Purpose-Built Mobile Apps for Enterprises

Enterprise mobility bas become a "must have" for any competitive business. According to a recent survey by Gartner, In 2015 more than 79% organizations will see increase in their mobile spending by 36%. Also in future large part of worker productivity gain will come from enterprise mobility.

Enterprise mobility has become a “must have” for any competitive business. According to a recent survey by Gartner, In 2015 more than 79% organizations will see increase in their mobile spending by 36%. Also in future large part of worker productivity gain will come from enterprise mobility. Mobility will result in (1) increased throughput, (2) less inventory, and (3) fewer operational expenses.

We live in a rapidly changing world where culture, business, and technology are evolving at a remarkable pace. Anticipating change is an important key to success. As per enterprise mobility statistics, enterprise apps boost worker productivity by 34%. Such findings have encouraged businesses to develop and distribute custom apps in their workforce.

Revenues accumulated by the global mobile application market were expected to eclipse $30 billion by the end of 2012, according to ABI Research. Despite the lofty number, we have only scratched the surface for enterprise adoption of mobile apps. An Appcelerator survey of enterprise leaders released in January 2013 reports that 73 percent of enterprises...

Apple and IBM announced a partnership to help companies build better mobile apps in July. The partnership offered services that ranged from procuring and managing devices to actual application development. Today, the two companies released the initial fruits of their labors. I met with Apple and IBM in Cupertino to [...]

The biggest technology companies are changing right in front of our eyes. Goldman Sachs, UBS, and other traditional analysts are putting out old school analysis advice to their clients on the big players prospects. Of course those analyst state the obvious: Cloud is up, mobile is hot, consumer social is passe, entertainment going digital, Netflix and HBO are booming, big data is changing the world.

Enterprise apps are changing the face of business. They increase worker productivity, leverage big data, and help optimize business process efficiency. Solely for the purpose of this post, I define the term "enterprise app" to include only those mobile solutions that face inward within the enterprise, including field workers, as [...]

First, don't think of mobile applications as replacements for existing apps that you have in a browser or on a desktop today. Focus on making sure they're purpose-built applications for the mobile device or tablet. There are a lot of first-generation enterprise applications that were essentially shrunk and squeezed onto these devices, and they don't give the best user experience.

Enterprise mobile apps play a large role in changing the face of any business in the long term. Companies are ready to invest large sums to build enterprise apps as they realize their true potential. They know that such apps encourage enterprise mobility that helps increase productivity at the employee , as well as corporate level.

User interface (UI) and User experience (UX) have become especially important in the context of enterprise applications. In case of UX, its significance multiplies since users are constantly switching between the oh-so-sleek apps on their smart-phones to enterprise software at their workplaces. A swipe here, a tap there and you get your work done.

We live in a Smartphone era, where phones have bigger screens, thinner bodies but are more powerful at the same time. As per a report by Flurry, the number of large screen smartphones in the market has quadrupled over the past few years. This, in turn, has resulted in more screen space for designers.

Mobile application development is becoming increasingly competitive. Developers are under constant pressure to build mobile apps that are faster and better equipped to meet stakeholder expectations. T... Mobile application development is becoming increasingly competitive. Developers are under constant pressure to build mobile apps that are faster and better equipped to meet stakeholder expectations.