Syclo Mobile Conference: Mobile Platform Roadmap

Mobile Platform RoadmapRich Padula, President, SycloDeepika Duggirala, VP Agentry Development, SycloKarl Stevens, Agentry Product Owner, Syclo

Mobility Today and In The Future

Multitude of platforms• Different OS’s• Variety of form‐factors

Users decide devices• Enterprises don’t dictate• More Users than ever• BYOD

Applications cover a wide range of functionality• Simple to sophisticated

Diversified in terms of users, applications and devices

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True Cross‐Platform Support

Improve User Experience

Streamlined Design Tools

Intelligent Maintenance and Performance Management

New Integrated Architecture (SAP Mobile Platform)

Mobile Platform Focus

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• Full support for each platform’s unique features and controls

• Native application look and feel simplifies training

No cross‐compiling of application code for every platform

No need for separate development environments and skill sets

Easy configuration, support and modifications

Native User Experience Single Set of Business Logic

Used by All Products


What the Core means to Development

• Simplified Architecture

• New features will be added in Core ‐ Once– Easier support for new clients– Faster customer responses

• Easier maintenance– Separation of layers– If different behavior on clients then

UI problem– Fix in core, fix everywhere

Client “Core”


New Feature Development Workflow

Develop UI Support QA Released



CORE

DEVELOP FEATURE CODE

iOS

Android

Windows


What the Core means to You

• Platform diversity today• Platform diversity tomorrow• “True Cross‐Platform”

User Interface

Device Integration

Storage

Communications

Business logicThe Client Core

iOSclient

AndroidClient

HTML 5Win 32 Client /

Windows 8

WinMobile / Windows Phone 8


Current Client Development

All platforms equal in functionality• Windows – Mobile/Phone, Desktop, Tablets • iOS – iPhone, iPad• Android – Smartphones, Tablets

Continue adding controls to the core

Extending out the UI layer for all platforms


Client Functionality Parity

Categories Windows iOS Android Feature Count

Actions 21

Communication 11

Controls 113

General 30

Screens 63

Grand Total 216 160 150 238


All Products on All Platforms


Added Android Smartphones & Tablets


In‐Development: Windows

• Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8 Support

• WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation

– Replaces Win32 Client

– Greatly improved graphics

Uses Direct3D

– Support for

Animations, Blurs, Drop Shadows, Outer Glow and more


In‐Development: HTML 5

• Architecture same as other clients

• Core is in Server‐side client

• UI layer is in browser

• API is AJAX, HTTP

• UI Features

– CSS3, Local Storage, Camera, Location Information

• Any device with browser

• Designer can define different screen sizes in the editor








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Enhanced iOS Offering

• Agentry and APNS Push• Branding ability• Placeholder Text• Images on tabs• And more native controls


Added Native Search, Grouping and Indexing


Added Placeholder Text for Cleaner Field Entry Screens


Added Seamless Email, Phone and Contact Integration


In‐Development Controls

Camera QR / Barcode


Bluetooth peripheral integration

Barcode

RFID

PrinterCredit Card Reader

Meters


NFC and Credit Card Readers


New Screen Transitions


Built‐in Chat


Accelerometer


Gesture and more








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Powerful Design Tooling

• Complex applications are becoming more complex– Apps with thousands of definitions and

hundreds of rules

• Increased demand for deploying smaller light‐weight apps– Simple apps for checking your power

usage or purchasing movie tickets

• Keep up with your growing teams

Design Tooling Enhancements

• Team Configuration

• User Assistance

• Improved Visual Screen Editor

• Removal of Add Wizards


Team Configuration

– Improved multi‐developer collaboration and project management through sharing of a single application repository


Improved User Assistance

• Tooltips to display definition descriptions• Thumbnail view of images in tooltips• Technical Documentation integrated with Eclipse Help System


NEW Visual Screen Editor

• “Device” skins portraying real form factor

• Accurate control layout

• Drag and drop of controls

• Reduces Publish / Transmit / Synchronize Cycle Time

Removal of Add Wizards

• Streamlines the process of adding new definitions– Wizard “prompting” screens replaced by submenus

– “Intelligent” default values for fields

– User needs to change only fields as desired


Removed Wizard for Add Object Property








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Mobile Server Administration

• Enhanced troubleshooting tools• Log files stored in a database• Front‐end query tool• Pre‐built reports• Statistics and graphing


Server Enhancements

• Multi‐Tenant– Multiple apps running on one

server instance– Users can subscribe to multiple

applications– Easier configuration and higher

security– Host your apps in “The Cloud”


Server Enhancements

• Deploy specific apps to targeted groups– Update users in groups

Pilot groups Supervisors, e.g.

– Scheduling of updates by group Upgrade users by group Schedule group rollouts


Benefits of Server Enhancements

• Increased visibility into performance– Continuously Analyze applications in production Monitor, Diagnose, measure performance Visibility into usage to look ahead and plan

• Ability to plan

• Lower Total Cost of Ownership– Consolidation of application management– Targeted deployments








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Syclo Phase 1 Migration Plan

Syclo Application Editor

Afaria Management console

Mobile Business Objects

Eclipse

SUP Mgt Console

Syclo Server Services

SUP Server

SUP Server Services

Application Meta Data Repository

UI

Client

Meta DataInterpreter Engine

Transportand localStorage

Syclo Add‐on

Application Meta Data

SAP Mobility Platform Phase 2 Objectives

Flexible Deployment Options

•inCloud •On premise•Hybrid (a little of both)

Comprehensive Scenario Coverage

•B2E•B2B•B2C

One Platform•One Development Environment•One Server Environment•One Management Tool

Flexible Developer Options

•Clients: Native, Hybrid (Web container), Thin (zero‐footprint browser), No‐client (voice/text)

•Development paradigms: meta‐driven and/or native – mix and match

Scalable (Up and Down)•Developer tools for Personal development on a laptop & Team development

•Runtime platform for large and small deployments

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