Persistent Systems aims high with mobility platform

According to Gartner,worldwide Smartphone sales indicates that 86.3 per cent of the Smartphone market consists of Java-enabled phones (Symbian,RIM,Windows and Palm). Software firms are leveraging maximum out of this by coming out with products on this platform.

The new STAMP framework from Persistent enables faster end-to-end mobile application development ensuring optimized performance,consistent user experience and quality. J2ME is the most common mobile application platform available today. By leveraging J2ME common features into its own development framework,Company claims that the STAMP offers an innovative approach that will help mobile ISV’s save up to 60 per cet on development efforts. With over 18 months of development behind it,the STAMP framework enables rapid porting to new devices,allowing developers to easily cover a wide range of J2ME-based phones and Smartphone’s.

“Persistent recognizes the need for a framework that would allow mobile application providers to focus on application feature development without having to worry about portability,interoperability,and certification issues and maintenance overheads,” said Hari Haran,president,Persistent Systems Inc.

“With Persistent’s well-tested STAMP framework,mobile application developers can easily build and deploy applications on an array of devices and systems,enabling providers to get their products to market faster and with higher quality. This kind of breakthrough solution accelerator is a result of Persistent’s nearly two decades exclusive focus on application development.”

Persistent also recently launched the company’s first STAMP-based application,“StockFolio” on BlackBerry App World. StockFolio,built on the JAVA-based platform,earned rapid approval from RIM and is available for download for over 17 BlackBerry models.

The company has the expertise in mobile platforms,including BlackBerry,iPhone,J2ME,BREW,Windows Mobile,Symbian,Palm,Embedded Linux and partnerships with Android Open Handset,Nokia Trolltech and Motorola Symbol.