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OpenMobileIS Wins Gold Award in the 'Company Management' Category of the Free Software Awards 2006

OpenMobile IS has won the Gold Award in the 'Company Management' category of the Free Software Awards 2006. OpenMobileIS is a Java Framework conceived to integrate mobile application developement business. More information: http://www.tropheesdulibre.org/

Open Mobile IS Java framework aims to provide all the functionalities and components needed for the development of enterprise mobile applications. Open mobile IS is an open source project (GNU LGPL license) that aims to provide all the necessary tools, API and documents enabling effective nomad applications development. Heart of the project, the java framework is divided into components providing all the needed functionalities.

Development Status: 4 - Beta
Environment: Web Environment
Intended Audience: Developers, End Users/Desktop
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Operating System: Windows CE, OS Independent
Programming Language: Java
Topic: Internet Phone, Database, Dynamic Content Presentation

According to the development team, OpenMobile IS is the best solution for the development of mobile application for a company, because:

• OpenMobile IS is a complete and fully dedicated solution to nomad application development. One can find many products, but each solves only one aspect of this type of application development. Creating a complete application that way means that you will have to integrate many of these products, regardless compatibility or architecture consideration.
• From this point of view OpenMobile IS goal is to provide a framework offering all the needed components and will guarantee your application to be perfectly functional and ensure end users an amazing mobile experience.
• The purpose of the project is to propose patterns and best use cases reflecting the team’s experience in enterprise mobile application. Developing mobile application is not only a matter of code, it's a business. OpenMobile IS helps companies in avoiding main trap or error in this process.
• OpenMobile IS is not a new project. It's the integration of the Ubikis knowledges and technologies inside an open source project. Several customer applications are already in production since years.



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F.Letellier 12/15/06 06:05:30 AM EST

Worth mentionning that SpagoBI won Silver in the same contest! SpagoBI is another ObjectWeb project targeting business intelligence.
http://spagobi.objectweb.org