A system and method for communications management and data exchange are provided. A mobile device includes one or more client applications that communicate with one or more server-based applications. The mobile device includes application bridge components for routing incoming and outgoing messages from the server-based application to one or more client applications. The server-based applications also communicate to each other and the client applications via a server-based application bridge. Both application bridges are operable to obtain transformation and routing information from the message and process the message accordingly. In the event communication becomes intermittent, the client-based application bridge and the server-based application bridge manage the messages and ensure message delivery.