Mobile Infrastructure - Open Platform for enterprise mobility
Mobile Infrastructure serves as the universal platform for mobilizing your enterprise applications and powering the benefits of SAP xApps for Mobile Business. Mobile Infrastructure is embedded within SAP NetWeaver, which provides the technology foundation for mySAP Business Suite.
Installed locally on each mobile device, the Mobile Infrastructure client includes its own Web server, database layer, and business logic – all part of a light-installation runtime environment that extends enterprise capabilities to user whether or not they’re connected to the network. For data manipulated in the field, Mobile Infrastructure provides a synchronization and replication layer that resolves enterpriselevel data redundancy by synchronizing mobile devices with backend systems using a specially configured middleware server. Mobile Infrastructure also includes a centralized, role-based deployment console that simplifies deployment tasks in a global, multiple-device IT environment.
The demand for mobility has been rising since the first generation of mobile solutions offered applications that required always-on connectivity. The second generation solutions, the ones that the business side is clamouring for, uses a disconnected architecture in which the application works on the device and then synchronizes with the server when possible through a cradle or a wireless network. The benefits are tangible – CEOs receive critical data on a smart phone, or a mobile sales force in the field can close business at the point of customer contact instead of having to wait for forms to be filled out. Maintenance crews can improve scheduling and quality of service.
Mobile Infrastructure is based on open industry standards Java, eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Mobile Infrastructure comes prepackaged with a Java virtual machine and provides an open programming model that allows developers to build applications with JavaServer Pages (JSP) or native Java User Interfaces (AWT). This open platform architecture provides true device independence and network independence, supporting mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, and smart phones, as well as such networks as wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS).
Mobile Infrastructure works with either a standard browser or a native user interface. Browsers offer maximum flexibility, and with native applications support developers can optimize solutions for screen size and user-interface controls. Mobile Infrastructure comes prepackaged with Mobile Development Kit. This tool kit contains all the documentation, examples, and tools that developers require to build your mobile solution quickly and efficiently or to enhance an SAP standard application with mobile capabilities to optimally suit your business
Master Data ManagementDefinition
Master Data Management - a key capability of SAP NetWeaver - is geared towards business alignment within a heterogeneous system landscape. In this context, it complements technical integration with the consolidation of business-critical data. This is the essence of true enterprise application integration and lays the foundation for enterprise service-oriented architectures.