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Multi-Platform Ecosystem
Developed for SugarOnline

Sugar Online

December 2003 – December 2014

Sugar Online is a multi-platform information service for sugar-industry professionals who need timely market content away from the desktop. Native iOS and BlackBerry clients consume shared services for news, prices, account data, and premium reports.

Business Purpose & Ecosystem Overview

Sugar Online is a multi-platform information service for sugar-industry professionals who need timely market content away from the desktop. Native iOS and BlackBerry clients consume shared services for news, prices, account data, and premium reports.

Key System Features

  • Subscriber login
  • Industry news and price browsing
  • Category navigation
  • PDF report viewing
  • Remote content synchronization
  • SOAP-based content synchronization
  • Industry news browsing
  • Commodity price access
  • Subscriber authentication
  • BlackBerry-native navigation

Tier Architecture & Breakdown

iOS App

Purpose: The native iOS client provides sugar-industry news, commodity prices, category navigation, subscriber authentication, and premium PDF report viewing.

Key Features:

  • Subscriber login
  • Industry news and price browsing
  • Category navigation
  • PDF report viewing
  • Remote content synchronization

BlackBerry App

Purpose: The BlackBerry client delivers SOAP-synchronized industry news, commodity prices, and subscriber access for mobile professionals.

Key Features:

  • SOAP-based content synchronization
  • Industry news browsing
  • Commodity price access
  • Subscriber authentication
  • BlackBerry-native navigation

Web Services Backend

Purpose: The PHP/MySQL backend publishes SOAP content APIs, subscriber authentication, news and price data, and PDF report delivery.

Key Features:

  • SOAP content APIs
  • Subscriber authentication services
  • News and price publishing
  • PDF report delivery
  • MySQL persistence

Component Ecosystem

Explore the architecture by platform layer—mobile, web, backend, and utilities.

iOS App

iPhone Only

The native iOS client provides sugar-industry news, commodity prices, category navigation, subscriber authentication, and premium PDF report viewing.

iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S

OS: iOS 3.2+

Features (5)
  • Subscriber login
  • Industry news and price browsing
  • Category navigation
  • PDF report viewing
  • Remote content synchronization
Xcode project format 3.1iOS 3.2+iOS 6.1+Objective-CUIKit

BlackBerry App

Mobile

The BlackBerry client delivers SOAP-synchronized industry news, commodity prices, and subscriber access for mobile professionals.

BlackBerry Curve 8520, BlackBerry Bold 9700, BlackBerry Torch 9800, BlackBerry Curve 9300, BlackBerry Bold 9780

OS: BlackBerry OS 5.0 / CLDC 1.1 / MIDP 2.0 – BlackBerry OS 7.1

Features (5)
  • SOAP-based content synchronization
  • Industry news browsing
  • Commodity price access
  • Subscriber authentication
  • BlackBerry-native navigation
BlackBerry SDK / Adobe AIR