Databases hit the road''''

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MOBILE DATABASES
Databases hit the road....
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Need for Mobile databases....

• Limitations with client server technology
• - Cost
• - Practicalities
• - Security
• Need for data to be collected as it happens
• Business Today Means Anytime,
• Anywhere, Any Device

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Features of Mobile databases....

• Provide relational database services but require
  little memory
• Analyze and manipulate data on a mobile device
• Handle SQL queries on the road
• Users can choose to
• - Work online with a central DBMS server
• - Download data work on them
• - Capture real-time data Synchronize
  later
• Are customized for mobile applications

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Mobile Database Architecture
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Some Applications of Mobile Databases

• BUSSINESS
• - information on customers, prospects,competitors
  , and market trends anytime,anywhere.
• - Salespersons can update sales customer data
  on the move.
• PUBLIC SECTOR
• - US Army uses mobile database technology to get
  current inventory and readiness info that can
  save them logistical costs in the event of combat
  mobilization.

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Some Applications of Mobile Databases

• HEALTH SECTOR
• - Used by Physicians to store and retrieve
  information while making their rounds.
• - Used by doctors Para medics to retrieve
  vital patient history treatment info while
  attending to patients in battle fields remote
  accident locations..

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Mobile DBMS Solutions - The major Players

• Sybase SQL Anywhere (55)
• Oracle - Oracle Lite 8i ( 20)
• IBM - DB2 Anywhere (7)
• Informix Cloudscape

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Resources

• www.zdnet.com - Databases Are Going Mobile by
  Charles Babcock
• www.oracle.com
• http//my.sybase.com Handheld Computing Comes
  of Age
• www.databasecentral.com
• DBMS for Mobile Devices by Todd Coleman.
• Univ. of Colorado. - www.cs.colorado.edu
• www.enterprisedev.com