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Stay up-to-date on the latest news, insights, and analysis from the App47 team including discussions of timely and relevant topics regarding enterprise mobility, Mobile Application Management (MAM), mobile app security, and other topics.
App47 Customer Success Stories: CloudLink/ProPack
Success stories are great. Success stories for your business are even better. This week, we’re switching things up a little. I recently spoke with Brandon Frye, founder of ProPack (formerly known as CloudLink) and, more recently, of 4Parents. Brandon is a long-time...
Don’t Panic: Changes Are Coming to Enterprise App Distribution In iOS 9
Last week, Apple sent out an email to developers and enterprise iOS users: “Changes to Enterprise App Distribution Coming In iOS 9.” We’ve had several customers reach out to us and ask us how or if this is going to affect them, so we thought we’d take a minute to...
The Lifecycle of Mobile App Management, Part V: Wrapping Up
This post is the last in a five-part series on the lifecycle of mobile application management. For previous posts in the series, see: Part I, Introduction; Part II, The Landscape; Part III, Getting On Board; Part IV, The Horizon. We’ve reached the end of the road with...
The Lifecycle of Mobile App Management, Part IV: The Horizon
This post is part four in a five-part series on the lifecycle of mobile application management. For previous posts in the series, see: Part I, Introduction; Part II, The Landscape; Part III, Getting On Board. We’ve covered a lot in our series on the lifecycle of...
Take the “Mobile” Out of Mobile Gaming
When you're waiting around between classes or commuting to work on the train, nothing beats having your favorite mobile games by your side. They're the perfect way to pass the time and blow off some steam, but mobile games are becoming more than simple diversions. As...
The Lifecycle of Mobile App Management, Part III: Getting On Board
This post is part three in a five-part series on the lifecycle of mobile application management. For previous posts in the series, see: Part I, Introduction; Part II, The Landscape. If you’ve been keeping up with our series on the lifecycle of mobile app management,...
The Lifecycle of Mobile App Management, Part II: The Landscape
This post is part two in a five-part series on the lifecycle of mobile application management. For previous posts in the series, see: Part I, Introduction. Last week, we kicked off our series on the lifecycle of mobile app management with a simple introduction. This...
The Lifecycle of Mobile App Management, Part I: Introduction
Watching new business technologies and innovations progress from creation, to awareness, to adoption is a great way to keep tabs on an industry. That couldn’t be truer than in mobile application management (MAM), which has had an exciting lifecycle thus far....
Enterprise Mobility ROI: Not Just Snake Oil
In their 2014 survey titled the "State of Mobile Apps," MGI Research found that 71% of mobile projects deliver only average or poor ROI. Surely, then, the idea of enterprise mobility ROI must just be snake oil—right? Not so fast. We don’t doubt the accuracy of MGI’s...
We’re Back from Enterprise Mobility Exchange 2015. Here’s What We Learned.
Last week, the App47 team went to Atlanta for Enterprise Mobility Exchange 2015. We’re back, and we’re pleased to say it went very well. Over the last few months, progress in enterprise mobility is all we’ve been talking about. We’ve been telling you for months that...
App47 Goes to Atlanta (for Enterprise Mobility Exchange 2015)
The App47 team is in Atlanta! We arrived yesterday, and we’ll be here all day today and tomorrow for this year’s Enterprise Mobility Exchange. Enterprise Mobility Exchange is an enterprise mobility networking event on steroids. It pairs vendors (that’s us) with...
Sell Mobility to Your Board with ROI, Not Novelty
At the Computing Magazine Enterprise Mobility and Application Management 2015 Summit a few weeks ago, Allergan’s IT chief Wei Wang told attendees that introducing enterprise mobility into the enterprise is less about impressing stakeholders with technology and far...
As Demand for Mobile Apps Rises, Enterprises Continue to Struggle
A new study from 451 Research and Kony Inc. shows that more than half of the 480 respondents plan to deploy 10 or more enterprise mobile apps in the next two years. That’s good news. The rest of what the study [PDF] found isn’t. There are two main problems highlighted...
Enterprise Mobility: Headed for the Perfect Storm
Even if you haven’t seen The Perfect Storm, you probably have an image in your head of what a perfect storm looks like. If you’re anything like us, you probably imagine high winds, rough seas, and heavy rain, all of which combine to make the storm of a lifetime. Would...
The Three Phases of Enterprise Mobility Maturity (and Why They Matter to Your Business)
A recent article by Dmitri Tcherevik of Enterprise Apps Tech explores an interesting concept: an enterprise mobility maturity model. As Tcherevik notes, several studies, like SAP/ASUG’s Mobility Benchmarking Study, point to a correlation between the performance of a...
Recap: App47’s Spring Release Webinar
A couple weeks ago, the App47 team hosted our Spring Webinar. With our Spring Release, we wanted to take some time to review our current product and answer questions from potential App47 clients. In the webinar, we walked through our current product and showed how to...
4 Choices for Secure Smartphones
Security is one of the most overlooked aspects in a typical smartphone user's list of features, when it really should be the first. Luckily, there are plenty of options for businesspeople who use their smartphones to increase productivity in the workplace that have...
11 Must-Have Tools for Small Businesses
Surviving as a small business these days is tough. Thriving in the face of competition is even tougher. Large, well-established organizations often have more resources, more manpower, and better tools, all of which position them for success. But that doesn’t mean...
How to Transition to a Paperless Office
Our world is increasingly going paperless, but the transition hasn't come quickly or easily. A Loyola University report noted that the average office worker still utilizes 10,000 sheets of paper per year, or the equivalent of about two pounds of paper per day. Whether...
Wrapping Up Our Series On Mobility Use Cases
This post concludes our series on mobility use cases. For previous parts in the series, see: Introduction; Part I (B2C); Part II (eCommerce); Part III (Enterprise). Over the past few weeks, we’ve covered three big mobility use cases for the App47 platform. From...
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