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Mobile database startup Realm moves to simplify application backends
"What sets Realm Functions apart is that it’s integrated into the Realm Mobile Platform. Launched earlier this year, the offering is a backend-as-a-service toolkit designed to power apps that use the startup’s flagship mobile database. Running code on the platform should be more convenient than using Lambda or some other third-party service that requires extra work to incorporate into a project."
Silicon Angle -
Realm opens up to Windows apps
"Convinced that it makes sense to become relevant to developers building apps for the 400 million or so devices running Windows 10, Realm is launching Realm for Universal Windows Platform."
The Register -
Mobilizing PostgreSQL Databases for Realtime Applications
"So great. There’s a new piece of database technology. But that’s probably not at all reassuring if you’ve already got a working, useful Postgres installation, and are in the middle of contemplating how to build out a new mobile app. So why not have your cake and eat it too? With a Postgres-first architecture, an object database can have an important role as a bridge to mobile apps."
InsideBIGDATA -
Opening Data For A More Open Web
"Imagine an internet environment where, like email, every user gets an account for the content they create and distribute online. Hosted by a provider, these accounts would operate like a web-wide file system, storing user data from any mobile or web app."
Forbes -
Realm ties PostgreSQL databases to mobile applications
"This really is a no-brainer, and while it might just cost Gartner a few million dollars in potential bi-modal advisory revenue, it’s a great solution for organizations wishing to innovate around their corporate data."
Network World -
Realm’s Mobile Development Platform Links to PostgreSQL to Tie into Enterprise Data
"Realm chose to create the connector to 20-year-old Postgres because of its wide use among enterprises. Links to other widely used enterprise systems are in the works, Stigsen said."
The New Stack -
Build offline-first mobile apps without pain
"Offline states in apps can be confounding to handle, but the problem begins with a basic and incorrect assumption—that offline is, by default, an error state. That made sense when we built apps for desktop computers with dedicated ethernet uplinks."
InfoWorld -
Realm announces comprehensive support for enormous Microsoft developer community to build real-time mobile apps
"The Realm Mobile Platform now supports Xamarin, the mobile app development platform used by millions of developers, and is available as an easy-to-install Azure Virtual Hard Drive."
SD Times -
10 tips for building reactive mobile applications
"I spoke with Paul Kopacki, chief marketing officer at Realm, a mobile database that powers over one billion mobile applications and enables faster development of apps. He provided some further tips for developing reactive mobile apps."
TechRepublic -
Concur app enables offline users with Realm Mobile Database
"'The Concur app has a dual challenge in that it has to work great online and nicely even in offline mode... People want their money back, and so they don't want to worry about the app working well. That's where Realm helps us.'"
TechTarget -
Realm revives object database for mobile dev
"Object databases had been considered eye-opening data management technology back in the 1990s, Realm Chief Marketing Officer Paul Kopacki acknowledged. 'It was always a great idea. The world wasn't ready for it 20 years and the technology and the technology wasn't all the way there.'"
InfoWorld -
Realm launches commercial edition of its mobile database
"Basically, it's popping up very quickly, often because of its speed and simplicity relative to older options, like SQLite for Android devices and Core Data for iOS."
Silicon Angle -
Realm Unveils Freemium Mobile DB, Image Recognition via IBM
"Realm Mobile Platform Professional Edition includes an unusually high number of high-end features in a freely available toolset for mobile development teams."
eWeek -
Sights of the Realm: Mobile app DB hooks up with IBM Watson for image, text, face recog
"To help illustrate how to use Realm's Professional Edition effectively, the company has worked with IBM to create Realm Scanner... using the Watson Visual Recognition API."
The Register -
Apple Swift attracts a flock of coding tools
"SwiftLint from Realm is another tool geared toward helping Swift developers, by enforcing Swift style and conventions."
InfoWorld -
Shouldn't going mobile require a cloud-aware mobile database?
"'Developing for Realm was faster than Core Data, which was quite complex,' Nielsen-Refs said."
TechTarget -
Realm explains the benefits of real-time collaboration for mobile apps
"The Realm Mobile Platform... is the ideal solution for any company that wants to deliver great and collaborative user experiences through live data synchronization between users and offline app availability."
App Developer Magazine -
Realm – a database you may not have heard of but app devs have – touts cloudy platform
"At last, you can stop thinking about networking."
The Register -
Realm releases the Realm Mobile Platform for responsive apps
"The company also announced it is open-sourcing the Realm Core, making the company's database fully open source."
SD Times -
Realm broadens its mobile database offering with Object Server
"This looks to be a strong offering that solves some of the core issues around mobile application data and it will be welcomed by developers."
Network World -
A startup launched a year ago by these former Nokia engineers is already powering half a billion smartphones
"The developer world immediately devoured it, and hasn't stopped binging on it every since."
Business Insider -
Realm Picks Up $20M To Further Its Mobile Ambitions
"And that traction seems to be getting the eyes of investors - Khosla Ventures is leading the Series B in Realm alongside new investor Scale Venture Partners."
Forbes -
Mobile database startup Realm picks up $20M
"Basically, it's popping up very quickly, often because of its speed and simplicity relative to older options, like SQLite for Android devices and Core Data for iOS."
VentureBeat
About Realm
Our products make it easy for developers to build sophisticated mobile user experiences with realtime synchronization and server-side event handling. Realm is an object database and mobile platform available across all major mobile frameworks. We want to create a new data layer for the mobile internet, one that enables a new era of data portability and openness.