Exposing those back-end systems is complicated, and companies can face a risk of hacking if the systems are misconfigured or do not have up-to-date patches.
Sanjay Poonen, head of SAP’s mobile division, said at the Sapphire Now conference in May that the company has more than 1,000 people working on mobile-related projects in areas such as retail, banking and consumer package goods.
Last year, SAP reported more than €222 million (US$293 million) in license revenue from its mobile-related business, a revenue stream that didn’t exist two and half years prior, Poonen said.
Nunez said companies faces risks if, for example, a CRM (customer relationship management) system is incorrectly configured for access by mobile devices, opening a door for hackers using attack tools for Web services.
X1’s mobile security module looks at what functions and processes are exposed in the back-end systems and not on the mobile application itself, Nunez said.
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