by App47 | Mar 4, 2016 | Enterprise Mobility
Mobile World Congress wrapped up earlier this week, and although we didn’t make the trip across the pond to Barcelona, we’ve been keeping a close eye on this year’s events and insights. MWC 16 didn’t disappoint in terms of new tech–from...
by App47 | Feb 25, 2016 | Enterprise Mobility
Good news for the mobility industry: new research from IDC predicts that enterprise and consumer spending on mobile devices, software, and services will reach $1.85 trillion by 2019, up from $1.66 trillion in 2015. A key component in this spending, of course, is...
by App47 | Feb 19, 2016 | Enterprise Mobility
When many companies hear “mobile apps,” they immediately think about the most obvious user group: employees. That makes sense. After all, we spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of mobility in the enterprise. From gains in productivity to cost savings over...
by App47 | Feb 12, 2016 | Enterprise Mobility
As more and more companies grow aware of the benefits of mobility, they’ll also realize a critical fact: that without engaged employees, enterprise mobility can never succeed. Put another way, unless employees embrace mobility and use the company’s mobility solutions...
by App47 | Feb 5, 2016 | Enterprise Mobility
Why adopt enterprise mobility within your company? Aside from benefits like business transformation, gains in productivity and efficiency, and better user experience, a new survey by Webtorials and Mitel suggests that cost is an important factor, too. According to the...
by App47 | Jan 28, 2016 | Enterprise Mobility
Did you miss the big news? App47 turned 5 years old this month! To celebrate the occasion, we spent a few weeks looking back on our history—and looking forward towards where we’re headed. To close out the month of our 5th birthday (App47 officially turned 5 on January...
by App47 | Dec 30, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
As we’ve done the last few years, we’re going to wrap up the end of the year with our outlook for 2016. And let us just say now: the New Year is shaping up to be a good one. The biggest trend we see ahead for enterprise mobility next year is one we’re already starting...
by App47 | Dec 4, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
What’s on the horizon for enterprise apps? We know there’s a bright future ahead. What you may not have known is how much opportunity there is for mobile apps in unexpected places. Recently, TechCrunch spoke with Byron Deeter, a venture capitalist at Bessemer Venture...
by App47 | Nov 25, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
Watching the explosion of mobile apps has been, in a word, incredible. In less than a decade, consumers have gone from having low-tech cell phones to early-stage smartphones to powerful machines that house dozens of mobile apps that do everything from stream music to...
by App47 | Nov 16, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
Mobile shopping is beginning to replace Black Friday, AdAge reported this October, citing Google data. According to Google, 54 percent of shoppers this year plan to do their shopping on their smartphones during free moments while eating or commuting, and 52 percent...
by App47 | Jul 23, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
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...
by App47 | Jul 17, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
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...
by App47 | Jul 8, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
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...
by App47 | Jul 2, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
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...
by App47 | Jun 18, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
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...
by App47 | Jun 10, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
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...
by App47 | Mar 19, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
This week marks two weeks passed since Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona. As one of the (if not the) world’s biggest mobile-focused shows, every year, MWC is the place to be for cutting-edge mobile tech, trends, news, and more. We’ve had some time to digest all...
by cschroed | Mar 5, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
A wise investor once told me to “find a parade, and get in front of it.” During our four years as a business (we celebrated a birthday last month!), we’ve brought on and kept many great customers—some small, and many large. Regardless of size, I’ve always felt that...
by App47 | Feb 19, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
Just a few weeks ago on their fiscal Q1 2015 earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced something surprising: after launching in October 2014, Apple Pay now accounts for $2 out of every $3 spent with contactless payments. Especially given the failure of Square Wallet...
by cschroed | Feb 6, 2015 | Enterprise Mobility
I get it: predictions are fun to make. We see a lot of mobility predictions. Many of them, we support and agree with. Many more even support what we do here at App47. But before we get too carried away, I think it’s important to take a step back and remember that even...
