Watching the explosion of mobile apps has been, in a word, incredible. In less than a decade, consumers have gone from having low-tech cell phones to early-stage smartphones to powerful machines that house dozens of mobile apps that do everything from stream music to order you a ride to work. But as mobile apps have […]
Mobile shopping is beginning to replace Black Friday, AdAge reported this October, citing Google data. According to Google, 54 percent of shoppers this year plan to do their shopping on their smartphones during free moments while eating or commuting, and 52 percent plan to consult their smartphone before visiting a store. Smartphone shopping has gone […]
As we mentioned last week, there’s a security problem in enterprise mobility. But the problem isn’t that it’s impossible to have truly secure apps, or that stakeholders don’t value security. Neither of those statements is true. The problem is that many enterprises today are approaching security in the wrong way. They’re using outdated methods like […]
There’s a security problem in enterprise mobility. Don’t believe us? Just ask other organizations trying to address security. According to a global survey of 900 IT decision makers by Gemalto, 95% of IT departments are battling with security challenges in their attempt to increase user mobility within their organization. And then there are the lists. […]
Apps and websites are more connected than ever. It frustrates users when a website isn’t optimized for a smartphone or tablet, as it does when an app has no sister website that can be accessed by a laptop or desktop user. All this means your business faces some challenges in terms of optimizing your apps […]
This post is the last in a five-part series on MAM deployment models. For previous posts in the series, see: Introduction; Part II: Windows; Part III: Android; Part IV: iOS. Mobile Application Management (MAM) is more popular than ever before. Increasingly, clients and prospects know a good bit about MAM before we ever pick up the […]
This post is part four in a five-part series on MAM deployment models. For previous posts in the series, see: Introduction; Part II: Windows; Part III: Android. They say to save the best for last, and while we’ll leave it up to you to decide which mobile platform is best for your needs, we can say […]
This post is part three in a five-part series on MAM deployment models. For previous posts in the series, see: Introduction; Part II: Windows. When it comes to MAM deployments, Android is about as no-frills as they come. Unlike Windows Mobile, which requires Symantec certificates to sign your apps, or Apple, which requires a developer […]
This post is part two in a five-part series on MAM deployment models. For previous posts in the series, see: Introduction. Last week, we kicked off a new series with an introduction to MAM deployment models. And when we say “introduction,” we mean it: we want to go back to the basics to talk at […]
The momentum gathering behind Mobile Application Management (MAM) has been great for our team. A couple of years ago, we’d have to explain what MAM was before we could even begin talking about App47. Now, people understand what MAM is before we ever talk—and that makes our lives much easier. That said, every so often […]