Interesting question. From a brief glimpse over Apple's push notification overview I don't see anything that would prevent you from doing this. You'll have to implement an apex webservice that can take requests from devices (so you can register them as accepting push notifications) as well as some apex to send outbound HTTP requests to Apple's push notification service whenever you have a notification to send to a device.
One interesting bit will be dealing with the 2-way SSL requirements, but our HTTP Callout feature in Apex should support that.
Starting with the Spring 14 release, Salesforce supports Apple ( APNS ) and Google ( GCM ) mobile push notifications via the Connected Apps framework. Please check the Mobile Push Notifications Tip Sheet on Developer Force for more information: http://www2.developerforce.com/en/mobile/resources
Interesting question. From a brief glimpse over Apple's push notification overview I don't see anything that would prevent you from doing this. You'll have to implement an apex webservice that can take requests from devices (so you can register them as accepting push notifications) as well as some apex to send outbound HTTP requests to Apple's push notification service whenever you have a notification to send to a device.
One interesting bit will be dealing with the 2-way SSL requirements, but our HTTP Callout feature in Apex should support that.
Have you guys been successful in implementing this? Like how to set up the webservice and install the SSL certificate from APNS?