Palm Enterprise Applications : A Wiley Tech Brief (Paperback)

~ Ray Rischpater (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...delivers what it promises...a fair value for the money..." (Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol 55, 2004)

"Just the right amount of information"(M2 Communications, 23 January 2001)

"...delivers what it promises...a fair value for the money..." -- Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol 55, 2004

"Just the right amount of information" -- M2 Communications, 23 January 2001

Product Description

See how the Palm Computing platform can enhance your company’s business. With the dramatic increase in the use of Palm enterprise applications in business, you may be wondering how this new technology will impact your organization. Handheld devices have the ability to play very critical roles in the enterprise, integrating information, reducing redundancy, and making data mobile, which in turn directly impact the profitability of a company. Consider this book a "technical briefing," one that will help you understand exactly how the use of Palm devices can impact your bottom line.

Palm Enterprise Applications offers a comprehensive look at the past, present, and future of the Palm Computing platform in the enterprise. Author Ray Rischpater provides detailed descriptions of the available hardware and software, development tools, and development practices. In clear, easy-to-understand terms, Rischpater also shows how to customize the Palm Computing platform to meet the specialized requirements of your company and explains how to write new applications to meet these needs. And all of this information is tied together with the help of real-world case studies that follow successful corporate deployments 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 of your organization
• Use available software to solve a wide array of information management problems
• Connect Palm computing devices to the rest of your enterprise
• Use the latest tools to write new applications that run on the Palm Computing platform
• Obtain a custom application for the Palm Computing platform that specifically meets your needs

Focused on the needs of the corporate IT and business manager, the Tech Briefs series provides in-depth information on a new or emerging technology, solutions, and vendor offerings available in the marketplace. With their accessible approach, these books will help you get quickly up-to-speed on a topic so that you can effectively compete, grow, and better serve your customers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471393797
• ISBN-13: 978-0471393795
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,140,491 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Join the Palm Economy, March 3, 2001

By	S.J.J. Krieger "susan30779" (Amsterdam, na Netherlands) - See all my reviews

With the sucess of the Palm platform, Palm-devices will enter the enterprise. A lot of IT professionals will enter this brand new field and look for ways how to improve business for their customers using Palm OS enabled devices. This book is a good introduction for these people. It explains something about the history of Palm devices, enlists companies partnering with Palm Inc., and gives some business cases.

Be aware that this is not a book for programmers.

Minor points: some chapters are devoted to project management and UML. These are not wholly in place in this book and ther are more valuable books covering these subjects.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for all interested in palm apps, March 19, 2001

By	S. Hutchinson (Chicago) - See all my reviews

Even though I'm relatively new to palm programming, I've read most all of the hard texts I could find on the topic and have been successfully been developing palm apps and conduits since.

As stated, this book addresses more of the business side of palm development, at least in terms of its application therein, which is generating a lot of energy in solving previously unsolvable business functions. The book's very valuable in providing more inside information about where palm came from and where palm's going.

I also wanted to comment on the previous reader's review..

Concerning programmers, I disagree, this book is also a good text for developers and programmers alike as it elucidates some of the possibilities for palm. Who says that a developer shouldn't be versed, or at least familar with the business side/development side of palm applications? Roles of business man, analyst, programmer, developer aren't so clearly well defined as previously thought and by being able to communicate, we can work together more efficiently, creating better applications.

Also, this book touches on UML the rational unified process. It does not claim to be a reference for either. It's more of an explaination of a nuanced palm uml or rational process.