To gain competitive advantage, Global Mobility Systems had to speed its
products to market. As the company discovered, this hinged partly on choosing
the right Java platform. That is not an easy task because platforms can
appear similar - until developers start using them. Global Mobility
eventually selected a pure Java platform that readily placed Java's full
dynamic power into developers' hands, with remarkable results.
Mike Pirie, Global Mobility's VP of product development, targeted Java early
on as the language of choice for its new product development - a vehicle to
deliver applications to cellular phone companies (i.e., wireless carriers).
This vehicle had to manage large numbers of object-oriented components
remotely across heterogeneous IT environments - a hallmark of distributed
enterprise solutions.
Setting the Stage
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