%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T The Open Source Mobile Cloud: Delivering Next-Gen Mobile Apps and Systems %A Hal Steger %X Cloud computing is gaining acceptance as an efficient and cost-effective architecture to deploy many types of systems. More recently, mobile cloud computing has entered the scene, as an important means to deliver mobile apps and data. This article discusses trends that are driving the adoption of the mobile cloud, important components of mobile cloud infrastructure, and the role of open source. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 03/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/335 %N March 2010 %9 Articles %1 Funambol Hal Steger is Vice President of Marketing at Funambol, inc., the leading provider of open source mobile cloud platforms for billions of devices. Hal has over twenty years of experience in the high tech industry. He holds an MBA (M.S.I.A.) from Carnegie-Mellon University and a B.S. from the University of Michigan with a concentration in computer science.