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Messaging Is a Simple Game: Tic-Tac-Toe with SMS
Sybase 365 aids the delivery of nearly 6 billion messages each month
Feb. 25, 2008 10:00 AM
SMS or Short Messaging Service is being used by millions of mobile phone users as you read this article. Here is a fact...Sybase 365 aids the delivery of nearly 6 billion messages each month. Originally limited to 160 characters and the small phone keyboard, SMS language was born on December 3, 1992, when an engineer named Neil Papworth sent the very first SMS with "MERRY CHRISTMAS" on it to his colleagues at Vodafone in Great Britain.
Texting, as it is now known, has an objective to use the minimum number of characters to create a comprehensive message. I know, as most parents discover, that this is constantly evolving and our children are experts at it. So why are we as enterprise system developers not taking full advantage of this technology?
About Ian ThainIn his customer facing role, Ian is very involved with the design, production and testing of Enterprise class UnWired Solutions, that have been implemented using Sybase's UnWired tools for Sybase customers around the globe. In addition, Ian is a dedicated technical expert continually working with Sybase's key partners and clients to enhance the capabilities of the UnWired solutions that Sybase can offer to its customers.
As a five-year employee at Sybase, Inc. Ian has experience of working with the ITSG engineering teams, in particular on the EAServer, EP, PowerBuilder, PocketBuilder, PowerJ & OEM products. Amongst his many achievements, and deriving from his commitment to delivering hi-performance solutions, Ian was responsible for the design and implementation of the myPortfolio J2EE demo added to the EAServer distribution. Ian regularly addresses technical audiences all over the world providing profound technical knowledge, and has built up a reputation for being a knowledgeable speaker and his sessions are very well attended. He also writes whitepapers, demos and articles for various Sybase products and published in Journals such as PBDJ from SYS-CON (pbdj.sys-con.com). Ian is also the PocketBuilder Evangelist and works closely with the team in Concord, MA on new features and demonstration for the PocketBuilder product.