The mobile client

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When you think about it, mobile devices are amazing. They claw megabytes of data out of the air. But they're simply not as reliable as fixed, plugged-in devices. This presents a variety of performance and availability challenges that need to be tackled head-on. How do we address performance problems of mobility when the world expects their TV, right now, in the palm of their hand?

In this session, we’ll discuss how mobile web applications are changing the way we think about mobile clients. Faster connection speeds and more powerful phones enable an exciting new set of mobile client capabilities. However, there are still massive limitations in performance. Mobile is the new dialup. We’ll explore the current trends around mobile client development and what that means to the infrastructure that delivers the data.