Title :
Mobile data management: challenges of wireless and offline data access
Author_Institution :
iAnywhere Solutions Inc., Waterloo, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Applications require access to database servers for many purposes. Mobile users, those who use their computing devices away from a traditional local area network, require access to data even when central database servers are unavailable. iAnywhere Solutions provides a number of solutions that address the challenges of offline and wireless data access. The article discusses those challenges and presents solutions
Keywords :
database management systems; mobile computing; radio networks; central database servers; computing devices; data access; database servers; local area network; mobile data management; mobile users; offline data access; wireless data access; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Home computing; Local area networks; Mobile computing; Network servers; Personal digital assistants; Relational databases; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Data Engineering, 2001. Proceedings. 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Heidelberg
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1001-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICDE.2001.914831
