Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems are disclosed for enabling seamless application context transition across a plurality of computer devices; enabling one or more given functions of an application residing on a computer device to be available when the computer device is offline, exposing a business service across a plurality of applications executing on a computer device; enabling authentication, data integrity, and secure data transmission; enabling seamless integration capabilities for applications; enabling archival of data stored locally on the device; and enabling device clustering, among other features.