Solution Architecture

Unwired Platform provides a solution architecture that extends the reach of your enterprise systems. The key elements of the solution architecture are mobile business objects, device applications, synchronization paradigms, security, and application deployment.

• Mobile Business Objects
  The cornerstone of the solution architecture is the concept of the mobile business object (MBO). Mobile business objects help form the business logic for mobile applications and mobile workflows by defining the data you want to use from your backend system and to expose through your mobile application or workflow.
• Device Applications
  The building blocks of the device application include the user interface (UI) layer, business logic layer, Unwired Server client object APIs for retrieving data and executing operations, frameworks for passing data and handling events, and device platform and third-party component APIs.
• Synchronization Methods
  Developers can use either replication-based or message-based synchronization to move data and transactions between device application clients and Unwired Server.
• Security
  End-to-end security is an important feature of the Unwired Platform solution architecture. Security comprises multiple layers, including system security to control access to data and transactions, transport security for over-the-air and network level data protection, local data security for protecting enterprise data on the device, and device security to protect devices in case of loss or theft.
• Application Deployment
  During development the developer tests the device application by deploying mobile business object (MBO) packages to Unwired Server, and device application binaries and their dependencies to emulators or actual devices. Deployment to devices can be achieved by physically connecting the device to the developer's machine, and copying binaries using device-supported tools. Applications should also be tested in a test environment that emulates the production environment for complete end-to-end testing.
• System Management
  The Unwired Platform management console offers integrated, Web-based access to all Unwired Servers running in the corporate network.