Rischpater Palm Enterprise Applications

A Wiley Tech Brief
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-471-43760-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Tech Brief Series

See how the Palm Computing platform can enhance your company'sbusiness. With the dramatic increase in the use of Palm enterpriseapplications in business, you may be wondering how this newtechnology will impact your organization. Handheld devices have theability to play very critical roles in the enterprise, integratinginformation, reducing redundancy, and making data mobile, which inturn directly impact the profitability of a company. Consider thisbook a "technical briefing," one that will help you understandexactly how the use of Palm devices can impact your bottom line.
Palm Enterprise Applications offers acomprehensive look at the past, present, and future of the PalmComputing platform in the enterprise. Author Ray Rischpaterprovides detailed descriptions of the available hardware andsoftware, development tools, and development practices. In clear,easy-to-understand terms, Rischpater also shows how to customizethe Palm Computing platform to meet the specialized requirements ofyour company and explains how to write new applications to meetthese needs. And all of this information is tied together with thehelp of real-world case studies that follow successful corporatedeployments of Palm computing devices.
As you read through this book, you'll discover how to:
* Choose the right Palm computing devices to meet the needs ofyour organization
* Use available software to solve a wide array of informationmanagement problems
* Connect Palm computing devices to the rest of yourenterprise
* Use the latest tools to write new applications that run on thePalm Computing platform
* Obtain a custom application for the Palm Computing platformthat specifically meets your needs
Focused on the needs of the corporate IT and business manager,the Tech Briefs series provides in-depth information on anew or emerging technology, solutions, and vendor offeringsavailable in the marketplace. With their accessible approach, thesebooks will help you get quickly up-to-speed on a topic so that youcan effectively compete, grow, and better serve your customers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rischpater, Ray

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Palm Computing Platform.
Hardware.
Software.
Connections.
Development Tools.
Development Practices.
Custom Development.
Case Studies.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

RAY RISCHPATER is a freelance consultant and writer. He has written extensively for such publications as Handheld Systems, CQ VHF, and Apple's Develop. Rischpater is also the author of Wireless Web Development and the coauthor of Advanced Palm Programming: Professional Developer's Guide (Wiley). Previously, he worked with Fortune 500 companies developing handheld applications, as well as contributing to the first handheld Web browser for both the Newton and Magic Cap platforms.