The application layer might be comparable in both cases, but the OSes are not.
The real carrot is the managed services and software on top of a Cloud platform and application layer.
Samsung KNOX is an end-to-end secure Android solution that provides security hardening from the hardware through to the application layer.
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Cloud may be a workable approach, however, if only one of these elements (hardware, operating system, or application layer) are based on custom technology.
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There is a small sense of that now happening in the application layer of the upcoming smartphone, though to date most commentary has been around the UI.
"By securing our new features in the protocol and therefore lightening up the application layer, we reduce the guess work, optimize development success and advance the entire market, " added Morris.
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To that end it's created the TV Application Layer (TAL), which uses the latest web technologies, like HTML5, to do as much of the heavy lifting as possible for would-be hardware makers.
The Veterans Affairs Department, perhaps the largest federal agency to make a big push for mobile devices, has settled on security at the application layer, a course that the largest potential federal buyer, the Defense Department, is unlikely to copy.
Software-defined networks will provide some of this flexibility by separating the control function from data forwarding, but there are additional capabilities emerging, he says, such as intelligent switching of wavelengths, the ability to mix dedicated bandwidth with best-efforts networks, and application layer network traffic optimization, e.g.
The HomePlug AV2 specification is expected to deliver a 5x increase in performance over current HomePlug AV solutions at the application layer to offer significant improvements in whole home coverage to guarantee reliable delivery of throughput intensive applications such as multiple streams of 1080p HD video (and emerging 3D and 4K HD) broadband Internet, Internet gaming and security camera video over existing electrical wiring.
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Like its competitor, Alien Dalvik, OpenMobile is positioning its Application Compatibility Layer to OEM manufacturers rather than consumers.
The Android apps should move over as well thanks to the Application Compatibility Layer in Tizen with minimal work.
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The application-layer FIX (financial information exchange) protocol is used by financial services firms, stock exchanges, and investment banks for automated financial trading.
OpenMobile is a new company on the application compatibility scene whose primary product, the Application Compatibility Layer, promises to bring Android's large volume of apps to smaller platforms.
Consolidation of the activities in Wi-Fi Alliance is intended to bring greater efficiency, ensure closely-harmonized connectivity and application-layer solutions using the technology, and leverage WiGig technology know-how across the range of Wi-Fi technologies.
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You'd think electronic financial trading would be extra secure, but not so much: One of the most popular application-layer protocols in the financial industry leaves these money applications wide open to attack, according to researchers.
In hybrid form, a private cloud can include data stored on premise or off, with a private Platform-as-a-Service middleware layer managing application data and enforcing data security.
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Another application of the game layer in the world of education is already in use at a number of schools, including Princeton University (Priebatsch attended Princeton for a year, and then dropped out).
Adding a social layer on an existing application or rebadging existing software is the flavor of the moment.
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Google Goggle is an "augmented reality" application, which allows users to layer information about the world around them onto a smart phone display.
In addition, mobile developers are able to leverage the cloud for fast, complex processing of their application services before delivering the presentation layer across multiple form factors and devices to ensure great user experience.
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