[June 20, 2013] IBM and AT&T announce integration of technology for CLM Tweet Jun 20, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- IBM, an information technology company, and AT&T Inc., a provider of telecommunications services, are working together to help businesses develop network-efficient mobile apps. The new integration of AT&T and IBM technology reportedly enables enterprises to conduct comprehensive testing and analysis of their apps' network and battery usage on mobile devices. The integration of AT&T's Application Resource Optimizer (ARO) with IBM's software development solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) reportedly expands the development capabilities of the IBM MobileFirst strategy. "ARO tackles a fundamental coding challenge developers face today - finding and fixing performance and power bottlenecks that detract from a great user experience," said Carlton Hill, vice president -Developer Services, AT&T. "ARO can help developers create apps that conserve battery life, load pages faster and consume network resources in a smarter way, all of which improve the customer experience." AT&T's ARO is a free, carrier-agnostic, open source diagnostic tool that enables developers to analyze the performance of their apps, whether they be business or consumer apps. ARO enables developers to diagnose previously undetectable inefficiencies in app-to-network interaction. ARO can identify the events happening at multiple layers within an app and pinpoint inefficient resource usage. ARO can then make specific recommendations on how developers can optimize their apps to improve performance, speed and battery utilization while also minimizing the network impact. "Businesses are challenged with the need to provide rich mobile applications, while avoiding device power and network usage pitfalls that frustrate and turn away customers," said Kristof Kloeckner, general manager IBM Rational Software. "With today's news, we are advancing our DevOps strategy in support of better mobile application delivery." http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]