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Celebrating Two Years as Enterprise Mobile App Management Pioneers
This week, App47 turns two. It’s cause for celebration on a few fronts. At a pragmatic level, we’re simply proud to have launched a successful company. We started in the teeth of the Great Recession, and to reach a point where we are truly thriving is worth shouting...
MAM: A Lot More Than an MDM Add-On
About a week ago, I felt compelled to comment on a Channel Partners article authored by Hyoun Park, Making Sense of Mobile Life Cycle Management. It was an informative piece, and its emphasis on developing an app management strategy was spot on. The aspect of Hyoun’s...
The Latest What’s Appening: Mobile Labs Making Allies of the Mobile World and App World
As we’ve already suggested, 2013 is going to be a definitive year for enterprise mobility. The explosion of mobile apps is remarkable to watch, but it also raises plenty of questions. A big emerging concern is the testing and management -- the quality assurance -- of...
At CodeMash? Don’t Miss CTO Andy Glover’s Thursday Session on HTML5 and Mobility
Appdev isn't just for desktops anymore. We're seeing mobile apps pull even with web apps (and we're betting they take the lead before too long). It's definitely exciting, but it's also still being defined. Just a year ago, the buzz was all about hybrid development...
2013 Will Be the Year Enterprise Mobility Arrives! Funny, We Thought it Was Already Here . . .
Many are calling 2013 the year of enterprise apps. A quick google search reveals a host of articles echoing that proclamation. It’s one we welcome because we’ve seen it evolving rapidly toward this point for the past two years. Typical of prediction wisdom, we’ll be...
The Last What’s Appening of 2012: How CloudLink Boosts Productivity With Pre-loaded Android Tablets
Brandon Frye, CEO and co-founder of CloudLink takes a break from hectic holiday celebration to explain the company's relationship with App47, and how it reinforces their mission to "increase the content and capability of Android tablets" thanks to an offering of...
Our Big Prediction for 2013? Enterprise Realizes Employees are Already Making Mobility Happen
Allow us to put on our Morpheus sunglasses. Now . . . What if we told you that mobile apps are already being used throughout your organization, whether you know it or not? That’s right. Mobility, and the capability it empowers thanks to enterprise mobile apps, has...
Cheers to Chris Schroeder, GAP 50 Finalist
Our stalwart CEO earned some well-deserved acknowledgement from the Center for Innovative Technology, emerging as a finalist in their GAP 50 awards. In addition to being involved in a startup, having limitless drive, and strong ties to Virginia, the GAP 50 finalists...
Catch up on Season Five of IBM’s developerWorks Java Technical Podcast Series, hosted by App47 CTO Andy Glover
Granted, it's not the same as firing up Netflix for a Mad Men or Sons of Anarchy marathon -- it's cooler than that. Season Five of IBM's Java technical podcast series is all about the cloud. Andy spent three months capturing the insight of cloud influencers from...
From Media & Military to Sports & Systems Integration: Diverse industries are on this season’s App47 Nice List
We’ve talked more than once about how rewarding its been to see enterprise mobile apps gain real traction throughout the marketplace. What was interesting two years ago is quickly becoming imperative today. Companies in myriad industries understand the value of...
Musings on MoDevEast: Stop Talking About Enterprise Mobile Apps & Start Building Them!
Thursday and Friday of last week served up another excellent MoDevEast conference. Pete Erickson and his people deserve continued kudos for putting together consistently informative, interactive events -- and Pete was definitely a good sport, joining the App47 team in...
App47 Plays Well With HTML5
Remember a few weeks ago when we told you you could implement App47's Mobile Application Management solution without writing a single line of code? We weren't finished. Today, we're pleased to officially announce App47's ability to support HTML5. As explained by our...
What’s it take to get a true picture of mobile app performance? Ask me tomorrow afternoon at MoDevEast!
It's time to get smart about performance analytics -- the secret ingredient for adding real value to your enterprise mobile app. Getting a grip on app performance is one thing. Seeing how it plays on different devices, across different operating systems, even in...
Why isn’t there more enterprise mobile app management? Maybe it’s time to switch our minds from Dev to IT.
Consider the thousands of mobile apps now available to the enterprise. It’s starting to look like the early days of the consumer space in terms of offerings. And it’s no revelation that these enterprise mobile apps are driving once-unthinkable levels of mobile...
App47 Approved: Cooking Planit — A Thanksgiving App That’s No Turkey
We're gearing up for a great Thanksgiving. As we come to the close of a tremendous calendar year, we at App47 have a lot to be thankful for, and we're planning some serious celebratory eating. We tend not to be fussy types. If it's in front of us and not moving, it's...
Enterprise App Store Advantages — Let’s Dispel Any Doubt!
A recent ZD Net article by Joe McKendrick discussing differences between enterprise and consumer app stores elaborated on "three major distinctions" the former have with respect to the latter: Enterprise app stores seek to limit, not expand, sales. Enterprise app...
Hot Off the [Virtual] Press: App47 Mobile Application Management Enjoys Essential Status with USA TODAY
We're pleased to formally announce the successful implementation of our Mobile Application Management (MAM) solution with USA TODAY. The renowned news organization is using our platform as a driving force in its emerging digital content-delivery dominance. In today's...
App Wrapper Means You Don’t Get Wrapped Up Accessing MAM Advantages
What if we told you it was possible to implement Mobile Application Management capability without having to write a single line of code? You'd probably think we'd been sniffing printer cartridges. Well, lose that skeptical look, because we're officially announcing the...
Approaching the End of 2012, App47’s MAM Mission is Paying Off
As happens every few months, App47 CEO and Founder Chris Schroeder relinquishes podcast hosting duties and takes some time to talk up the enterprise mobile app industry from his point of view. Today, guest host Jay Ferrari from our marketing partner PeakTwo talks with...
Mobile Labs and App47 Double Down on Enterprise Mobile App Management
Lone Ranger and Tonto. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Mobile Labs and App47. Sounds right to us. Today we launch a great partnership with Mobile Labs. As standouts in the mobile application management space, we realized that a strong referral partnership would...
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