by cschroed | Jul 30, 2021 | Enterprise Applications
With the exponential rise in the number of IoT devices on corporate networks across the globe, there has been significant effort put towards developing clear and concise security standards for how and where these devices are used. In an article for Security Magazine...
by cschroed | Sep 18, 2020 | Enterprise Applications
Promoting better communication between squad leaders and their soldiers. Managing employees inside a 16,000-person organization. Contact tracing in the middle of a pandemic. What do all of these things have in common? They’re all accomplished using mobile apps....
by cschroed | Sep 11, 2020 | Enterprise Applications
Last week on our blog, we talked about how the U.S. Army is deploying a new mobile app to squad leaders in an effort to help them better connect with soldiers under their command. We always like seeing innovative new uses for mobile apps in the...
by cschroed | Aug 21, 2020 | Enterprise Applications
If you’ve spent any time whatsoever on our blog, you’d know that we constantly sing the praises of mobile apps. And it makes sense: the whole reason we founded App47 in the first place was to connect businesses with then-nascent mobile device technology....
by cschroed | Oct 1, 2019 | Enterprise Applications
One of the biggest advantages of an enterprise app store is that it’s similar in look, feel, and function to consumer-facing app marketplaces like Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Because users know what to expect and are familiar with the interface, enterprise app...
by cschroed | Apr 12, 2019 | Enterprise Applications
For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been focusing on our Enterprise App Store UI, Version 3. So far, we’ve covered the many great ways for users to discover apps in your enterprise app store that is fully branded with your logo, fonts, and colors. Once the...
by cschroed | Mar 26, 2019 | Enterprise Applications
Last week, we started to update you on all the great features of our new Enterprise App Store User Interface Version 3, or EAS UI V3. This week, we’ll continue down the same road, as so far we’ve only talked about the home page! In our discussion of the...
by cschroed | Mar 12, 2019 | Enterprise Applications
We’ve spent the last couple of months talking about the gory internals of mobile apps: security, app shielding, re-signing–all done in the cloud. (Click here to see our previous posts on those subjects.) That said, we’ve also been hard at work on an...
by cschroed | Nov 30, 2018 | Enterprise Applications
Ever since the dawn of the smartphone (and perhaps even before), companies have had to wrestle with employees’ use of consumer apps at work. From Facebook messenger to Dropbox and everything in between, it can be challenging for employers to navigate this...
by cschroed | Mar 23, 2018 | Enterprise Applications
Ever wonder just how much of a negative impact poor mobile app design can have? Look no further than this recent online survey [PDF] by cloud communication provider RingCentral, “An Anatomy of App Overload.” “In today’s workplace, employees us...
by cschroed | Mar 16, 2018 | Enterprise Applications
Cost is frequently cited as a top reason why companies don’t develop as many mobile applications as they would like. There are, of course, ways around this–many of which we’ve discussed here on our blog. Rapid Mobile App Development (RMAD), for...
by App47 | Nov 17, 2017 | Enterprise Applications
This summer, we took a quick look at the results of Enterprise Mobility Exchange’s recent industry insight report. While many of the results of their survey were positive, some 57% of respondents had not yet implemented their digital transformation process. In...
by App47 | Mar 24, 2017 | Enterprise Applications
There’s good news in the enterprise mobility space: demand continues to grow for enterprise mobile apps. For its new report, “Annual Mobile App Development Report 2017,” outsourced app development firm ContractIQ surveyed over 4,000 app...
by App47 | Mar 2, 2017 | Enterprise Applications
There’s good news about enterprise mobile apps: according to a survey by app developer ArcTouch, there’s strong demand for work-related mobile apps. Of 487 employees surveyed, 85% say the app they turn to the most saves them time. Unfortunately,...
by App47 | Feb 17, 2017 | Enterprise Applications
Last year, we wrote a blog post about what employees want in enterprise mobile apps. The key criteria were (and still are) simple: employees want apps that work, that make their lives easier, and that are easy to use. Follow those guidelines, and it’s more likely than...
by App47 | Aug 8, 2016 | Enterprise Applications
You’ve heard it before: form should never trump function. But often, it does. Consumers have all too much experience with that phone that doesn’t quite work right, or those shoes that look great but wear out too soon, or, apparently, that app that promises the world...
by App47 | May 20, 2016 | Enterprise Applications
Any company that’s ever been frustrated by low adoption rates of one of their enterprise apps knows just how important it is to have employee advocates. Of course, employees won’t be advocates for apps if they don’t believe the apps are worth advocating for. Creating...
by App47 | Apr 14, 2016 | Enterprise Applications
What do employees want in a mobile app? Writing for CIO Online, Sarah K. White discusses how companies can create apps that employees actually want to use. As she sees it, enterprise mobile apps should keep the user in mind through every stage of development—just...
by App47 | Jul 2, 2014 | Enterprise Applications
“Corporate mobile app stores can go a long way to giving users the experience and choice they want, and putting IT back in control.” That’s the conclusion of a recent article by Phil Barnett, VP of Global Accounts at Good Technology. His article, “Why the...
by App47 | Jun 26, 2014 | Enterprise Applications
Matt Hunt, business development manager at enterprise app developer Apadmi, recently weighed in on how to develop a successful enterprise app. And you know what? We really liked his list of ten tips for creating a useful and successful enterprise app. In his list,...
