Mobile App development does not stop when you build your app and have a binary ready to be installed on the device. Regardless of how good your code is or how much unit and regression testing you performed, there are elements that need to be tested under different circumstances, for example, data traffic, the number of users, location, and high latency in the mobile network. At this point, what you want to test is app performance, which means “responsiveness” of...
I was recently introduced to a published draft by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from the U.S. Department of Commerce which talks about assessing the threats to mobile devices & infrastructure. The document discusses the Mobile Threat Catalogue which describes, identifies and structures the threats posed to mobile information systems. This blog summarizes the 50-page document with added context and commentary based on my experience in the mobile industry helping organizations building mobile apps. More than ever...
Last June, we announced the availability of version 4.0 of our product. This was the culmination of months of hard work and demonstrated our constantly expanding set of capabilities. I went on to recap the key technology choices made over five years ago, choices that proved to be visionary for our mobile platform’s architecture and functionality: Node.js and containers. We are very proud of our accomplishments with Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.0 and the new technologies we introduced to...
At Red Hat Mobile, we have been working hard over the last several months on exciting new technologies. Today we are happy to announce the general availability of Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.0. Following the success of our Hosted offering, we have taken the next step in the advancement of our product. Let's take a moment to recap on a couple of key technology choices we made over 5 years ago that have proven to be visionary decisions for...
It might be hard to believe, but it has been one year since Red Hat’s acquisition of FeedHenry, a leader in the enterprise mobile app development and mobile backend-as-a-service space. It’s been a busy and interesting year for our platform. As we continue to add great new enterprise-grade features, we’ve also been working on some important new enhancements in architecture, DevOps and cloud technologies. There’s more on that to come in the next few months, and as a recognition of...
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