ABSTRACT

The cloud is becoming increasingly pervasive and mobile browsers are getting better every day, providing the ability to access the cloud and its applications. Organizations are deploying more and more software-as-a-service-based applications and, assuming they have enough bandwidth, there is no reason that mobile workers cannot access those applications on their devices with a browser that can actually fully handle web and cloud standards. This entry describes the mobile smartphones platforms, their operating systems, virtualization of these platforms, mobile collaboration applications, and future trends.