ABSTRACT

This chapter analyzes the technical components that make up the enterprise mobility stack. It provides an overview of the end-to-end solution components of enterprise mobility and explores the enterprise mobility framework into several layers to explain the different components that make up enterprise mobility. The chapter explains the back-end systems with which the mobile application or the mobility server interacts to get and set information. The application layer is the principal layer on the enterprise mobility stack and has the mobile application client and the server. This layer serves the purpose of providing a user interface to the customer from the mobile client and integrates with enterprise systems using the mobile server. The service layer is a set of capabilities that are offered in the mobile or provided by third parties, which can be utilized in the development of applications.