Pushed by the success of personal smartphones and tablets, mobile clients already became a standard integral component of modern IT landscapes. It is even common in enterprises that employees bring their own devices (BYOD) and integrate these with the internal systems. This raises a need for frameworks and middleware systems to support the development and operating departments in fulfilling the new requirements brought by mobile clients. Typical examples are: adapt application architectures so that they can be used in a scenario with poor connectivity or even offline, ensure that critical enterprise data is stored safely and securely on mobile devices, provide development frameworks that support mobile clients on all tiers, starting from the database up to the application logic to finally to the GUI layer. Red Hat offers solutions for all of these requirements. akquinet, as a longtime premier partner has a lot of experience in the field of mobile applications gathered in real-life projects. In this talk we will present the Red Hat product portfolio that enables the development and operation of infrastructures with mobile clients and discuss the possibilities and challenges based on examples from our customers.

1. Creating Mobile Enterprise Applications
with Red Hat
Tobias Hartwig, Red Hat, thartwig@redhat.com
Martin Weber, akquinet AG, martin.weber@akquinet.de
Oct 1, 2013

2. Going mobile in real life
Examples from our customers
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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3. akquinet AG
RZ Planung
Microsoft Dyn NAV
SAP Technology
Open Text
Sharepoint
Business Process Optimization
TOPS
JBoss
Telematics
Consulting easy san
Management/organization
consulting
Output Management
Transition
Infrastructure
Interim Management
.NET
SAP Basis
PPI
CRM
curaviva
Java
Open Source
Outsourcing Housing
Potential analysis
Websphere
Hosting MPS
Localization
opus curare
Service Desk
Netweaver
QlikView Mobile Solutions
SAST GRC Suite
Document Services
Data Processing Centers
BPO
System Integration
BRO
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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4. Customer examples
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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5. Steps to go mobile
1. Analyze context of use
2. Choose platform and hardware
3. Conceptualize UI
4. Define technical architecture
5. Develop solution
6. Deploy and operate solution
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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6. Steps to go mobile
1. Analyze context of use
2. Choose platform and hardware
3. Conceptualize UI
4. Define technical architecture
5. Develop solution
6. Deploy and operate solution
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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7. CareViva
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akquinet product in healthcare domain
solution to support outpatient care
and workflows of nurses
access patient info and
perform documentation of
care services on-site
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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8. CareViva
Context of use
en route & in the car
at the patient‘s
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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9. CareViva
Platform and hardware selection
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Native
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Better usability
Better integration of smartphone functions
Android
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Android phones comparatively cheap
A lot of devices to choose from!
Smartphones, ~4”
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Ambulant service workers require phones anyway.
One device is better than several.
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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10. CareViva
Technical architecture
JBoss as mediator:
Integration with Microsoft Navision,
mobile-enabled interface to clients
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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11. Facility management
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Large provider for
facility management services
Management of
business processes
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E.g. reclamation process
Mobile-enabled
customizable UI
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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12. Facility management
Context of use
in the office
en route / at home
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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13. Facility management
Platform and hardware selection
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HTML5
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Desktop web application should be usable
on tablets
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No offline functionality requirements
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Reuse potential between desktop and tablet
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Should work on all mobile platforms
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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14. Facility Management
Technical architecture
Guvnor
Process Designer
Form Management
integration with IT infrastructure
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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15. STILL FleetManager
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Manage fleets of vehicles
Capture status and operating data
of vehicles
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Define driving security protocols
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Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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16. STILL
Context of use
warehouse, production plant
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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17. STILL
Platform and hardware selection
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Native
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Android
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Better offline capabilities
A lot of devices to choose from,
including robust industry tablets
Tablets, ~10”
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Phone screen too small for
defined service tasks
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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18. STILL
Technical architecture
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Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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19. Summary
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Every mobile project is different
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From context analysis to delivery
Different contexts and customer requirements must be met
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with a fitting hardware/platform choice and related know-how
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suitable UI concepts and design, respecting screen size and platform
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technical architectures that integrate into the customer’s infrastructure
Session title
Mobile Enterprise Applications with Red Hat
Non -confidential
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