Enhancing mobile apps in the public facing enterprise with the aruba meridian sdk

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Enhancing mobile apps with the Aruba Meridian SDKNick NewtonDirector, Product Management – Mobile Engagement

March 9, 2016 @ArubaNetworks |

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Agenda

• What is a Software Development Kit (SDK)?• Meridian SDKs and Sample Projects• Customer Examples

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Mobile EngagementA “Full Stack” to enable Digital User Experiences with Location

Meridian-Powered Mobile

AppWhite-label or

custom app w/ SDK

Aruba BeaconsBlue dot directions and notifications

based on real-time position

Aruba AP w/integrated Beacon

Communicates with Aruba Beacons and Meridian

Platform

Meridian PlatformLocation-based and personalized

content for appsMonitor and manage beacon battery

level, operating mode / firmware

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What is a Software Development Kit

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What is a Software Development Kit?

Also known as “SDK” (and slightly incorrectly as “API”):

A package that a software developer can download that allows them to embed certain third party features into their existing mobile app.

• SDKs do not allow a customer to build an app from scratch on their own. • SDKs are specific to the operating system (OS) of the mobile device. • SDKs require a mobile app developer to embed the SDK code tools into an

existing mobile app code base.

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What is a Software Development Kit?Compare an SDK to a Garmin car navigation system, and a venue’s mobile app to the car itself. And a mobile app OS to the make of the car.

– Mercedes still needs to build the car– Mercedes would outsource a 3rd party system for car navigation– Mercedes can’t just tape a Garmin GPS computer inside it; an engineer/electrician needs to

wire and configure it to the main system of the car.– This wiring/configuration process will be different for different types of cars (Mercedes,

Toyota, Chrysler, Ford, etc.)

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What is a Software Development Kit?User view of an SDK feature embedded into a venue’s app:

What’s under the hood:

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Meridian SDKs

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Meridian SDKs are available for Android and iOS

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Meridian SDKs allow a customer to add certain Meridian features to their existing mobile app:

1. NavKit to add self-guided wayfinding features.2. BluDotKit* to add “Blue Dot,” real-time mapping feature.3. CampaignKit* to add proximity-based notification feature.

* BluDotKit and CampaignKit also require Aruba Beacon Hardware

CampaignKitNavKit BluDotKit

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NavKit

SDK: NavKit for Adding Self-Guided Mapping

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BluDotKit

SDK: BluDotKit for Adding “Blue Dot” to the Map

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CampaignKit

SDK: CampaignKit for Proximity-Based Notifications

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Meridian SDKs and the Meridian Editor

–Meridian SDKs do require a Meridian subscription–Venues manage mobile app content in the Meridian Editor.

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Customer Examples

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