Enterprise Developer News
Enterprise mobility, apps, citizen developers, and other business related news.
Kony gauges the state of apps in the enterpriseTuesday, July 25, 2017 by Richard HarrisMore businesses are realizing the importance of mobile apps, but are discovering deploying and managing apps in their business is not as easy as they had thought. To gauge the state of apps in the enterprise, Kony, Inc., an enterprise mobility and digital applications company, partnered with Wakefield Research. The global survey of more than 1,000 line-of-business execu...
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Amos Ben Yaacov hired as PacketZoom's General Manager EMEATuesday, July 18, 2017 by Richard HarrisPacketZoom, a leader in mobile application acceleration, announced today that it has expanded to Europe to help accelerate mobile app performance in the region. The company has hired industry veteran Amos Ben Yaacov as its new General Manager EMEA to oversee growth throughout Europe and bring PacketZoom’s proprietary app analytics, controls and acceleration technology t...
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Enghouse Interactive reports 450 contact center deployments on Skype for businessFriday, July 07, 2017 by Michael HaynesEnghouse Interactive reported that it has successfully completed more than 450 contact center deployments, totaling more than 10,000 active concurrent agents, on Microsoft Skype for Business (SFB), for which the customer interaction solutions company provides a full omni-channel communications experience both on-premise and in the cloud. “Skype for Business continu...
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Enterprises struggling to manage the chaos of mobile transformationFriday, July 07, 2017 by Christian HargraveDespite the exponential growth of connected devices globally, enterprises are struggling to manage the chaos of mobile transformation, especially where mobility is critical to their business. That’s according to new research from SOTI which identified the views of senior executives and remote workers around the globe. Commissioned by SOTI a global study was carried...
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PacketZoom ranks news and media apps for their speedTuesday, July 04, 2017 by Richard HarrisStudies have shown that a majority of consumers expect app content to download in 4 seconds or less. But PacketZoom’s new data shows that most of the major news apps take much longer than 4 seconds to download the app’s homescreen. Only BBC News and Top Buzz came in under 4 seconds, while NYT, USA Today, WSJ, TechCrunch and others were much slower. That’s a huge failing...
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Cin7 releases one click integration with WalmartWednesday, June 28, 2017 by Michael HaynesCin7, a provider in cloud-based inventory management, has announced it has integrated its product suite with the Walmart Marketplace. The marketplace enables sellers to leverage the power of the worlds largest retailer, with their items appearing on Walmart's website alongside those being sold by Walmart and other marketplace sellers.Walmart Marketplace is an invitation...
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Windows 10 survey finds enterprises migrating faster than expectedWednesday, June 28, 2017 by Christian HargraveAdaptiva, a systems management solution, has announced that its annual 2017 Windows 10 Enterprise Impact Survey indicates an unexpected acceleration of Microsoft’s Windows 10 uptake in the enterprise. The newest Adaptiva survey suggests that enterprises have reached a tipping point in their migration to Windows 10, despite a lengthy planning cycle. More enterprises...
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Mobile data speeds and understanding TCPFriday, June 23, 2017 by Aaveg MittalMobile networks, like most others, rely on transmission control protocol (TCP) for data transfer. But this decision often produces poor results. TCP is a protocol meant for stable networks - and all too often, mobile is anything but stable, with unreliable and often bottlenecked connections that conflict with TCP methodologies like slow starts on transfers.But while TCP...
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NS1 launches Managed DNS Developer EditionWednesday, June 21, 2017 by Michael HaynesDevelopers and emerging businesses are often keen to adopt new cloud technologies, yet many of these customers lack access to advanced DNS and traffic management services. To address this gap, NS1 has announced the launch of Managed DNS Developer Edition. NS1's Managed DNS Developer Edition gives developers and emerging small to medium-sized businesses access to t...
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How mobile video load time affects ad deliveryMonday, June 19, 2017 by Patrick KennardAsk any mobile app developer, and they’ll tell you that one of the greatest challenges in monetizing their apps through video ads isn’t finding the right demand or knowing when to run the videos; it’s figuring out how to present video ads without slowing down their apps. I’m sure every developer at some point has done a Google search for something like, “Which ad networ...
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Invisible payments inside mobile apps problemMonday, June 19, 2017 by Richard HarrisHave you ever wondered how Uber automatically charges you for your ride without making you pull out your credit card or sign a receipt? "Invisible payments" like these are a growing trend and aside from ride sharing, the technology is now being implemented by companies with Amazon and major restaurant chains. For brands, invisible payments enhance the consumer experienc...
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WealthIntel and TAS Group sign letter of intent to develop W$TThursday, June 15, 2017 by Michael HaynesWealthIntel and TAS Group announced their execution of a Letter of Intent to join in the development of W$T's payment platform and TAS becoming strategic partner of W$T in card solutions and payment systems.TAS, through its subsidiary in the United States, plans to develop and assist WealthIntel in the implementation of its Intelligent System Method of Payment Finance a...
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PacketZoom expands its offerings to SEAWednesday, June 14, 2017 by Richard HarrisSlow app speeds are a major problem for Southeast Asia, where a recent Digitimes report found that 3G/4G mobile broadband Internet access was expected to reach just 60% in Southeast Asia in 2017, compared to 81% for the United States and more than 90% for countries such as Japan and South Korea. PacketZoom’s own Mobile Observatory report also found a high number of netw...
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Why you should make your gameplay fast (or game over!)Monday, June 12, 2017 by Shlomi GianCountless mobile game publishers have tried to formulate the winning recipe for successful mobile games. Some of them seem universal and straightforward, while others are controversial or genre-specific. Not surprisingly, the indisputable ingredient that is both fundamental and critical to a mobile game’s success is simply performance. It affects every stage and each co...
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PacketZoom speeds up Photofy app by nearly 2xFriday, June 09, 2017 by Michael HaynesPerformance is a crucial contributor to a dependable mobile app user experience. While stunning visuals attract customers by making a great first impression, a long-lasting relationship depends on the quality of each encounter, which is heavily influenced by how an app performs. According to Compuware research, most consumers expect mobile apps to launch within two seco...
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How to choose an Android HTTP LibraryMonday, June 05, 2017 by Leanid VovkToday almost every Android app uses HTTP/HTTPS requests as the main transport for transferring data. Even if you're not using HTTP directly, you may be using multiple SDKs that rely on HTTP for networking, such as analytics, crash reporting and ads. So it’s fair to say that HTTP is the ubiquitous, and perhaps even obvious, choice for data transfers. But choosing HTTP in...
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SEP has acquired CardBoardTuesday, May 30, 2017 by Christian HargraveCarmel-based software product design and development company, Software Engineering Professionals (SEP), has acquired CardBoard, a collaborative design and story mapping tool. The product was previously owned by DevJam, a Minneapolis-based product development company that pragmatically uses agile/lean methods to their customers and clients advantage. The acquisition will...
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Diebold Nixdorf and Kony form strategic partnershipFriday, May 26, 2017 by Christian HargraveDiebold Nixdorf, provider of connected commerce, announced a strategic partnership with Kony, Inc., an enterprise mobility and application company, to offer white label mobile application solutions for financial institutions and retailers. The next generation mobile application suite - DN Mobile - will enable a unified and highly personalized experience by leveraging cr...
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Get mobile printing up and running: What CIOs need to knowWednesday, May 24, 2017 by Brent RichtsmeierEnterprise workplace infrastructure is changing. Gartner found that total mobile sales into the enterprise globally are greater than 200,000 per year, while PCs are half that. The PC installed base has been on a steady decline since 2014, while the mobile installed base is on the rise - meaning mobile is set to surpass the PC installed base in 2017.However, even as more...
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Github announces new Marketplace at their Satellite ConferenceMonday, May 22, 2017 by Richard HarrisAt GitHub’s user conference in London, they have announced GitHub Marketplace, and more availability for both GitHub Apps and their GraphQL.Here’s a quick overview of all of the new products and tools:- GitHub Marketplace: launching at Satellite, Marketplace is a new way for developers to discover and purchase tools to use across their workflows. Users will be able to u...
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