5 Ideas to Get Going Today With HTML5 and TIBCO Web Messaging

Chances are, you’ve heard plenty about the promise of HTML5 and how it’s going to transform the web. For our part, since messaging middleware is near and dear to our hearts, it was only natural that our first major investment in HTML5 was the launch of a new mobile and web messaging offering, TIBCO Web Messaging. It’s HTML5 WebSocket based, supports legacy web browsers and integrates natively with TIBCO Enterprise Message Service to extend messaging to mobile and web clients.

Since these are early days for HTML5 in the enterprise, the time is ripe to take the first steps to put this wonderful technology to work and grab an early lead. However, there’s always this early adopter dilemma about the how to get started and where the entry point should be. Should you start in a small way, perhaps add to existing apps, or go big and use in greenfield IT projects and business transformation initiatives?

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TIBCO: The Swiss of Software

Today, Adobe announced that it was halting its development of the Flash player for mobile devices. In a blog post, Adobe VP and General Manager of Interactive Development Danny Winkour wrote that because “HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively,” Adobe will redirect its focus from Flash to an “increased investment in HTML5.”

HTML5 is faster than Flash, has lower CPU usage (due to Flash ignoring GPUs), is exclusive for iPads and iPhones, and is free.  So Adobe decision to redirect mobile development to HTML5 shouldn’t be a surprise.  The zdnet.com article that broke the story predicts that although Adobe announced only a retreat from mobile Flash at this time, desktop Flash will soon follow.

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