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    <h2 class="no-anchor">Product Features</h2>
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        <p>Click on a feature to view its details.</p>

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            <li role="tab" class="feature-security-img"><img class="security" alt="Comprehensive Security" src="../assets/features/04_Comrehensive_Security.svg"/></li>
            <li role="tab" class="feature-management-img"><img class="management" alt="App Lifecycle Management" src="../assets/features/05_App_Lifecycle_Managment.svg"/></li>
            <li role="tab" class="feature-analytics-img"><img class="analytics" alt="Mobile Analytics" src="../assets/features/01_Mobile_Analytics.svg"/></li>
            <li role="tab" class="feature-backend-logic-img"><img class="backend-logic" alt="Backend Logic Engine" src="../assets/features/02_Backend_Logic_Engine.svg"/></li>
            <li role="tab" class="feature-push-img"><img class="push" alt="Push and Offline Sync" src="../assets/features/03_Push_n_Offline_Sync.svg"/></li>
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    <article class="feature-security feature-item">
        <h3 class="no-anchor">Comprehensive Security<small> Protect from mobile specific threats</small></h3>
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        <ul class="feature-description">
            <li><span class="title">Advanced Mobile Authentication</span><br/>Easily add advanced mobile authentication to your apps, including step-up, multi-factor, SSO between apps &amp; between back-ends and more.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/authentication-and-security/">Learn more about Authentication and security</a>.</li>
            <li><span class="title">App Authenticity</span><br/>App fingerprinting to prevent access to your APIs from malicious apps.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/authentication-and-security/application-authenticity/">Learn more about Application Authenticity</a>.</li>
            <li><span class="title">Certificate Pinning</span><br/>Thwart Man-in-the-Middle attacks.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/authentication-and-security/certificate-pinning/">Learn more about Certificate Pinning</a>.</li>
            <li><span class="title">Remote Disable &amp; Version Enforcement</span><br/>Protect users from unsafe apps by disabling versions &amp; forcing users to upgrade.<br/><a href="https://mobilefirstplatform.ibmcloud.com/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/administering-apps/using-console/#remotely-disabling-application-access-to-protected-resources">Learn more about Remote Disable</a>.</li>
            <li><span class="title">Device Whitelisting &amp; Blacklisting</span><br/>Protect from device loss, theft, or misuse.<br/><a href="https://mobilefirstplatform.ibmcloud.com/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/administering-apps/using-console/#device-status">Learn more about Device Management</a>.</li>
        </ul>
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    <article class="feature-management feature-item">
        <h3 class="no-anchor">App Lifecycle Management<small> To reduce time and costs of operations and incremental updates</small></h3>
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        <ul class="feature-description">
            <li><span class="title">Direct Update</span><br/>Push over-the-air changes to front end web resources without app store review. <br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/application-development/direct-update/">Learn more about Direct Update</a>.</li>
            <li><span class="title">Live Update</span><br/>Change your app on the fly, roll new features out gradually, A/B test, and customize your app for different users.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/application-development/live-update-service/">Learn more about Live Update</a>.</li>
        </ul>
    </article>

    <article class="feature-analytics feature-item">
        <h3 class="no-anchor">Mobile Analytics<small> To better understand your users</small></h3>
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        <ul class="feature-description">
            <li><span class="title">Crash Analytics</span><br/>Make sure your app is stable, and that you can fix problems quickly.</li>
            <li><span class="title">App &amp; API Performance Analytics</span><br/>Stay ahead of problems, and keep your app responsive.</li>
            <li><span class="title">App Usage Metrics &amp; Custom Business Metrics</span><br/>Understand your users and how they use your app.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/analytics/">Learn more about Analytics</a>.</li>
        </ul>
    </article>

    <article class="feature-backend-logic feature-item">
        <h3 class="no-anchor">Backend Logic Engine<small> To add server side logic to your app</small></h3>
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        <ul class="feature-description">
            <li><span class="title">Adapters</span><br/>Quickly develop &amp; run server side code to communicate with your backend systems securely.<br/>Add your business logic, and make it dynamically configurable so you can change app behavior without recompile.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/adapters/">Learn more about Adapters</a>.</li>
            <li><span class="title">Dynamic Set-up of App Security &amp; Back-End Configuration</span><br/>Make changes in real-time to the app security configuration (eg. authentication method, max number of login attempts allowed) or backend configuration (eg. Database URL), with zero downtime or recompile.</li>
        </ul>
    </article>

    <article class="feature-push feature-item">
        <h3 class="no-anchor">Push &amp; Offline Sync<small> Essential backend services that every app needs</small></h3>
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        <ul class="feature-description">
            <li><span class="title">Push and SMS Notifications</span><br/>Deliver messages to multiple platforms with a single API &amp; send targeted messages from a web console.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/notifications/">Learn more about Notifications</a>.</li>
            <li><span class="title">JSONStore</span><br/>Encrypted on device storage &amp; automated data sync for better app performance &amp; offline access.<br/><a href="{{site.baseurl}}/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/application-development/jsonstore">Learn more about JSONStore</a>.</li>
        </ul>
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