Data Synchronisation

Machine to Machine (M2M) applications are evolving month by month, and Eseye is at the forefront of synchronising data between the mobile device and the Enterprise.

Co-Located with the APN Infrastructure, Eseye provides data synchronisation servers. Known as ‘Serval’ the data synchronisation server acts as a postbox, allowing applications on the Mobile network to communicate with the enterprise.

Designed from the ground up for reliability, the Serval architecture is fully redundant,for 24/7 availability. Data sent from the remote device is stored in a secure database, and acknowledgement is transmitted to the sender. Battery operated remote units are able to quickly return to sleep mode. Data received from remote devices is processed using customer supplied XML rules. These may involve storing the data at Eseye’s secure Data center, or pushing the data to the customer’s application using SOAP or http post.

Serval is coupled to the APN, and can use this to determine which remote units are currently connected to the network. Messages posted to serval from the enterprise are stored until the destination unit registers on the GPRS network. Immediately the device has registered, Serval will transmit the message over the cellular network. For battery powered devices, this gives further power savings. Serval allows messages to be pushed to remote devices without exposing them to the internet and the dangers of attack.