Only Open Source Sync Server Built for the Modern Smartphone Features the Most
Scalable Sync, a Hosted Model and Support for Objective C Developers
SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 1, 2010 - Rhomobile today announced RhoSync 2.0,
the latest version of the only open source sync server for enterprise data.
RhoSync is a standalone server that keeps enterprise application data current
and accessible on users’ smartphones even when offline or disconnected. RhoSync
2.0 is the most scalable sync server through its first ever application of sync
to "No SQL" databases. RhoSync 2.0 is available as a hosted Software as a
Service on the RhoHub hosted service. Of particular note is that RhoSync 2.0 is
now available to developers writing iPhone apps in Objective C (i.e. that aren't
using the Rhodes framework).
"The robust performance quality and
reliability of RhoSync allows us to offer data-intensive mobile applications
that successfully integrate with existing enterprise applications," said Chris
Hall, CEO of Logic Appeal. "With RhoSync, we know our cross-platform CRM
application will consistently return updated customer data direct to users’
smartphones."
RhoSync now performs its server data caching and
incremental device update differencing via the open source Redis key value
database. This provides a level of performance and scalability never before seen
in mobile sync servers. RhoSync takes the massively scalable story of web
services such as Twitter and Facebook (all operating on No SQL infrastructures)
to the world of enterprise data sync.
RhoSync is now much easier to
purchase and deploy as it is available as a production-quality hosted service on
RhoHub (http://rhohub.com). RhoSync is also still available as an on-premises
sync server that a developer or company can host.
Unlike other sync
servers, RhoSync was built from the ground up to target the modern smartphone.
RhoSync is the only sync server to use the modern smartphone’s built-in push
APIs as featured on the iPhone since the 3.0 SDK and the latest (RIM) BlackBerry
Enterprise Server (BES). Use of push-based sync allows mobile applications to
receive near real-time data updates while ensuring that battery life is not
drained on the device through polling.
RhoSync provides smartphone users
access to synchronized offline data. Users are able to read and work with their
information when offline or disconnected. RhoSync gives users the ability to
interact with data locally before submitting data changes to enterprise
application backends – a key feature in useful enterprise mobile applications.
RhoSync offers key benefits for mobile app developers who want to create
data-intensive informational applications. As the only open source sync server
under the GPL license, developers are not "locked-in" to proprietary vendor
technology. RhoSync enjoys many key contributions from the wider open source
community and in comparison to earlier sync products, RhoSync is cost-effective
and easy to program. The typical RhoSync source adapter is less than a page of
Ruby code and contains four significant methods: query, create, update and
delete.
When used in conjunction with Rhodes, the cross-platform
smartphone app framework, developers enjoy a simplified development process as
all data is available locally and no effort is expended in connecting over http
or https and parsing either XML or JSON as RhoSync handles those actions. All
data is available in the local database and developers can use the OR to access
it without writing SQL.
RhoSync 2.0 Features:
- NEW: Most
scalable data sync by using Redis for server data caching and
differencing
- NEW: Support for Objective C for iPhone development
- NEW: Available for production runtime hosting via RhoHub
- First
synchronization server to use native smartphone push
- Keeps enterprise
application data current and available on smartphones (even when users are
offline and disconnected)
- Easy implementation by allowing rapid creation
of source adapter (code size and effort is over 10 times smaller than
implementing adapters with earlier synchronization servers)
- Eliminates
need for network programming and information retrieval from the device
- First web services and SaaS focused sync server
Availability
RhoSync and the external RhoSync client Objective C library is available for
installation and purchase at http://rhomobile.com/products/rhosync. RhoSync is
also available in Software as a Service in production at rhohub.com.
About Rhomobile
Rhomobile Inc. offers the world’s leading only
open source framework for enterprise mobility. Founded in 2008, the company’s
award winning software has thousands of active developers and is ideal for
independent software vendors, system integrators and enterprises of all sizes.
Rhomobile offers a comprehensive, modern, highly adaptable, and low cost
solution for today's smartphone app developer. Rhomobile, headquartered in
Campbell, CA, is a privately held company with backing from vSpring Capital. For
more information, please visit http://www.rhomobile.com.
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