How will Mobile Apps fare post the Sybase Acquisition?

[Former Member]

Hi Mobile Experts,

I am new to the field of MI and I am curious to know the future of this Niche field.

How will the Mobile field grow post the acquisition of Sybase.

Also, Can MI be effective in fields like Healthcare and other verticals.

As far as I know, MI can be very effective in Energy & Utilities.

But Can it be in other fields?

Please throw light on these aspects.

[Former Member]

Hi!

SAP NW Mobile is a platform - and it is solution / vertical agnostic. Almost any type of mobile solution can be developed using NW Mobile. Like Vinodh mentioned, any business process that requires mobility can be mobilized. The platform also provides standards based open interfaces that enables you to build a variety of applications on a wide array of devices and manage them effectively.

Prior to the acquisition, SAP already had a co-innovation partnership with Sybase. As a result of that partnership, two mobile applications were developed: [Sybase Mobile Sales for SAP CRM|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_WQKyl6WQ] and [Sybase Mobile Workflow for SAP Business Suite|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PixIer7z_RA]. You can check this blog to know how the Co-Innovation architecture looks like: [Co-Innovation architecture|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19455] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken];

Currently productive NW Mobile customers include some of the the biggest names from several verticals such as defence, transportation, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, software, etc.

To get started with NW Mobile, you can go here: [SAP NW Mobile|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-mobile]

Regards,

Ram

[Former Member]

Thanks all,

That was some good information that I required.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Mobile field is expected to grow by many folds in the near future, not only because of Sybase acquisition but also due to SAP's business strategy. Mobile can be used virtually for any fields/sectors. If the business process demands Mobility, then Mobile solution can be implemented. SAP already has customers using Mobile solution in healthcare industry.

Best regards,

Vinodh.

[former_member113639]

Hi,

With the increase use you Mobile by enterprise users we see that Mobility solutions will be adopted by customers to further speed up various business processes. The acquisition of sybase further reiterates SAP's increased focus on Enterprise Mobility. About usage of the NW Mobile (earlier also know as MI) in different industry verticals, it is possible based on which business process you would like to Mobilize.

The sybase acquisition well help customers use the strengths of both SAP and Sybase in the Mobility Area to get better solutions. To get a overview of the Sybase Platform at a very high level you can refer to the Blog.

/people/ramprasadh.kothandaraman/blog/2010/06/01/sap-sybase-co-innovation-platform-for-enterprise-mobility

With Regards

Murali