SAP Partners Keep the Apps Coming
The Partner Delivered Mobile Application program has just wrapped up its second wave, introducing seven new apps to SAP’s growing mobility portfolio.
In 2011, the SAP Co-Innovation Lab and the Sybase Mobility Unit kicked off the Partner Delivered Mobile Application (Padma) program, an initiative to provide SAP partners with tools, training, and support for developing mobile apps on the Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP).
Partners chosen to participate in the program learn to build powerful business apps on the latest SUP release and receive expert guidance from SAP and Sybase on the technical aspects of SUP, such as the relative merits of different architectural approaches. In this way, SAP hopes to more quickly expand its portfolio of mobile applications.
The first wave of the Padma program focused on developing heavyweight apps on SUP 1.5.5. Some of these apps are now available on the SAP EcoHub. See “5 Mobile Apps from SAP Partners” for more information.
The second wave, on the other hand, emphasized lightweight apps. These partners worked with the 2.0 version of SUP and therefore were able to make use of the software development kit and hybrid Web containers included in that release. See “What’SUP 2.0?” for more information on the release SUP 2.0.
On the following pages, you’ll get a preview of the second wave of apps developed in the Padma program, including which mobile devices they support, which industries they’re suited for, and use cases. These apps include
• AkaaRa: Manufacturing Insight – Production Order Confirmation (native Android app)
• AkaaRa: Manufacturing Insight – Production Order Confirmation (for multiple devices)
• Arteria: Mobile Inspection app
• Bosch: Manage Your Collections app
• Bosch: Track Your Material app
• Cognizant: Merchandiser Procurement Optimizer
Some of these apps are still going through the process of receiving certification and are not yet available.
Next page: AkkaRa Manufacturing Insight – Production Order Confirmation