What are Cross-platform Mobile Forms?

Cross Mobile Forms is an exclusive platform bridge developed by Compass Point to help businesses use mobile technology to operate more efficiently without having to make expensive bets on where the mobile device fashion trends will go. With CMF, the emphasis is on clean, lean, and practical instead of costly eye-candy.

A new CMF mobile business app typically begins as user interface built with web-common technologies -- technologies that are broadly supported, far quicker to develop in compared to native device tools (weeks vs. months/years), and run on all major smart devices.

It's then turned into a business app by:

1. Wrapping it in a native CMF application shell for easy access to mobile-device capabilities such as cameras, GPS, close-proximity networked sensors, PIM data, identity, etc. CMF's native application shells are lean, far simpler than alternatives like PhoneGap, and can be extended "just in time" to access new device capabilities or ported to new platforms without a lot of fuss. CMF currently provides a native shell for both Android and iOS.
2. Adding a cross-platform CMF module to enable apps to collect data even when a network signal is unreliable or not available, without custom coding.
3. Integrating it with your enterprise systems directly, brokered through middle-ware, or stepped through a quarantine. CMF apps communicate using standard web service protocols and can be integrated in a variety of ways depending on your workflow, system, and security needs. 

CMF technology can also be used to extend existing web applications by giving them access to mobile device hardware capabilities. Imagine an inventory web interface extended to scan bar codes, or a time entry form modified to capture employee clock-in and clock-out location, or a sales tool that can now capture audio notes or pictures of business cards or other information out on sales calls -- even on devices your employees are already bringing with them to work.

CMF is delivered as a combination of technology and services so you are not left on your own. From strategy to analysis, lean development to integration, Compass Point can help you fit it all together into a meaningful solution for your business.