An “i” for an “i” - looksoftware announces ‘snap for iPhone’!

Melbourne, Australia – July 30, 2008
Hot on the heels of the launch of the coolest mobile device yet, Apple’s iPhone3G, looksoftware has announced its snap solution pack for mobile front-ends.

‘snap for mobile front-ends’ is an integration solution that enables core IBM back-end applications to easily integrate with the latest generation of mobile devices including Apple's cool iPhone devices. The new iPhone3G sold more than 1 million units in its launch weekend and includes important improvements which enable effective and productive access to enterprise applications.

The snap solution series from looksoftware includes middleware and specialized connectors to enable core enterprise applications to easily connect with other applications and devices, with no change to the underlying code. ‘snap for mobile front-ends’ includes support for the iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.

Marcus Dee, looksoftware’s Managing Director said, “The latest generation of mobile devices is better suited to enterprise-class, core application access. Broadband access is now standard, User Experience (UX) has improved and device management and security issues are less of a concern. Modern applications need to be accessed by a variety of audiences using multiple types of devices - the low cost of mobile devices will encourage organizations to extend anytime, anywhere access to their employees, customers and partners.”

looksoftware’s multichannel support enables core application access through multiple channels including a rich client desktop experience, a thin AJAX-based, zero deployment web experience and anytime, anywhere mobile access. looksoftware’s reuse approach means existing RPG and COBOL applications can have the most modern connections to other platforms, including 2-way web services support without requiring disruptive, invasive changes to core IBM back-end applications.

Trevor Perry, the System i modernization expert and looksoftware will host a webcast on 26 August and 2 September, giving live demonstrations of the coolest new front-ends connecting to the coolest back-end - i OS.

Learn more about snap.