It’s here! IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.0 is now available. Get the FREE developer edition here, and the v7.0 docs here. This release features: Integrated single-node Cloudant (NoSQL) DB. Detection for tampered/hacked apps Code obfuscation in hybrid apps Enhanced data adapter services REST services with analytics for all data adapter procedures MobileFirst platform security for […]
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Why Your Enterprise Needs To Be Ready For Mobile
I recently attended the IBM InterConnect conference, and it was great to be there presenting IBM MobileFirst and engaging with our clients and partners. While there, I also took part in the “Ignite” presentation series. If you aren’t familar with Ignite, each presenter has 20 slides, with the slides auto-advancing every 15 seconds. That gives […]
Video: MobileFirst for Bluemix (MBaaS)
Last week I gave a presentation to the NYC Bluemix Meetup Group on IBM MobileFirst for Bluemix. Not familiar with the branding and have no idea what that means? It is a mobile backend as a service, which gives you analytics, remote logging, user auth, data persistence & offline synch, push notification management, and more […]
Getting Started with IBM Bluemix Mobile Services (MBaaS)
I recently wrote an overview of IBM Bluemix’s Mobile Back-end as a Service offerings. I wanted to elaborate on the offerings, plus provide in-depth technical and implementation details, so I decided to produce this 5 part video series on Getting Started with IBM Bluemix Mobile Services. This post specifically covers native iOS, though there are also Android and […]
MBaaS – IBM Mobile Cloud Services, Bluemix & MobileFirst
MBaaS, or Mobile Backend as a Service, seems to be a particularly hot topic these days. MBaaS generally refers to backend services for mobile applications that provides data storage, user management, push notifications, and other pertinent mobile APIs. This is more than just “Cloud Services” which more generally refer to a scalable virtual cluster of computing […]
Unified Multi-Platform Push Notifications with IBM MobileFirst
Push notifications, love them or hate them, are everywhere and there’s no getting around it. Push notifications are short messages that can be sent to mobile devices regardless of whether the apps are actually running. They can be used to send reminders, drive engagement with the mobile app, notify completion of long running processes, and […]
IBM MobileFirst & Remote Client Side Logging in Mobile Apps
One of the many popular feature of IBM MobileFirst SDK is the ability to capture client-side logs from mobile devices out in the wild in a central location (on the server). That means you can capture information from devices *after* you have deployed your app into production. If you are trying to track down or recreate […]
IBM MobileFirst – Powering the IBM & Apple Partnership
Back in July, Apple and IBM announced a global strategic partnership to redefine how enterprises use mobile applications. Well, last week IBM and Apple announced the first set of apps developed from this partnership. The first set of applications include industry-specific applications designed to “redefine how work gets done”. The first set includes apps for air travel, banking […]
UX & Mobile Apps Leveraging the IBM MobileFirst Platform
When you are developing a mobile app (or website, or mobile web, or TV app, etc..) you should always ask yourself “What kind of an impact does this have on the end user?” It doesn’t matter whether you are creating enterprise apps or games, or anything in between. Every development decision that you make should be […]
Strategies for Managing App Versions & Updates With IBM MobileFirst Foundation (aka Worklight)
IBM MobileFirst Foundation provides two mechanisms to manage app versions and updates. Neither requiring you to write any additional code! The first is app versioning; MobileFirst Foundation tracks each version of an app that you deploy, and gives you the ability govern or restrict access to specific platforms and versions. App versioning applies to all apps, native or hybrid, on […]