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Policy-Driven Configuration Management in the New Mobile Paradigm (Really)

The mobile market is an environment where variability is, ironically, the only constant. From the continuous flux of user locations, to the increasing variety of devices and the corresponding OS permutations — the challenge of how to monitor, manage and update mobile applications is front and center. It’s the epitome of an uncontrolled environment, and […]

App47 Participates in MoDevDC!

A few weeks ago I attended a MoDevDC Meetup at TeqCorner in McLean, Va., with my colleagues Andy Glover and Danny White (we also sponsored the event and gave away highly sought after beverage koozies!). In front of a packed house of more than 100 App developers, mobile experts and DC Tech community ambassadors, several […]

Devices are important, but App is what drives value

In response to a post by Martha Walz in the EMF blog, I shared my thoughts on the solution that will really solve the challenge. I think you’re right on Martha, having started several companies managing mobiles devices is a total pain and puts a heavy strain on IT. This strain is somewhat necessary, because […]

Contextual Awareness: The Cornerstone of Good Application Management

Let’s jump right right in t sme ugly mbile applicatin reality: crashes. Any applicatin, functining in any envirnment, n any type f device, can crash. The mst brilliant develper can authr the mst bulletprf cde, and still, the risk remains. We all have at least ne, if nt a few, hrrr stries frm clients and […]

Get Beyond UX Ugliness to Ensure Mobile App Success

We like easy. When presented with options on how to get something done, we tend to prefer the path of least resistance. Who wouldn’t take the elevator rather than climb ten flights of stairs? What’s interesting is that, until recently, when it came to mobile applications, taking the stairs was the only option. If you […]

Go Beyond Adoption If You Really Want to Measure Mobile Application ROI

Return on investment is indisputably the strongest, most called-upon metric of success for any mobile application implementation. Almost immediately, stakeholders are looking at whether or not an innovation performs as promised, and then working to determine whether or not that performance is translating directly in to increased revenue or cost savings. It’s in that translation […]

HTML5 and App Dev Impact: Should We Try Thinking More Like Users and Less Like Developers?

There's been a fair amount of buzz lately about HTML5. The latest iteration of the most ubiquitous content-presentation language on the Web should simplify the inclusion of farmacieproprie.com graphics, audio and video – testament to the Internet's overwhelmingly obvious evolution in to a means of experiencing multimedia. The impact HTML5 could have on the application […]