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Free Beer and Pizza! (Oh yeah, and a better understanding of HTML 5 and PhoneGap.)

Today’s a big day for Andy Glover, our much-sought-after CTO. Andy’s expertise has been in demand lately, and the trend continues with another appearance at the MoDevDC meetup this evening. Andy’s talk, Ubiquitous App Development with PhoneGap, is going to explain how to build a web-based mobile app using HTML 5 and JavaScript within PhoneGap. […]

Conversations in Mobile App Architecture Continued: The Three Fundamentals of Security

Security is, understandably, so wrapped up in mobility that they tend to be mentioned in the same breath. All these smartphones and tablets peppering the workforce are great for operational efficiency, but they must keep IT department heads up at night. One iPad forgotten in the back of a cab and who knows what would […]

Conversations in Mobile App Architecture: Getting Backend Systems Ready for Mobility – The Case for Statelessness

Kicking off our occasional series (introduced last week) on understanding the complete enterprise mobile application lifecycle, we want to take a look behind the proverbial curtain and discuss backend systems. This way of thinking can be a serious paradigm shift — mobile devices are obviously praised for their connectivity and portability, but those are precisely […]

Discussing the Overlooked — But Essential — Aspects of the Mobile AppDev Lifecycle

We’ve already predicted that 2012 is going to be the year that enterprise mobile apps experience the same boom of acceptance consumer apps now enjoy. As enterprise moves toward an increasingly mobile norm, we’ve noted the understandable fixation with app design and development, but we’ve also made it clear that we must create a more […]

This Wednesday, Get a Double-Dose of App47 Expertise

If you were at CodeMash last Friday, we hope you found a spot at the standing-room-only presentations by our CTO Andy Glover (expect some recaps soon). If you can’t get enough of that all-star App47 industry insight, be sure to check out Wednesday’s Advantix Data Security webinar featuring our CEO, Chris Schroeder. It starts at […]

Enough With the Tablet Trash Talk

The new year has kicked off with a barrage of commentary on the state of mobile devices. Without too much effort, you can find plenty of chatter from tech-industry writers and gadget gurus on the emerging hierarchy of smartphone, tablet, laptop etc. Interesting to note is a kind of grumpy-old-man mentality among some who are […]

App47 Pleased to Be a Member of MobileFuture

We’re in some good company after being accepted in to the ranks of MobileFuture, “a coalition of cutting-edge American technology and communications companies, consumers and a diverse group of non-profit organizations, working to support an environment which encourages investment and innovation in the dynamic wireless sector.” The organization’s mission is obviously in sync with our […]

At CodeMash Next Week? Don’t Miss The Mobile App Insights of App47 CTO Andy Glover.

Anyone contemplating mobile application development would do well to make it to CodeMash in Sandusky, Ohio, next week. Specifically, you’ll want to check out a pair of presentations by our own intrepid CTO, Andy Glover. In his first talk, entitled Rapid Android Development With JRuby, Andy is going to showcase Ruboto, a framework that leverages the power […]

Expand Your AppDev Thinking to the Lifecycle Level

Looking for a good read on appdev that moves beyond expected discussions of “design and development”? Check out our latest eBook: From Design to Measurement – Steps for Building Successful Mobile Apps. Yes, it has plenty of insight on those early phases of enterprise mobile app dev, that fun UX-focused stuff that makes sure people […]

Time for Mobile Apps to Fuel the Enterprise Mobile Workforce

We’ve had an amazing year here at App47. Back in January, we saw that 2011 had great potential to be the year mobile Apps made their presence known in the enterprise. With the mass adoption of smartphones and tablets to read email, collaborate and use the web for our work, it is only obvious that […]