AvantGo also gives us the ability to manage many users from a central location. AvantGo Enterprise 3 delivers significant new features and product enhancements providing maximum flexibility for enterprises that want to securely extend any business application to handhelds using public or private networks. AvantGo Server now supports load balancing across multiple server machines as well as server caching for high performance even under high load situations. This capability provides developers with the flexibility to deliver virtually any information or applications to mobile users. AvantGo Enterprise supports a flexible architecture for processing mobile transactions.
Developers choose the architecture that is most appropriate for their application.
Batch transactions are handled via occasional synchronization, while connectivity via a wireless network permits real-time interactivity. The new device-side capabilities improve performance and enable a transaction to be completed on the device without requiring a round trip to the server. Dynamic HTML capabilities allow developers to connect their Web applications with on-device databases from vendors such as Sybase and Oracle. AvantGo Enterprise scripting extensions are supported today. Central User, Group and System Management Using any Web browser and proper authentication, system administrators can deliver new applications and data to mobile users and groups of users.