The Fabric of Mobile Services: Software Paradigms and Business Demands

Shoshana Loeb · Benjamin Falchuk · Thimios Panagos

Sept. 2011 · Verkauft von John Wiley & Sons

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What is the future of mobile services?

In order for mobile services to achieve the scale, scope, and agility required to keep them relevant and successful, a number of fundamental technical and business challenges need to be addressed. The Fabric of Mobile Services provides readers with a solid understanding of the subject, covering short-and long-term considerations and future trends that will shape thistechnological evolution.

Beginning with an introduction that brings readers up to speed on the mobile services environment, the book covers:

• The business of mobile services
• Mobile user location as a service enabler
• Simplicity and user experience
• The always-on infrastructure challenge
• Underpinnings of mobile opportunism
• Design patterns for mobile services
• Advanced services of today and tomorrow

Complemented with case studies and end-of-chapter summaries that help facilitate readers' comprehension, The Fabric of Mobile Services is essential reading for researchers, engineers, software engineers, students, and anyone working in the mobile services industry.

Autoren-Profil

Shoshana Loeb, PhD, is Executive Director and Chief Scientist at Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, New Jersey. She has a proven track record in creating, financing, operating, and growing innovative technology organizations and businesses.

Ben Falchuk, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist in the Software & Applications Lab at Telcordia Technologies. He has a long and diverse background of innovation in practical R&D related to the areas of mobile, multimedia, HCI, and middleware.

Euthimios Panagos, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at Telcordia Applied Research. His expertise lies in the areas of distributed data management, strategic planning, engineering, marketing, and client engagement.