App47 Blog
Stay up-to-date on the latest news, insights, and analysis from the App47 team including discussions of timely and relevant topics regarding enterprise mobility, Mobile Application Management (MAM), mobile app security, and other topics.
7 Great Features in Our New Enterprise App Store UI
We've spent the last couple of months talking about the gory internals of mobile apps: security, app shielding, re-signing--all done in the cloud. (Click here to see our previous posts on those subjects.) That said, we've also been hard at work on an updated...
App47 Product Features: Secure App Signing
If you've been following our blog, you know that our focus for the last several weeks has been on mobile app security. As a mobile app management vendor, we're always focused on security. But, in talking with a recent customer, we discussed a different process: the...
Now Live: App Wrapping in the Cloud
We've been talking about mobile app security and cloud-based app wrapping for the last couple of weeks. Well--cue scene from Frankenstein--it's alive!!! The App47 team has been hard at work for the last couple of months getting all the pieces in place, triple-checking...
Mobile App Security: Series Wrap-up
Last month, we kicked off our series on mobile app security with a look at where App47 is today. Our key focus there was the fact that today, folks are looking for better ways to secure their data than the MDM "sledgehammer." We talked for a bit about version...
Mobile App Security, Part V: 4 More Emerging Security Threats
Last week, we began the wind-down in our monthlong series about mobile app security with a discussion of 4 new security threats on the horizon that you ought to be aware of (and how App47 is addressing these threats). While we wish the list of security threats ended...
Mobile App Security, Part IV: 4 New Security Threats Ahead
My very first job after college was for a government systems integrator, where both data and physical security were high priorities. Great measures were taken to achieve both. I'll always remember my first facilities security officer telling me, "the only way to truly...
App47 Turns 8: 8 Years of EMM
It's hard to believe, but App47 turns eight this month! Eight years ago, in 2011, we had the bright idea to start a company designed to help businesses navigate the then-nascent industry of enterprise mobile applications. The market was noticeably different then than...
Mobile App Security, Part III: App Wrapping Going to the Cloud
To continue our series on mobile app security (see last week's installment here), this week, we're highlighting a change to our app wrapping capabilities. While we've always had app wrapping for iOS, some customers have expressed concern that it has to run on a Mac,...
Mobile App Security, Part II: What’s Next
We kicked off our series on mobile app security last week with an overview of a couple key security features that are central to the App47 platform, including version management and authorized user controls. This week, we thought we'd continue the conversation with a...
Mobile App Security, Part I: App47 Today
If you're anything like us, security plays a significant factor in the daily goings-on of your business. In this digital era, IT leadership--as well as everyday employees--needs to keep a keen eye on security risks and vulnerabilities, while also taking steps to...
Merry Christmas from the App47 Team!
From all of us here at the App47 team to you, Merry Christmas! If you don't celebrate Christmas, Happy Holidays. As we mentioned here on our blog last week, 2018 was a wonderful year for App47, and we hope it was for you, too. There's plenty to look forward to in...
What’s Ahead for App47 In 2019
It's hard to believe 2018 is coming to an end, but here we are. And we're happy to say that 2018 has been a great year for App47. This has been a good year of growth, including new family members we call employees, and new customers using App47 to manage their apps...
Our 5 Favorite Christmas Apps Right Now
We're just two weeks away (give or take a day or two) from Christmas! Soon, offices around the country will thin out, folks will take vacations or travel to see family, and we'll wrap up 2018 and head into the new year. But in the meantime, there's still Christmas...
10 Must-Haves for Your MAM Platform
Sometimes, when talking to prospective clients, we find that they know they should have a MAM solution but aren't sure about what exactly that solution should entail. That's ok! Everyone has to start somewhere. If you're thinking about implementing a MAM solution at...
The WhatsApp Dilemma: Managing Consumer Apps at Work
Ever since the dawn of the smartphone (and perhaps even before), companies have had to wrestle with employees' use of consumer apps at work. From Facebook messenger to Dropbox and everything in between, it can be challenging for employers to navigate this landscape....
Happy Thanksgiving from the App47 Team!
From all of us here at App47 to you: Happy Thanksgiving. While we try always to be thankful, Thanksgiving is a particularly good time to be mindful and say thanks. We're thankful first and foremost to our family and friends who have stuck with us on our journey here...
App47 Feature Spotlight: Azure SSO and New App Store Curation
Here at App47, we’re always looking for meaningful ways to add functionality and value to our platform. Today, we’re happy to share with you a couple new ways we’re doing just that. First, we’ve added Azure SSO capability to our existing end points of OAuth, OpenID,...
On This Veterans Day, a Thank You from App47
This coming Monday, our country will celebrate Veterans Day, honoring those who have served in the armed forces. We'll skip the usual business and get right to the point: thank you to those of you who are serving or who have served our nation. It's because of your...
Tune In to Executive Leaders Radio Next Week to Hear App47 CEO Chris Schroeder!
App47 founder and CEO Chris Schroeder recently joined Executive Leaders Radio on-air host Herb Cohen, as well as a few other company CEOs and presidents, for a taping of the show. We’re happy to share that Chris’ interview is slated to air next week in the D.C. area...
Enterprise Mobility Management: More Than Just Hype
These days, you'd think it would be obvious to most companies that they need enterprise mobility management. And yet, time and time again we're shown that that's not the case. While there are of course numerous reasons that a company may choose not to implement EMM,...
