CIS 500 Mobile Computing and Social Networks

·                    Assess the effectiveness and efficiency mobile-based applications provide to capture geolocation data and customer data, and quickly upload to a processing server without users having to use a desktop system.

·                    Evaluate benefits realized by consumers because of the ability to gain access to their own data via mobile applications.

·                    Examine the challenges of developing applications that run on mobile devices because of the small screen size.

·                    Describe the methods that can be used to decide which platform to support, i.e., iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, or Android.

·                    Mobile applications require high availability because end users need to have continuous access to IT and IS systems. Discuss ways of providing high availability.

·                    Mobile devices are subjected to hacking at a higher rate than non-mobile devices. Discuss methods of making mobile devices more secure.