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05/16/12 -- Accela, Inc. , the leader in solutions for government-citizen interaction, todayintroduced the Accela Mobile Hub ™, a cloud-based service that streamlines the development andmanagement of productivity and citizen-engagement mobile and socialapps for government built around the company's Accela Automation ® enterprise platform. The Accela Mobile Hub includes thelocal government market's first cloud-based mobile serveradministration portal, and a developer portal featuring a range ofapplication programming interfaces (APIs), software developmentkits (SDKs), and tools to connect apps to agency data. Complementing its existing SDK for the iOS platform, Accela alsoannounced the availability of a developer preview SDK for theAndroid platform, enabling participants in Accela's DeveloperProgram to review, test and provide feedback to the forthcomingkit. Developers interested in previewing the Android SDK andjoining the Accela Developer Program may register for an account at https://mobile.accela.com/developer. "Governments today are under great pressure to become mobile asquickly as possible," said Jerald Lo, Chief Technology Officer atAccela. "Agency workers want to apply the productivity benefits oftheir personal mobile devices on the job, while the publicincreasingly expects to conduct business with their governments24/7 and on their devices of choice. Combining the advancedcapabilities of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform with the Accela Cloud, the Accela Mobile Hubprovides the secure environment, multiplatform support, andscalable tools to meet these demands." Security and Scalability to Foster m-Government The Accela Automation platform and Accela Mobile Hub serve as thekernel of the company's open m-government ecosystem, which includes applications, devices, and Accela data,backed by the security of the Accela Cloud™. The platform isdesigned to help government agencies and third-party developersrapidly build mobile and social apps for their government workforceand for citizen engagement. The Accela Mobile Hub provides a "home base" for governmentagencies and their apps, offering both security updates andperformance enhancements. The Hub is designed to scale with usageand demand and is capable of supporting any number of third-partyapps and users. Augmenting the Accela Mobile Hub's flexibility andease of use is a mobile server administration portal, which enablesAccela Automation customers to create secure, trusted connectionsbetween their agency data and Accela mobile apps, and manage theconfigurations, administrators, and users for their organization.The administration portal allows administrators to temporarily orpermanently disable agency access to individual apps or all apps,as well as create and manage various environments to test anddeploy apps via a simple and easy-to-use web interface. Accela Automation customer Westminster, Colo., has been testing theportal with great success. "The new administration portal has allthe configurations for the connection between Accela Cloud and ouron-premise servers," said Donald Shih, Software Engineer II, withWestminster's IT Department. "It allows us to set up differentenvironments for testing and using the mobile apps, giving us andour IT team a greater degree of control over our deploymentprocess." Developer Portal for Access to SDKs The Accela Mobile Hub's developer portal provides access to theAccela Mobile SDK, enabling developers to easily build and managetransformational apps that integrate with Accela Automation and aretargeted toward the needs of agency staff, specific professions,and the general public. In addition, the platform's openness meansthat existing apps can be easily ported between operating systems,so that a developer building an iOS app can easily create anAndroid version of it, as well. Access to the SDK requires registration with the Accela Developer Program , where tools, tutorials and best-practices samples are availableto help developers get started quickly. The SDK is currentlyavailable for the iOS and Android platforms, with support forMicrosoft's Windows Phone 7, Windows 8, and HTML 5 coming soon.Apps built using the SDK will work only with agencies using AccelaAutomation 7.0.5 Service Pack 3 or higher. About Accela Accela, Inc. is the leading provider of mobile, web- andcloud-based software applications that make government easier,faster and more accessible for local, state and federal agencyworkers, and the citizens they serve. The company's flagshipproduct, Accela Automation, is deployed by hundreds of governmentsof all sizes as a complete solution for automating critical tasksassociated with permitting, licensing, code enforcement, communitydevelopment and planning, inspections and investigations,infrastructure asset management, emergency response, and more.Accela is headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., with internationaloffices in Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Additionalinformation is available at . Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine CONTACT: Paul Davis Accela, Inc. 925-659-3270 Email Contact Copyright @ Marketwire. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Rfid Key Tags , Rfid Smart Labels for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Rfid Smart Cards.
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