Mobile applications need to be secured. It's not a question of "if" but "when" attacks will occur.

Written by Madan Divaker

Today, many organizations are rushing to build mobile applications and mobile websites to gain a competitive advantage within their industry. The rate and speed at which applications are being pushed into the marketplace is phenomenal and is only increasing with the explosion of mobile devices. Traditional businesses have been forced to think outside of the box to leverage mobile devices in innovative and creative ways, partly from pressure by their competitors and their own employees with the growing trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to work.

Are you looking to extend your legacy Domino applications to mobile? XPages-enabled applications just may be your rapid mobile development and deployment solution.

Written by Steve Pitcher

XPages is a web and mobile development platform enabling users to access and interact with IBM Notes and Domino data (and other data sources) using a cleaner, more modern interface.

Although XPages was originally created as a mobile controls project on OpenNTF.org in 2010, XPages mobile support began with IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 1. Now, with Domino 9, XPages development is even more powerful than before. The XPages extension library is included with Domino 9, so you don't need to install any additional software.

The objective is to build mobile apps that make it easier for customers and employees to interact with your business.

Written by Richard Lancaster

Mobile devices have changed the way people consume information, purchase products, and pay bills. They allow users to quickly perform routine tasks from anywhere, including the office, their home, a car, or a coffee shop. Today, companies are using mobile apps to sell products and services to customers and distribute timely information to employees. The challenge businesses face is deciding how best to use mobile apps to boost sales and improve operational efficiencies.

How your company approaches mobile app development can spell the difference between success and failure.

Written by Thomas M. Stockwell

Mobile apps extend the boundaries of computing to on-the-go users and workers. They release value to our organizations by enhancing collaboration. Wouldn't it be great if deploying a mobile app were as simple as writing some code and distributing it? Unfortunately, it's not.

If you don't already have a mobile development strategy, you'll need one soon, and one of the first choices you'll need to make is which language to use for development.

Written by Joe Pluta

Mobile development is the next great wave of development. Like it or not, mobile devices are becoming ubiquitous and your IT strategy is going to have to support them, both for B2C (Business to Consumer) and B2E (Business to Employee) architectures. And the really bad news is that if you're only just now figuring out your browser strategy, you're probably a couple of years and at least one development paradigm behind the curve. This article will try to bring you up to speed really quickly.

Fast response time is extremely important in the mobile world.

Written by Scott Salisbury

Mobile computing invites us into a whole new way of thinking. Web-based mobile programming is different for us in that it utilizes the various features of HTML5. One of the really great aspects of HTML5 is that you can run SQL in the browser without any connection to the server: Think airplane mode; think offline storage.

Learning how may take less time than you think.

Written by John Ghrist

Editor's Note: This article is a review of a Webcast about Profound Logic Software's suite of application development tools for mobile devices, available free at the MC Press Webcast Center.

Mobile devices are fast becoming as ubiquitous in our business lives as they are in our social lives. On the business side, with this flowering of gadgets that ring, buzz, tickle, or play a song in our pockets to announce that someone wants to talk to us, there's a need to put our IBM i apps there, too.

The ability to create great mobile applications for the IBM i presents many very exciting opportunities.

Written by Roger Pence

It's no secret that mobile computing is hot, hot, hot. But, for you non-believers, consider these numbers: