IBM 7.2.1 manual Retail/Sales Force Automation NetSetGo, Retail/Easy of Use Penn State

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Retail/Sales Force Automation: NetSetGo

Sales Force Automation Application tied in with retail store point of sale and Lawson accounting system

DB2E database

DB2E sync server

DB2 UDB

on WinCE/

on WinNT

on AS/400

Compaq IPAQ

"seconds"

"less than a minute"

 

1.Salesperson takes order and verifies 2. Order forwarded from PDA;

item in stock;

immediate fulfillment

76,000 SKUs to choose from.

 

Benefits: Fewer errors, Faster delivery, Sales productivity

Retail/Easy of Use: Penn State

Penn State Center for Advanced Information Technology

Used DB2 Everyplace in second year college class - students created a 'store' that can be accessed from a Palm device to order or check order status

Use DB2 Everyplace on Palm OS; Sync Server on NT

"We were amazed that DB2 Everyplace was a full function database, yet had a small footprint and ran on an handheld device...And the Mobile Appplication Builder was fantastic - led students through a point and click programming process and automatically created the C code for the Palm..."

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Contents Agenda DB2 EveryplaceThings to think about IBM Mobile solutions-- technical overviewIBM DB2 Family IBM Pervasive Computing Vision DB2 Everyplace Sync connection options DB2 Everyplace WHY??Business applications Field Force Automation Gas de France ISVs and partnersAsset Tracking Essential Systems Healthcare AsatteAsset Tracking Application DB2E database DB2E sync server UDB on Palm On LinuxRetail/Easy of Use Penn State Retail/Sales Force Automation NetSetGoDB2 Everyplace System Monitoring/Embedded X-SerwisDB2 Everyplace Architecture DB2 Everyplace SolutionDB2 Everyplace SQL DB2 Everyplace CharacteristicsCHARACTERSmallint VARCHARSmallint BLOBSmallint Create table OrdersSync Server Design Overview DB2 Everyplace FunctionsFunctions supported Expression can beMdac is the tool to define all these object properties Mobile device administration centerCommercial Development tools contd Robust Development environmentReferences/resources EndEnterprise Edition Packaging & Pricing