Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Online classes from ‘Sybase Mobile University’ will provide you with the knowledge you need to make your organization’s mobile projects a success. Let our top instructor bring you up to speed on the latest mobile application developments and how to overcome common pitfalls.
There is no cost for these online mobility courses.
MOB 101 - Intro to Mobile Application Platforms This introductory course in mobile computing is for organizations that are serious about deploying mobility in the enterprise. The course will cover the basics of mobile platforms and will describe how they can benefit your organization. You will also learn about the latest analyst research on mobile platforms, including market trends and leading vendors.
MOB 102 – Going Wireless: Email and Collaboration Wireless email is by far the most popular application for mobile device users. However, it is just the first step in enabling workers to be effective. During this session, you will learn how to empower mobile workers to securely and easily conduct time-sensitive business processes on a mobile device. This course will focus on how to leverage an existing infrastructure to create and complete various business processes on a variety of mobile devices, including iPhone, Windows Mobile and Symbian.
MOB 103 – Platform Power: Developing Mobile Applications Today's enterprise developers are now required to extend capabilities of mobile devices on leading mobility platforms, such as BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian, by creating applications that seamlessly tie into multiple backend systems, including legacy systems. This session will provide tips and techniques to help developers learn how to easily build mobile applications.
MOB 104 – Safety Matters: Managing and Securing your Deployment The stakes around IT security have never been higher than they are today. The multitude of mobile device types and magnitude of data being used by frontline employees requires careful mobile project planning. In this session, we will discuss and demonstrate how organizations can benefit by strategically implementing a comprehensive solution that combines management and security capabilities for their mobile deployments.
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About Ian Thain As one of the Sybase Technical Evangelists, Ian regularly addresses technical audiences all over the world and his sessions are always very well attended. He also writes education classes, whitepapers, demos and articles for various Sybase products and publishes regularly in Journals such as SYS-CON's PBDJ and International Developer Magazine. He is also the Sybase Unwired Platform & PocketBuilder Evangelist and works closely with the team in Dublin, CA and Concord, MA on new features and demonstrations for the products. He is also Tech Chair of iPhone Development Summit 2009 - New York (June) and San Francisco (November). In his customer-facing Evangelist role, Ian is very involved with the design, production and testing of Enterprise class Unwired Solutions, that have been implemented using Sybase's Unwired tools for Sybase customers around the globe. In addition, Ian is a dedicated technical expert continually working with Sybase's key partners and clients to enhance the capabilities of the Unwired solutions that Sybase can offer to its customers. Ian can also be found on Twitter @ithain
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