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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.
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...
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,...
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....
Contextual Awareness: The Cornerstone of Good Application Management
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As the Engine Behind the App, Infrastructure Shouldn’t Be An Afterthought – Or a Resource Hog
In a perfect world, mobile application development would be like a car assembly line. You have different makes and models, some with better fuel efficiency than others. They look distinctive but more or less do the same thing. Some are luxury vehicles, some are...
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...
Inside Looking Out: An Executive View on Enterprise Mobility with Chris Schroeder
In the latest edition of Inside Looking Out, App47 CEO Chris Schroeder sat down with The Enterprise Mobility Foundation, the organization behind the Enterprise Mobility Forum to talk about Mobile Application Management, mobile application development and more ........
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...
Q&A with Chris Schroeder: Mobility Entrepreneur and all around App expert
Some great insight from App47 CEO Chris Schroeder as he talked with WashingtonExec about his decision to become an entrepreneur, the world of mobility and how he will apply lessons learned to App47. Read the full story Wat zijn de oorzaken van erectieklachten...
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...
Armed with Analytics – Now What?
There’s a curious mentality associated with application analytics. The expectation is that once someone has data in hand, they might turn it in to a report -- a well-organized view of the information with a few graphs or pie charts. Perhaps you summarize the stats,...
App47 featured on the first ever bi-weekly mobile feature of FedTech Bisnow
Fed Tech Bisnow debuted their Mobile Thursday newsletter yesterday with some great coverage of App47. “Sometimes with all this talk of magical clouds (you say OS, we say magic) we forget that somebody actually has to tell these apps how to behave. Reston-based...
Easily Manage Enterprise Mobile Apps with App47
Good synopsis of the App47 solution and its impact on mobile enterprise application management in today's Tech Cocktail. "With the launch auf diesem Netz of their enterprise-grade solution, App47 is redefining mobile application management. Their powerful,...
This Isn't Your Father's Mobile Enterprise
As I travel back from the Mobile Computing Summit conference held in Burlingame CA this week, I’m trying to remember what air travel was like back in the days with no Wi-Fi. Internet on the plane is a great way to kill time on a flight and catch up on email (kudos...
App47 Founder Discusses Mobile Applications in the Enterprise at the Mobile Computing Summit
App47’s Chris Schroeder will be participating in a tutorial discussion today at the Mobile Computing Summit in Burlingame, CA. Chris and five other instructors will be sharing best practices in how to effectively meet the needs of a mobile workforce. Chris will...
App47 Chairman Speaks on Panel at OnMobile 2011
This past week I spent a few days at the AlwaysOn OnMobile 2011 conference in Redwood City, CA. I participated on a panel "How Tablet and Phone Apps Will revolutionize the Enterprise," with other great panelists from Expensify, Emergence Capital, BoxTone, Bridge Bank....
Loggly and App47 CEOs Talk Advanced Troubleshooting and Analytics for Mobile Developers at WWDC
While at WWDC the week of June 6th, I sat down with Kord Campbell, CEO of Loggly, to talk about App47's mission to optimize the mobile user experience and how we are working together to solve critical challenges of enterprise mobility. So what does Mobile Application...
This Morning: App47 Founder Talks “What's Next in Mobile Apps” @ Digital Media Conference East
App47's own Chris Schroeder is speaking on a panel of experts today at the Digital Media Conference East in Arlington, Virginia. Four panelists on the front line of mobile app innovation and implementation will be discussing "what's next in mobile apps." The...
MAM vs. MDM
From mid-May's Enterprise Mobility Forum, Philippe Winthrop articulates the differences between Mobile Application Management and Mobile Device Management. The distinctions may seem obvious, but he adds important emphasis: Application management is the strategy and...
Application Discovery and Management
Last month's Mobile Enterprise Summit proved conducive to many conversations about how to handle the "totality of app-related issues," as opposed to contending with them as they emerge. One informative panel discussion speaking to this concern, Enterprise App...