The Enterprise Connector solution solves the integration problem between mobile application and existing backend systems. The solution provides direct extension of existing systems to support mobile integration interfaces.

The solution is superior to other integration mechanisms that are based on hub-and-spoke middleware and ad-hoc file/data transfer. Previous hub-and-spoke solutions cannot achieve real-time integration and are used primarily for data exchange. Ad-hoc file/data transfer is risky and suffered from severe synchronization problems.

The solution embraced some of the latest Java technologies such as Java Connector Architecture (JCA) for highly scalable integration frameworks.

The projected ROI/Savings come from the reduction on duplicated data entry, elimination of unreliable file transfer and tedious ad-hoc integration effort. There are also great savings in leveraging existing backend functionalities for access from mobile devices without duplicating effort in building them.

The target audience for the product and solution are IT managers, CIO and CTO of large enterprises with complex backend system but want to enhance their operational efficiency by extending existing functionalities to mobile platform.

Mobile application development should be concerned with integration to backend enterprise system because of the risk of creating highly disparate systems that do not communicate to each. This will create a huge integration nightmare when businesses rushed to develop mobile applications without serious consideration on existing backend data and processes. The pains for integrating disparate mobile applications and existing backend systems lies in lack of integration interfaces and the enterprise mobile connector provides the bridge across the systems.

The current market landscape consists of 2 separate groups of solution providers, one focusing on mobile application while the other limited to supporting existing enterprise backend systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), databases and other proprietary systems.

The current trend is that enterprises will be investing heavily on mobile applications and there are limited options available for extending their existing systems to support such exploration. There is a real business needs to extend current systems to support mobile applications without compromise on duplicated data entry and data synchronization. The connector technology will ease the integration challenge and enhance application functionalities.