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(More customer reviews)'Wireless Internet Enterprise Applications' authored by Chetan Sharma provides an overview of the latest industry trends driving the proliferation of 'm-Commerce'. The book discusses wireless Internet applications and services using several examples that touch our daily life. The technology that brings these applications to life is dealt with in a simple, brief and effective way. This section of the book is its backbone and is an eye-opener. The book also provides you with a rough sketch on how to plan an effective strategy for transformation of existing web-centric applications to Internet services over wireless medium to any personal device. The book serves a dual purpose - to educate the reader about wireless applications, and increase ones' awareness of existing wireless services being offered. The author has peppered the book with several web-site URLs that serve as examples as well as useful resources. To the potential user, this is a sea of information to check out, and to the entrepreneur or a business manager; it provides a seed for business ideas.
The book presents the reader with a wireless primer outlining a wireless network and its component. The brief discussion of time-lines associated with adoption of wireless technologies adopted in Europe, Japan and America sets the scene for future trends. The issues that are driving the developments of Internet applications into the wireless world are discussed concisely. Widespread adoption of standard protocols such as WAP, Bluetooth and XML, improved accuracy in position location and convergence of communications and computing will facilitate the adaptation of the Web-centric Internet model to the wireless world. While making the case for wireless Internet enterprise applications the author maintains a balanced view. The author cites the example of iMode to illustrate that there is a demand and awareness amongst consumers for wireless applications. However, he correctly points out that, all of that can go waste if there is a dearth of useful and exciting information to the user or oddly enough even if there is an deluge of information on the screen.
The chapter titled Technology Landscape is the strength of the book. It reviews in further detail the computing technologies such as transcoding and markup, web clipping, Jini, IP based technologies, compression and encryption, Smart Cards, Smart materials, and wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, HomeRF, Position Location Technologies, GPS and Smart Antennas. By the end of the chapter, you cover a lot of ground on a variety of technology options. It is brief and relevant. It was felt that sections on the popular WAP could have been more detailed while sparing those like Biometrics for authentication. Nevertheless, it provides the background for a discussion on the players of the value chain and how the content filters through to the consumers. The author outlines three approaches to wireless Internet solutions - accessing desktop email/ calendar applications, modifying existing Web-based applications to wireless devices and building fresh e-business solutions. The discussion of the third approach makes a useful reading because it provides a quick checklist for defining and implementing a wireless e-business application. Among the critical success factors, the author suggests that simplicity of end user experience, presentation of a subset of user web-site content and device-independent rendering of underlying services and data on disparate devices will be the decisive factors in early adoption of this exciting technology.
In summary, the book meets its objective in providing a good macroscopic view of wireless Internet applications. The examples, illustrations, charts and the web-site resources complement the text in making it a "un-put-down-able" book. It is what it is - an excellent "tech brief". A web-site with a list of all the URLs mentioned in the book would have been a great plus.
K. Rajesh Jagannath, Member, IEEE.
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Uncover the latest in wireless data applications and learn how to utilize them for business. As a result of the wireless revolution, data can be sent and received using a wide variety of devices such as laptop PCs, pagers, mobile phones, PDAs, and more. With the increase in wireless communication, corporate technical managers must now rethink their network design. This book will help them understand the latest technologies and how to best utilize them for their business. It provides an overview of wireless technologies, a brief history of wireless communications, a description of the hardware and software solutions, an assessment of the main players (AT&T, Motorola, Qualcomm, etc.) and a look at what communication standards are available (WAP, CDMA, GSM, etc.). Readers will also find examples of different applications and learn where the technology is heading. Both technical and non-technical managers should educate themselves not only in the technology itself but how it is likely to impact the way they do business on a daily basis. Applications will cover both Business-to-Consumer and Business-to-Business, with the WWW continuing to play a key role
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