Primary Unwired Platform component descriptions.
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Unwired Server |
A runtime server that brokers connections and processing between your existing legacy or enterprise information system (EIS) data source and mobile device applications. Unwired Server enables you to create and retrieve data from your existing data source. Mobile applications, based on mobile business objects (MBOs), represent the data from your legacy or EIS system. Unwired Server manages access to data using your existing security policies, and provides end-to-end security from your data source to the mobile device. Unwired Server manages data synchronization between mobile devices and the back-end system for online and offline modes. Multiple synchronization strategies and policies are available to ensure the most efficient processing. A consolidated database, also called the cache, is used to manage transactions. You can deploy multiple Unwired Servers in a server farm, and can manage multiple Unwired Servers in a hosted domain. |
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System Management
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Sybase Control Center (SCC) is a Web-based console used to configure and manage Unwired Server and its components. Because it is a Web console, multiple administrators can access different administrable components from a single access point. Sybase Control Center provides Unwired Server an integrated set of management and configuration capabilities for servers, server logs, package deployment, subscriptions, roles, and users. Once an Unwired Server and its features are configured for your mobile ecosystem, this consolidated management interface allows a bidirectional flow of information from within the data center boundaries to extend critical information to the mobile wireless workforce. Command line utilities enable you to automate management tasks for certain management functions such as deploying packages. |
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Relay Server |
A relay server forwards client requests to a cluster of servers—Unwired Server or Afaria. A relay server is implemented as a pair of Web extensions that run in a Web server. Relay servers run in the DMZ. |
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Afaria Server |
(Optional) A runtime server used with Unwired Server to perform user, application, and device provisioning in your production environment. |
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Application Development Environment |
Unwired WorkSpace – a plug-in to your Eclipse development environment that provides the tools you need to create mobile applications. Experienced Eclipse developers will already be familiar with the consistent use of Windows, Explorers, Views, Wizards, and Preferences; developers new to Eclipse can use Sybase Unwired WorkSpace online help, cheat sheets, samples, and tutorials to quickly become familiar. Unwired WorkSpace can be used to extend enterprise data sources (such as Adaptive Server® Enterprise, DB2, SQL Server, and Oracle) and applications (such as SAP® and Remedy) to mobile applications. They can be installed on the same Windows machine, or on different machines. |