Introduction to MobileFirst integration capabilities

As a developer or administrator, we can use MPF integration capabilities to connect specific IBM products to existing back-end systems and other Internet or intranet sources.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Enterprise Edition and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Consumer Edition provide capabilities to integrate with IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices and IBM WebSphere Cast Iron for enterprise and application security.

To implement integration to external resources, we use the product adapter technology. For more information about adapters, see Overview of MobileFirst adapters.

MPF also provides a flexible authentication framework to support existing security requirements through authenticator or login modules. See MobileFirst security framework.

Figure 1 gives a high-level view of the topology context for an app on a device that connects IBM MPF.

Figure 2 shows where other IBM products fit within the typical MobileFirst topology diagram in Figure 1.

Item	Description
A	App
D	Device
N	Network
I/i	Internet or intranet
WL	IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation
EBE	Existing back ends
I	Other Internet sources

Figure 1. Overall Topology

Figure 2 shows where these products fit within the typical MobileFirst topology diagram in Figure 1.

Figure 2. Integration Points

Parent topic: Integrate with other IBM products