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Response to My Article on Sybase's Embedded Mobile Databases and HTML5

I received feedback on my article, " What Does HTML5 Mean for Sybase's Embedded Mobile Database Business? "  from Sybase's Tom Lee this week.  Comments don't show up well on this blogging platform so I wanted to publish it here so you could be sure to read it.  Please add your comments as well! Tom Slee:   Kevin - interesting comments, but I have a few disagreements. I'm speaking as part of the Sybase mobile and embedded database team, but opinions are my own. HTML5 is now, as you know, a much bigger spec than just the local database. It includes a lot of video and other UI enhancements (canvas and so on). What's more, the Web SQL Database that you are referring to is no longer part of the HTML5 spec (although it is still present in mobile browsers, still supported, and has a bright future - just not as part of a formal spec.) See http://www.w3.org/TR/webdatabase/ So I think the changing face of HTML5 leads to a couple of confusions in your article.

M2M News Weekly - Week of June 13, 2011

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Welcome to M2M News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to M2M (machine to machine) and embedded mobile devices.  I aggregate the information, include the original links and add a synopsis of each article.  I also search for the latest market numbers such as market size, growth and trends in and around the M2M market. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Pike Research estimates that more than 250 million smart meters will be installed by 2015, up from 46 million in 2008.   Read Original Content According to Connected World magazine Verizon leads the M2M market with the most data connections, while AT&T leads with the most connected devices.   Read Original Content A Sheriff’s department in Arizona has equipped its patrol fleet with mobile data computing which turns patrol vehicles into wireless hubs that allo

Mobility News Weekly - Week of June 13, 2011

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The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read M2M News Monthly IDC has released new figures that the worldwide smartphone market will grow 55 percent year over year in 2011.  They also expect the total number of global smartphone shipments to reach 982 million by 2015.   Read Original Content HP has announced that on July 1 it will launch its own tablet to compete with others in the emerging tablet market.   Read Original Content According to a new Gartner study, Android is rapidly taking over the smartphone market with a global market share increase of 27.3 percent between May 2010 and May 2011.   Read Original Content Telefon AB LM Ericsson, the world's lar

What Does HTML5 Mean for Sybase's Embedded Mobile Database Business?

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SAP's Nick Brown Nick Brown, with SAP, told me in this interview that around 16 new mobile applications would be available from SAP in the September timeframe.  Why the September timeframe?  September is when SAP estimates they will be releasing their HTML5 container, and these 16 mobile applications will be developed using the HTML5 container. HTML5 can hold data on the mobile device even when not connected to the internet in much the same way as Sybase's embedded mobile RDMS (database).  I wonder how this new HTML5 strategy by Sybase will impact their embedded mobile database business?  Sybase has traditionally charged for every license/user that has a mobile application using their embedded mobile database.  I was a long term partner/customer and paid these quarterly fees for years.  This business model will likely go away if HTML5 can handle the data and synchronization requirements of most mobile application developers.  It seems to be the preferred direction for e

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of June 13, 2011

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The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Monthly A research report by mobileSQUARED reports that by the end of 2011 the Asian mobile advertising market will be valued at $2.8 billion.   Read Original Content According to Strategy Analytics, by 2016 location-based services could become a $10 billion dollar industry despite recent privacy concerns.   Read Original Content With the help of mobile devices, online advertising in Europe grew 15.3 percent in 2010 and total adspend reached 17.7 billion Euros.   Read Original Content According to PwC by 2015 Canada will experience a growth in smartphone and tablet advertising that will reach $241 million