About a year ago, there was considerable discussion in the industry press about a “battle” between mobile device management (MDM) and mobile applications management (MAM). We stated in our study “The Future of Mobile Cloud ...
Among the major issues in the enterprise space regarding the Mobile Cloud are: 1. The ability to make data from legacy systems available efficiently on mobiles 2. The management and control of multiple user devices, the BYOD issue...
Antenna Software has released results of a survey of 1000 businesses regarding mobile apps development and management and it shows growing interest and progress by the respondents in the area of mobile. Antenna emphasizes that the...
On a broader front, concerning the generic evolution of enterprises and enterprise IT management, our conclusion is that in the enterprise sphere, at this time, mobile clouds and mobile apps are not viewed as a distinct priority. ...
We have previously (June 2012) discussed Mobile Device Management (MDM) as part of the emerging mobile cloud ecosystem in the enterprise area. A companion area that is growing up is MAM. While some observers have written about a b...
For the enterprise, based on our interviews and other research, a number of issues emerge. We are interested in issues that are distinct for organizations whether they be corporations, government agencies or other large institutio...
The basic concept of BaaS is to make it easier to develop applications by simplifying the coding of “backend” functions (server-facing). This involves reusable code, including access to code repositories such as GitHub, to minimiz...
In the SMB area, which depending on definitions may, for example, include organizations with up to 500-1000 employees, there may be a strong IT department and some of the same issues faced by enterprises may overlap to these small...
Antennal is generally described as a mobile applications development platform company, but it is one that is heavily involved in the area of mobile apps management as well. It focuses on the very large enterprise segment of the ma...
MDM is another significant, growing area of the enterprise market that grows directly out of the phenomenon of proliferation of mobile devices. There are a slew of providers seeking to help enterprises with software for managing, ...