Provider cloud service components

The mobile gateway is the entry point from a mobile application to the mobile-specific solution services. It may also use data services and the enterprise user directory. A mobile gateway can be implemented using a common gateway across all channels into an API ecosystem. It provides the following:

  • Authentication/authorization
  • Policy enforcement
  • API/invocation analytics
  • API/reverse proxy

The mobile backend delivers runtime services to mobile applications in implementing server-side logic, maintaining data, and using mobile services. It provides an environment to run application logic and APIs. Here, application logic can communicate with the enterprise network and other applications that reside outside ...

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