Technology for web applications that run on smart devices

In recent years, there have been increasing expectations that the use of smart devices and wearables in a variety of front-line scenarios will lead to greater efficiency in business operations. When a high degree of confidentiality is required for the data used by these devices, such as patient data or confidential company data, thin client environments, which leave no trace of the data on the devices, are suitable from a security perspective.

Generally, thin clients are environments in which screen data is frequently sent and received. As a result, depending on the status of the mobile network or the processing performance on the device side, lags of up to about a second can occur and operations that are unique to smart devices, such as swiping, are effected.

Fujitsu has now developed virtualisation technology for web applications, developed for smart devices, that automatically separates the UI processing from the data processing. With this technology, data processing is executed in the cloud and the UI processing is executed on the smart device side. As a result, new web applications running on smart devices or wearables can have a work application execution environment that is as secure as a thin client environment while achieving outstanding operability.

In recent years, the trend of using smart devices for work in a variety of settings is becoming more common. Moreover, as smart glasses and other wearables come into practical use, there are high expectations that linking wearables with smart devices will lead to greater efficiencies in business operations for people in the field.

Web applications developed for smart devices, such as cameras and sounds, for example, may use data that have been stored on the devices themselves. In addition, once data received from the cloud are stored on the devices, they may execute business logic. When a high degree of confidentiality is desired for the data used by these devices, such as in the case of patient data or confidential company data, thin client environments, which leave no trace of the data on the devices, are ideal from a security perspective.

The use of this newly developed virtualisation technology enables smart devices to be utilised in business operations when using web applications in a mobile environment. This can be achieved with both security and the high level of operability characteristic of smart devices.

By applying the technology to web applications that communicate with smart glasses and other wearables that are increasingly coming into practical use, thin client environments can be newly expanded to web applications that run on smart devices and wearables, such as for use in work that deals with large amounts of data for which a high level of confidentiality is needed.