Through the CoE, which includes a fully equipped lab facility, Persistent will build ready-to-use, re-useable building blocks that save 20-40 percent of development efforts and solution accelerators to reduce time-to-market. The company's engineers have already created automation tools and frameworks that accelerate development, porting, interoperability testing and certification of mobile applications. Currently, more than 350+ engineers work exclusively on a variety of mobile platforms to develop over 50 product releases per year for carrier-grade and enterprise class applications. The iPhone 3G, launched in July 2008, has sold over 5.2 million units per quarter with users downloading more than 1.5 billion applications from the App Store in its first year. The versatility offered by iPhone 3G has leading organizations evaluating various alternatives for the development of enterprise mobility and workforce automation solutions.
Persistent's mobility practice team has already successfully developed a number of browser-based and native applications. Most recently, Persistent developed the image puzzle game
Jumble. A native iPhone application, Persistent's Jumble has been designed from the ground up to leverage iPhone's unique interface. The game is supported on iPhone (version 2.2 onwards) operating system and has received 4+ rating from iPhone users. "The Apple iPhone has revolutionized the smart phone market," said
Hari Haran, president, Persistent Systems Inc. "Persistent is committed to staying ahead of the curve and our team has in-depth understanding of the iPhone application software development ecosystem. We are excited about the new CoE with exclusive focus on iPhone application development. Organizations can leverage our expertise for performance enhancement and consistent user experience with exceptional quality." With more than a decade of experience in mobile application development, Persistent also has the expertise to certify and upload iPhone applications to the APPLE AppStore. The company has expertise in all major mobile platforms, including iPhone, BREW, J2ME, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, Embedded Linux, and BlackBerry, and is a member of the
Android Open Handset Alliance. Persistent's Mobility practice recently released
two new applications in the Android Open Mobile platform:
'Knight Tour,' a chess game, and 'World of Web' (WoW), an application, thus enabling partner companies to expedite development on the rich and evolving mobile platform. Persistent's mobility capabilities include:
- Expertise in developing carrier grade/enterprise class applications, including push-email, social networking, enterprise mobility and PIM services
- Expertise in porting device applications
- Expertise in developing applications, as well as protocol stacks
- Expertise in device testing and certification
The Jumble game is available now on the iTunes store free of charge. For more information on Persistent's mobility applications and services, visit: Persistent's mobility practice or contact mobile_info@persistentsys.com.
About Persistent Systems
Established in 1990, Persistent Systems is recognized as an award-winning technology company specializing in software product development services. With 4,200+ employees, innovative business models, and reusable assets and frameworks, Persistent helps its customers increase revenues and margins, and enhance brand value. Persistent Systems has delivered over 2,400 software product releases to their 175+ customers in the last six years. It has developed proven processes for the entire product lifecycle which reduce time-to-market while delivering consistent quality and customer satisfaction -- as evidenced by customer partnerships that span many years. www.persistentsys.com.
