Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for flexibly managing lock modes in a data-sharing environment, including optimistic and pessimistic lock modes. A lock mode determination service receives a request from an application instance for a lock mode with which to access specified data objects. The service can determine and provide a suitable lock mode based on a context of the application, and optionally other parameters, by evaluating a checklist of criteria sorted in precedential order. Criteria can include geo-boundaries, platform, role, and others. The requesting application instance uses the determined lock mode to access the data, with optional assistance of a lock service. The lock mode determination service can support one or more applications having one or more instances each, and can also support multiple disjoint data-sharing environments. Suitable environments include cloud, datacenter, mobile, client-server, and SAAS.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for flexibly managing lock modes in a data-sharing environment, including optimistic and pessimistic lock modes. A lock mode determination service receives a request from an application instance for a lock mode with which to access specified data objects. The service can determine and provide a suitable lock mode based on a context of the application, and optionally other parameters, by evaluating a checklist of criteria sorted in precedential order. Criteria can include geo-boundaries, platform, role, and others. The requesting application instance uses the determined lock mode to access the data, with optional assistance of a lock service. The lock mode determination service can support one or more applications having one or more instances each, and can also support multiple disjoint data-sharing environments. Suitable environments include cloud, datacenter, mobile, client-server, and SAAS.

Abstract: A system is configured to maintain a plurality of mobile applications in the computer storage device and to maintain a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) repository in the computer storage device. The system uploads a new mobile application from a user interface to the computer storage device, and stores the new mobile application in to the MIME repository. The system identifies a uniform resource locator for the new mobile application based on a type of operating system on which the mobile application will execute, and retrieves system specific information for the URL from the MIME repository. The system retrieves the new mobile application from the MIME repository by selecting the URL and transferring the new mobile application over-the-air to a user device.

Abstract: A system is configured to maintain a plurality of mobile applications in the computer storage device and to maintain a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) repository in the computer storage device. The system uploads a new mobile application from a user interface to the computer storage device, and stores the new mobile application in to the MIME repository. The system identifies a uniform resource locator for the new mobile application based on a type of operating system on which the mobile application will execute, and retrieves system specific information for the URL from the MIME repository. The system retrieves the new mobile application from the MIME repository by selecting the URL and transferring the new mobile application over-the-air to a user device.