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Chapter 2. Mobile synchronization with DB2 Everyplace

Organizations employing mobile workers need to provide employees with the ability to access and update enterprise data while away from the office. For example, salespeople might require quotation information for proposals or scheduling information about customer meetings for a particular day. Vending-machine service people require inventory information for each machine on their scheduled routes, and they must update this data as they restock items. Home health care workers and visiting nurses must download lists of scheduled patients, as well as each patient's health statistics, and update this information as examinations are conducted throughout the day.

Although these mobile workers have diverse needs for data access, all require a reliable software solution that allows them to access their organization's data locally on a mobile device, modify this data, and synchronize these changes with a database on a remote server in a timely fashion. IBM's DB2 Everyplace solution provides this capability, allowing two-way synchronization of files and data between an enterprise data source and mobile and embedded devices. DB2 Everyplace Sync Server can also manage one-way subscriptions where DB2 Everyplace only inserts data into the data source.

Use this chapter to understand:


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