Re: question on synchronization for Intel Developer Services artic

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From: Geoff (Geoff_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:15:02 -0800

Thanks, Andrew. Can I bounce another, higher level question off you?

The gist of my article is that the tipping point for asynchronous, OC
applications is mobile repair and service personnel. Here's a case study that
the Intel guys like:
http://www.ianywhere.com/success_stories/burlington_north.html.

The idea generally is that IT infrastructure is already in place in standard
office & enterprise environments. So there's inertia when there's any talk of
changing the infrastructure from always-on to sometimes-on, even when there's
problems. (For instance, if you're working connected via Wi-Fi to Outlook,
SAP perhaps a CRM program, and then you walk from floor to floor, changing
subnets and walking in and out WiFi hotspots, you'll often get lots of error
messages.) But when the office/white collar-types see the productivity gains
service/maintenance personnel get from working in OC fashion, then the white
collar workers demand the same kind infrastructure, etc., etc.

I guess my questions is, do you buy it? That giving service/maintenance
workers mobile applications that work well with sporadic network connectivity
(perhaps wireless, perhaps ethernet, perhaps dial-up) will be the tipping
point to change the way lots of sw is architected?

Thanks,
Geoff

"Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:

> If you are talking about replication then any of the SQL Server editions can
> do some form of replication, not just CE. What edition will run on your
> mobile device depends on what OS it is running. ADO.net has a lot of
> features based around offline datasets and make it relatively easy to build
> applications that can work off line and update later. I would suggest you
> have a look at www.microsoft.com/sql and browse around in the different
> areas that may be of interest to you.
>
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
>
> "Geoff" <Geoff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9E776F8F-AA13-432F-B40C-78C3A2AA5DD1@microsoft.com...
> > I'm a freelance tech writer working on an article for Intel Developer
> > Services, Intel's site for sw developers. The article is on writing
> > applications for use in occasionally connected environments. Intel really
> > thinks that asynchronous, OC apps make more sense for a slew of mobile
> > applications.
> >
> > Here is my question (I'm sorry if it's naive.... I'm not a developer): As
> > I
> > understand it, it's only in SQL for Windows CE that the database can live
> > locally on the client device, synchronizing to a back end when a
> > connection
> > becomes available. So building OC solutions across multiple devices is
> > difficult, because there's little support for the same functionality on
> > PCs
> > laptops. Is this correct? What are are some tips for developers looking to
> > build apps that work asynchronously on laptops?
> >
> > Thanks very much for any help you can provide. I'm looking for comments I
> > might quote from in my article, but if you prefer not to be quoted, that's
> > fine, too. I'm also looking just to get smart on this.
> >
> > --
> > Geoff Koch (gkoch AT stanfordalumni DOT org)
> > Science/Tech Writer
> > Lansing, Michigan
>
>
>

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