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Happy Halloween from the App47 Team!
From all of us here at the App47 team: Happy Halloween! We hope you have a spooky (but not scary) evening full of tricks and treats. But of course, no App47 holiday would be complete without a collection of our favorite mobile apps to celebrate the occasion. If you're...
App47: A Custom Product (Without a Custom Price Tag)
It's inevitable: when people hear "custom," they think "expensive." In fact, just last month, we wrote a blog series on customization with App47. We know what you're thinking: App47 offers a custom, tailor-made product, so it must be extraordinarily expensive. ...
The Most Frequently Blacklisted Enterprise Mobile Apps
In the never-ending quest for perfect enterprise security, mobile apps must certainly be part of the picture. The tough part is, most companies don't just have to worry about the apps they personally build, or have someone else develop. Today's workforce is so...
Customization With App47, Part III: Embedded App Stores
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve talked through two big facets of customization with App47: product extensions and a concept we call “enterprise integration.” This week, we’re going to round off the series with a concept you may not be familiar with: embedded app...
Customization With App47, Part II: Enterprise Integration
Last week, Chris kicked off a series on customization with the App47 platform by talking about product extensions and describing the App47 product-building process. This week, we’re going to pick up where he started and talk about another key element in our...
An Introduction to Customization With App47
When you're choosing a mobility vendor, while it might seem natural to make a decision based solely on the features you want compared to the features that vendor offers, we're here to tell you that there's a better way. Put another way, don't choose one vendor over...
Identifying the Biggest Threats to Mobile Security
With more mobile devices being unveiled and used every day, it’s no wonder that mobile security is quickly becoming more top-of-mind for employers, consumers, and employees alike. Today’s mobile security landscape is more complicated than ever. So, where are the...
The Industries Leading the Way In Mobility Adoption
If you've ever looked around your business and wondered how your mobility program stacks up to others, you aren't alone. Thanks to a new survey from VDC Research (shared at Enterprise Mobility Exchange), we now have a "global" view of which industries are...
What App47 Customers Are Saying: August 2017 Edition
Here at App47, continuous improvement is a key focus of ours. And one of the best ways to keep tabs on how to improve our product is to get out and have good conversations with our customers. That’s exactly what we’ve been doing this year. While it’s tough to visit...
Picking an EMM Vendor? Here’s What to Consider
In the last five or so years, the complexity of enterprise mobility systems has increased considerably. More devices and more mobile work by employees means companies must find solutions which enable management in and out of the office—and even on employee devices the...
6 Reasons You Should Pick App47 for Your BYOD Implementation
So: you’re finally getting around to implementing a BYOD strategy in your business. You’re doing your due diligence, scoping out vendors and weighing the pros and cons of each offering. In the enterprise mobility management space, there are only a handful of vendors...
Highlights from Enterprise Mobility Exchange’s 2017 Industry Insight Report
The question of where IT is headed is always a difficult one to answer. Though it often seems that adoption of new technologies in the enterprise moves at a snail's pace, every year, new tech is introduced that has the potential to dramatically transform the future of...
Building a Mobility Strategy, Part III: Identifying Your Users
This post is the last in a three-part series on building a mobility strategy within the enterprise. To read part one, click here. To read part two, click here. Over the last few weeks, we've spent a good bit of time talking through the basics of building a...
Happy Fourth of July from the App47 Team!
From all of us at the App47 team to you: Happy Independence Day! On this lovely Tuesday, the Fourth of July, we hope that you are kicking back and relaxing with your family and friends. No matter where you come from or what state you live in, today is certainly a day...
Building a Mobility Strategy, Part II: Driving Adoption
This post is part two in a three-part series on building a mobility strategy within the enterprise. To read part one, click here. Check back in after the Fourth of July for part three. As all too many companies have learned the hard way, building an app is no...
Building a Mobility Strategy, Part I: Operational Focus
This post is part one in a three-part series on building a mobility strategy within the enterprise. Check in next week for part two. More than a quarter of organizations have not built, customized, or virtualized any mobile apps in the last year. That’s according to a...
Make the Most of Your Summer Vacation With These 5 Apps
Few things in life are better than a summer vacation. Whether you're cracking open a cold one and kicking your feet up on the porch, or leaving on a jet plane to somewhere exotic, chances are, there's an app that can help make you vacation more enjoyable. With...
Keeping Tabs on the Pillars of Enterprise Mobility
In the quest to implement a successful enterprise mobility program, it can be helpful to have guideposts to reference. While asking, "how will we know if our program is successful?" is a simple way to qualify success, having more specific guidelines in mind can keep...
Still Weighing the Merits of MAM vs. MDM? It’s Time to Make a Decision
The MAM versus MDM debate is not new. We first advocated for MAM on our blog in 2011. But here in 2017, some six years later, it appears that many companies still have yet to make a decision between the two. At the very least, many companies haven’t yet adopted an MAM...
Shaping the Future of Policy for Mobile App Companies: App47 Goes to Washington
Although the “fun” side of mobile app development is just that—fun—there’s more to the industry than just examining the new and the next. For better or worse, the policy side of mobility is becoming an increasingly important part of running a business that deals with...
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