Preface

Quantum Fabric is a Mobile Back-end as a Service (MBaaS) provider that helps developers build native and web apps for mobile. Various back-end services are easily integrated with the application irrespective of whether the application is built using JavaScript, PhoneGap, iOS, or Android frameworks.

Quantum Fabric allows you to define the back-end to build native mobile apps for iOS, Android, and HTML5-based apps for modern browsers. Quantum Fabric ensures that developers build mobile applications quickly by focusing on core areas and obtaining secured back-end services instantly. Quantum Fabric has multiple features that can be used - Identity, Integration, Orchestration, Objects, Sync, and Engagement Services. These features can be accessed through a common, centralized console.

For successful authentication with users, and to access the centralized features of Quantum Fabric, Temenos recommends that you install the following Quantum Fabric features on premises:

  • Quantum Fabric Identity and Console
  • Quantum Fabric Integration
  • Quantum Fabric Engagement Services
  • Quantum Fabric Sync Services

Quantum Fabric supports the following back-end services for your applications:

  • Identity: This feature allows you to define the type of authentication used for granting access to your application. Quantum Fabric supports the following authentication services: Microsoft Active Directory, Salesforce, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Quantum SAP Gateway, Quantum Facebook, and Quantum User Repository.
  • Integration: This feature allows you to define various back-end services for your application. You can define the service in XML, SOAP, JSON, Java, Salesforce, and Quantum SAP Gateway.
  • Orchestration: This feature allows you to create two types of orchestration services. They are:
    • Composite: Allows you to run two or more services concurrently or sequentially.
    • Looping: Allows you to run a single service in a loop until the loop ends or an exit criteria is met.
  • Synchronization: This feature allows you to define the synchronization services for your application. Sync supports only Web Services, except SAP Sky.
  • Engagement Services: This feature allows you to define and configure push messaging services for your application.

Purpose

The document helps you familiarize with the Quantum Fabric and provide procedural information to perform various tasks required to build your application.

Intended Audience

This document is intended for developers who would like to turn their applications into an enterprise-grade applications using Quantum back-end services.

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