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If you've been keeping up on news from around the enterprise technology sector, you might be convinced that MAM, the mobility approach that started it all, is dead. Even on our blog, we've been talking about just about everything except MAM. With up-and-coming...
2018 Internet Security Threat Report Shows Mobile Malware on the Rise
As the world has grown increasingly interconnected, so too has it grown increasingly vulnerable. While the 'mobile era' has undoubtedly produced more positive outcomes than negative side effects, it's more important than ever to keep a pulse on the security concerns...
Why App47?
Why App47? That's a question we were forced to confront recently. A company that uses App47 recently got a new CIO. He decided he wanted an app store--a feature of App47 that this client didn't use--and in going through the due diligence process, he had a number of...
5 Spring Break Apps to Make Your Getaway Even Better
Spring break season is upon us. Spring break, of course, means different things to different people. For some, it means flying to a faraway beach and sipping on a cold drink. For others, it means a road trip across the country. And for others still, it means sitting...
The Surprising Cost of Bad App Design
Ever wonder just how much of a negative impact poor mobile app design can have? Look no further than this recent online survey [PDF] by cloud communication provider RingCentral, "An Anatomy of App Overload." "In today's workplace, employees us an array of apps to work...
Will Web Apps Steal Native Mobile Apps’ EMM Crown?
Cost is frequently cited as a top reason why companies don't develop as many mobile applications as they would like. There are, of course, ways around this--many of which we've discussed here on our blog. Rapid Mobile App Development (RMAD), for example, turned...
Gartner Report: Unmanaged Devices Driving MAM Adoption
The news about enterprise mobility just keeps coming in. But in the context of our recently-announced shift towards embedded app stores, one piece of recent news is of particular interest to us. According to a new Gartner report, described in detail...
New Website, New App47
In case you haven’t noticed, things are changing at App47. The changes started (publicly) with our proclamation in January that 2018 would be the year of the embedded app store. In that blog, we mentioned that, while momentum around mobile apps continues to build,...
Now Live: Changes to Our Agent Technology
Last year, we announced that we were working on a handful of changes to our agent technology. Today, we're pleased to report that these changes (plus a few others) are live. Although we hinted at what was coming down the pipeline in that post last year, here's what...
The Enterprise Mobility Lifecycle: “Progress, Not Perfection”
Ever heard the saying that "perfect is the enemy of good"? It applies to many situations in the business world where quick decisions sometimes trump long deliberations. Still, not too many people would be surprised to hear that technology adoption moves more slowly in...
The Transition to the Embedded App Store Is Not as Complicated as You Think
On our blog over the last few months, we’ve been singing the praises of the embedded app store. Not only is the enterprise app store an exciting way to unlock the potential of your current product lines—it’s also not nearly as complicated as you think. As App47 and...
The Enterprise Machine In Action: Xloong AR Glasses
If you asked us to describe the benefits of the enterprise machine, one of the biggest would certainly be that it allows you to greatly broaden the potential of products you're already making. We can talk about that all we want, but few things are as good for showing...
Going Digital With the Enterprise Machine
It's 2018. Surely that means that everything that could be digital is digital, right? Not quite. A staggering amount of companies--some App47 customers, some not--still have large suites of products that aren't yet "digital." That is to say, their products are on...
App47 Turns 7
In a few short days, on January 21st, App47 will hit a big milestone: 7 years in business. When we opened up our doors in 2011, the mobile app market looked quite a bit different than it does now. Consider a few milestones: the iPhone was, at that point, just 4 years...
In 2018, Embedded App Stores Will Be King
Predicting the future is always fun. To close out 2017, we put together a high-level view of what we think is in store for this year. The mile-high version is that, as we stated, the enterprise mobility market is still only barely tapped. Thankfully, there appears to...
Merry Christmas (and Happy New Year) from the App47 Team!
What we do wouldn't be possible without you--our customers, readers, and friends--so we hope you have a terrific holiday season with family and friends. We're enjoying a quiet Christmas and New Year, and can't wait to see what 2018 holds for us. If you're looking for...
Looking to the Future: What’s in Store for 2018?
2017 was an exciting year for App47. As we discussed last week in our year in review, this year, we traveled the world, made exciting improvements to our product, and talked on our blog about a number of key trends impacting our company—to name just a few highlights....
App47’s 2017 Year In Review
December is upon us! As we're just weeks away from 2018, the App47 team figured that now is as good a time as ever to look back on 2017 and see what all we've accomplished. 2017 was another exciting year for us. We kicked off this year with several exciting new...
5 Christmas Apps That Will Help Make Your Holidays More Jolly
Though it may feel like summer just ended, December is less than 24 short hours away. That means, among other things (like cold weather!), that the Christmas season is upon us. The Christmas season means different things to everyone, but for many of us, it's an...
Not Happy With Your Enterprise App Experience? You’re Not Alone
This summer, we took a quick look at the results of Enterprise Mobility Exchange's recent industry insight report. While many of the results of their survey were positive, some 57% of respondents had not yet implemented their digital transformation process. In other...