISE APPLICATION PLATFORMS, THERE ARE SEVERAL PLAYERS OUT THERE IN THE MARKET

Custom MEAP Stacks

Other App Development Frameworks

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HOW TO EVALUATE A MEAP PLATFORM? KEY DECISION GUIDELINES

Decision Factors Description

Market presence This includes existing client base, partner base, feedback from prior experience, analysis by Gartner etc.

Mobile platform support Support for major mobile platforms like iPhone/ iPad, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile etc.

Mobile client architecture requirements

Thick client, browser based thin client, rich client (hybrid)

User Segment and UI guidelines Targeted user segment - B2C, B2E, B2B segments, UI guideline defined by the organization for the user segment

Ease of Implementation Complexity involved in developing, testing and integrating applications. Support for development tools like Eclipse, Visual Studio etc.

Build once – Deploy on multiple devices

Support for code reuse for multi platform build across platforms

Integration w/ IT Packages Integration & Adapter layers to connect to backend IT systems like Oracle/ Siebel CRM, SAP ERP, Oracle DB etc.

Security Support for data encryption over-the-air, local device data encryption, poison pill, authentication, policy etc.

Data Synchronization Offline data access capability, real-time data synchronization, transaction management, intelligent network detection, optimal use of network band width etc.

Device / Configuration Mgmt. / BYOD support

Device configuration, auto-updates to applications, remote takeover of device, data wipe out etc.

Professional Services & Support Post-sales support for implementation, support, upgrades & maintenance. Leverage existing partnership with SI vendors.

BUSINESS PLATFORMS AROUND MEAP : TELCOS/ WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS

• AT&T launched its MEAP platform and business model around it leveraging Antenna MEAP• Vodafone UK used Dexterra (later acquired by Antenna Software) as the backbone of its mobile applications service• Flypp platform of Infosys powers the Aircel mobile application store• Attinad uses its CONCORD platform for rapid product and solutions development and deployment

OUR CONCORD MOBILITY PLATFORM

Wireless network

Mobility ServerMobile Client (iPhone/ BB/ Android/ Windows Mobile)

UI Rendering Engine• Screen generation• Action Mapper

Data capture Module Creation Engine

• UI Engine• Reference Data Manager

Dashboard• Rule interpreter• Graphical Control Library• Data Binder

Platform Component• Local Storage• Security & Encryption

Workflow Engine

Data capture module engine

Enterprise Service

Adapter

Configuration Manager

Data Adapter

Dashboard engine

SOA Compliant Service interface

Device Management Framework

CONCORD Mobility Platform

Data sync Framework

Enterprise Systems

Legacy systems

OUR SAP MOBILITY SOLUTION BUILT ON TOP OF CONCORD PLATFORM

GPRS ,

WIFI , EDGE,

3G

Mobile Server Components

SAP Server Components

Mobile Client

DMZ

Network Cloud

Application

Data Binder

Reference Data Manager

UI Rendering Engine Screen Creation Action Mapping Screen Creation

Document Creation Engine UI Engine Reference Data Manager

BI Reporting Engine Graphical Control Library Data Binder

Platform Component Local Storage Security & Encryption

Approval Workflow Engine

Document Creation Engine

SAP Service

Adapter

Configuration Manager

Data Adapter

Data Storage

Creation Module

Maintenance Module

Data Processing Module

Generic Web Service

SAP R/3

SAP ECC

SAP CRM

Legacy Apps

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