IBM Mobile application development

Turning innovative ideas into smart enterprise mobile applications

Efficiently develop mobile applications by managing and defining requirements, automating collaboration and ensuring quality.

Key solutions that address the mobile development lifecycle challenges include:

1. Developing for multiple mobile platforms

Solutions:

• IBM Rational Application Developer Develop application code for JEE and other server based components in addition to the application components that run on the mobile device (includes embedded Worklight Studio).
• IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution helps to enact a collaborative, multi-platform mobile development lifecycle

2. Delivering high quality apps

Solutions:

• IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solutionhelps to enact a collaborative, multi-platform mobile development lifecycle
• IBM Rational Test Workbench provides comprehensive test automation for complex and highly integrated applications accessed by mobile applications
• IBM Rational Quality Manager (included in the IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution) integrates with “device cloud” vendors:
  
  • Perfecto Mobile and Rational Quality Manager Integration Adapter (PDF, 1.44MB) (Link resides outside of ibm.com)
  • Keynote DeviceAnywhere and Rational Quality Manager Integration Adapter (Link resides outside of ibm.com)

3. Meeting accelerated time-to-market requirementss

Solutions:

• IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution helps to enact a collaborative, multi-platform mobile development lifecycle
• IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management helps improve development team productivity with application lifecycle management capabilities integrated with Worklight

4. Integrating with existing enterprise systems

Solutions:

• IBM Rational Test Workbench provides comprehensive test automation for complex and highly integrated applications accessed by mobile applications
• IBM Rational Application Developer helps develop application code for JEE and other server based components in addition to the application components that run on the mobile device (includes embedded Worklight Studio)
• IBM Rational Software Architect helps use model-driven development to generate application source code from the model of the application components
• IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services helps transform legacy system applications into modern mobile applications (includes embedded Worklight Studio)
• IBM Rational Developer for z helps develop and maintain application code for System z environments along with the code for the mobile components (includes embedded Worklight Studio)