Stefan Ropers

People thinking about wireless applications for business are in a dither about wireless technology and where it's going. Wireless will change a lot in the next few years. But instead of trying to predict the future of wireless standards, developers should be investing in an application architecture that will last them through technology changes, increasing wireless usage, and the changes in business models that wireless will entail. Layered application architectures based on the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), can provide a platform for wireless applications that is channel neutral, adapts easily to new wireless technologies as they mature, and scale to support the potentially millions of concurrent users that wireless applications will eventually serve. Whither Wireless? Business people contemplating the development of wireless applications are stressed... (more)