No doubt about that - but the centralized secure big iron has bad sides
when seen from user perspective. Even Web2.0 has a less polished feel
because of reloading time lags, especially in areas with less than perfect
reception. Offering users disconnected handling ability IMHO is the key.

>Local data caching raises all kinds of issues for many industries. Healthcare and Finance come to mind.
>
>>For me the interesting thing is less the across all mobile GUI,
>>but their claim of a working backend-ignorant local caching/replication layer.
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