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Lexicon Systems uses the powerful combination of IBM and Xamarin to create visionary and award winning apps for our clients.

The seamless integration of Xamarin and IBM Mobile make this the toolset we favor when building software for IBM clients.

In a TechTarget article on the topic, author Joel Shore quotes our founder: 

“Ultimately,” Hermes said, “Xamarin enables developers to create native cross-platform apps for iOS and Android using C#, and IBM supports the Microsoft .NET ecosystem.”

Some things haven’t changed, such as the importance of ease, money and time. Our developers love these tools because they’re easy to use. Our clients love them because they save money and development hours. On all these accounts, the Xamarin Platform and IBM Mobile Foundation are a mobile match made in heaven.

IBM Mobile is based on Cloud Foundry, an open-source PaaS that lets our developers quickly create and deploy applications in the cloud. A container-based infrastructure such as IBM Mobile offers more finely granulated units of service than a cloud-based virtual server. Instead of paying to use the entire server, it’s only necessary to pay for a specific container for on-demand, as-needed mobile services

This is the future of the IBM Mobile Foundation and IBM mobile cloud.

It’s now possible to create an IBM Mobile Foundation application in IBM Mobile (formerly Bluemix) containing an instance of the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation server. Our developers can perform the following tasks, all hosted within a scalable container on IBM Mobile:

– Secure apps using MobileFirst adapters

– Track app performance using analytics

– Send messages to user devices using push notifications

Without an infrastructure such as Mobile Foundation, developers need to build security and communications infrastructure from scratch, then go find a tool to conduct analytics. All that can add up. And what are the chances any of their code is reusable across a company’s different app projects?

Mobile Foundation provides built-in toolsets for all of that so our developers can stay focused on solving business problems and seizing mobile opportunities. Our team is fully accustomed to Mobile Foundation, so additional projects have faster development times since Mobile Foundation is designed to be reused in any mobile app. There’s even a pay-as-you-go consumption model for Mobile Foundation. These advantages can be of considerable value.

And here’s where Xamarin fits into the mix. Our team of developers can build native, cross-platform apps for iOS, Android, phones, tablets and more using Mobile Foundation in tandem with cross-platform tools such as the Xamarin Platform. Xamarin allows our developers to build award-winning native cross-platform apps using C#. IBM maintains its Mobile Foundation integration with Xamarin so .NET shops may leverage IBM’s cloud offerings without giving up Xamarin, one of the most powerful and versatile app-building toolsets in the industry. Cross-platform development means code reuse across iPhone and Android projects. It also means a streamlined build, test and deployment pipeline. That’s all money in the bank with measurably faster development cycles.

“Some things haven’t changed, such as the importance of ease, money and time. Developers love these tools because they’re easy to use. Management loves them because they save money and development hours. On all these accounts, the Xamarin Platform, IBM Mobile Foundation and Bluemix are a mobile match made in heaven.”

 

– Dan Hermes, founder of Lexicon Systems, ‘Mastering the mobile cloud using IBM Mobile, Bluemix and Xamarin’, Mobile Business Insights