Continuous delivery and integration platform acquired by Cloudbees
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 by Richard Harris
CloudBees, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Codeship. The deal helps strengthen CloudBees’ market position as a vendor of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD), adding a fully automated platform for individual developers and project teams to test, integrate and deploy code.The acquisition gives CloudBees a broader portfolio of CI/CD solutions for...
Reasons to consider low code development in 2018
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 by Malcolm Carroll
A recent survey of IT leaders from analysts Forrester estimated that the low code development market will be worth $15 billion by 2020, highlighting that low-code development platforms speed up application delivery, dramatically improving the ability of the IT departments to respond to business demands.One of the key areas of use will be in the development of mobile app...
2pass app development
Monday, December 18, 2017 by Karthick Viswanathan
The concept of Bimodal IT is changing the face of enterprise operations, which need to be agile and secure, but also need to de-silo business and technology operations for the sake of creating better applications. As Gartner defines it, "Bimodal IT is the practice of managing two separate and coherent modes of IT delivery - one of them focuses on stability and the other...
OutSystems lowcode platform gets a Forrester nod of approval
Friday, March 31, 2017 by Richard Harris
OutSystems, a platform for low-code application development, has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester WaveTM: Mobile Low-Code Development Platforms, Q1 2017.In one of the most comprehensive assessments of the low-code mobile development market, Forrester identified the 11 most significant vendors and evaluated them based on a rigorous 24-point evaluation. The re...
Why you should ditch traditional business software analysis
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 by Richard Harris
Competition between software companies is a fierce battle waged not with weapons, but with scalable, intuitive, and efficient solutions that can most effect their customer’s lives. The importance of a well coordinated and strategic approach to how you choose to execute your solution is perhaps one of the most fundamental necessities required to succeed in markets.That’s...
The Future of IoT
Monday, September 26, 2016 by Amit Arora
“There will be 34 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020” as per Business Insider report. “By 2020, there will be close to 10 million Internet of Things developers” predicts Vision Mobile. IoT space is surely booming in leaps and bounds. However, some questions that need an answer include what all it has in store for us in future? How would IoT affect the way...
How Rapid Application Development is Changing Everything
Saturday, September 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
I admit it, every time I hear the word RAD I go back to the 80's when BMX freestyle was at it's peak (I still own my beloved GT Performer)! But the RAD we are talking about here is "Rapid Application Development" (RAD), that used to be something reserved for making quick apps with minimal code input, little functionally, and that you did not intend on maintaining f...
What Jama Software Wants You to Know About Jama 8
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
From aerospace to automotive to medical devices, software is quickly becoming the differentiator in hardware products. Case in point, today there are more lines of code in a John Deere tractor than in the first space shuttle. But making hardware requires rigid workflows that seem counter to more flexible, agile concepts used for software development.
Jama Sof...
SOTI Brings Enterprise Mobility Management to AppConfig Community
Thursday, July 14, 2016 by Richard Harris
SOTI has announced they are joining the AppConfig Community which offers common standards provided by operating system vendors for enterprise app development and deployment. SOTI offers an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution for a broad range of mobile devices and connected business workflows, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, laptops, digital sig...
Chatting With Salesforce About Their New App Cloud Mobile
Saturday, June 25, 2016 by Richard Harris
We spoke with Seema Kumar, the Vice President of App Cloud Product Marketing at Salesforce, about the recent announcement of the Salesforce App Cloud Mobile, bringing under one roof its platform services which include Force, Heroku and Salesforce1. ADM: What is App Cloud Mobile? Kumar: App Cloud Mobile brings together the platform services that our community o...
Upgrade Job Skills with Java Enterprise App DevOps Training
Friday, May 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
NIIT, as part of its recently introduced DigiNxt Series, is launching “Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps”, the company’s first program in its new project-based learning series.The Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps program lasts 14 weeks and will encompass various aspects of enterprise app development, covering the following objectives:- Understand and implement object-ori...
AnyPresences's Ambitious New Platform Release Offers API and IoT Functionality
Monday, August 31, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
AnyPresence has announced a major change in how the company will approach its product offerings as it moves its solutions beyond traditional MBaaS and API management towards a comprehensive solution for API-driven enterprise app development and IoT ecosystem enablement.This new direction enables rapid API development, direct connectivity to APIs from client SDKs, and ge...
Open Source and Enterprise App Development
Thursday, August 13, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
To open source or not to open source, that is the question for many IT teams that are struggling with deciding on the best approach to mobile application development. There is no doubt that today’s broad array of open source offerings appear to offer development nirvana – free, community driven, customizable software.However, with all the potential of open source platfo...
Productivity Hacks for Enterprise App Development
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
In the case of mobilizing the enterprise, the nonstop introduction of new mobile technologies is placing more and more pressure on development teams as they struggle to update and transition legacy systems.And while mobile provides an opportunity to significantly increase the efficiency of a company’s workforce and engagement with customers, the mobilization of the ente...
Why Enterprise App Development Needs Cross Platform Code
Thursday, July 16, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
You read a lot today from experts, pundits and others (like yours truly) who talk about how to choose a mobile app development approach - do you go native, HTML5 or go the hybrid route? From an enterprise standpoint, unless you’re the local neighborhood pizza joint, it’s really not a matter of choosing which way to go, it’s about how to have it all – and for every devic...
TigerText Offers PaaS Messaging Platform for Enterprise App Development
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 by Richard Harris
TigerText had released its new platform-as-a-service (PaaS), which allows developers to integrate secure messaging capabilities into any application. TigerText’s encrypted messaging platform keeps communications safe, improves workflows, and complies with industry regulations.The platform provides a secure messaging SDK that gives developers full control over the user i...
IDC's FutureScape: Worldwide Mobile Enterprise Solutions Report
Monday, December 22, 2014 by Richard Harris
International Data Corporation (IDC) session called the DC FutureScape: Worldwide Mobile Enterprise Applications and Solutions 2015 Predictions Web conference was hosted for organizations and they took a look at different perspectives and insights on the long-term industry trends for emerging markets future growth.Predictions from the new Mobile Enterprise App...
Lessons From the Consumer App Gold Rush: How Enterprise Mobile App Developers Can Succeed
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 by David Lavenda
Developers continue flocking to mobile applications, and for good reason; according to investment bank Digi-Capital, mobile app revenues could reach $70 billion by 2017. On the other hand, most of these developers are struggling and need to accept that the consumer app Gold Rush is over. Some apps continue to defy reason and explode seemingly overnight (think&...
The Enterprise Mobile Dilemma: I Don’t Know Whether to Laugh or Cry
Thursday, December 11, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Every once in a while it’s nice to have a good laugh and when I saw the photo shown here on Phunware's blog I had to laugh. It’s a picture from the company’s holiday party and as you can see, they definitely have a sense of humor about mobile development. There is also a grain of seriousness communicated by the image, because the mobile industry is introd...
A Fast App is a Successful App: Tips for Developing Enterprise Mobile Apps that Don’t Leave Employees Waiting
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by Mark Kirstein
When we listen to the criteria enterprise users take into account when judging the quality of the mobile apps they use, we hear two more often than others: app speed and app responsiveness. Nowadays no one likes to wait (or, perhaps more accurately, nowadays we don’t tolerate waiting). When users see the message “waiting for download” pumping the brakes on their product...
GrapeCity Updated Wijmo 5 Expands Line of HTML5 and JavaScript Products
Friday, October 17, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
GrapeCity Developer Tools has released its latest version of Wijmo 5 expanding GrapeCity's line of HTML5 and JavaScript products for enterprise app development. The Wijmo family offers JavaScript Controls (Wijmo 5), classic jQuery Widgets (Wijmo 3) and a spreadsheet component (SpreadJS)."Touch First, Mobile First, was our mantra when setting out to create a set of true ...
Progress Debuts New Appserver for Developing and Deploying Applications
Friday, October 10, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Progress has announced a new appserver for developing and deploying next generation applications, the Progress Pacific Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge product. This technology brings core systems and applications together with a high-productivity runtime environment, enabling enterprise developers to bridge the gap between yesterday's mission-critical applications...
Adobe Releases New EchoSign Electronic Signature Capabilities For Salesforce Customers
Thursday, October 9, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Adobe has announced the latest version of EchoSign for Salesforce, bringing e-signature and document workflow automation capabilities to Salesforce customers and Salesforce1 mobile app users. With the new release, EchoSign customers who use the new Adobe EchoSign for Salesforce app will benefit from a tighter integration with Salesforce1 for mobile e-signing,...
Good Technology Offers New Cloud Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Solutions
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Good Technology has announced the availability of Good Work, an easy-to-deploy, cloud-hosted or on-premise secure enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution for businesses of all sizes, designed to accelerate entire deployments and enable users with secure mobile productivity. In addition, the company also announced Good Secure Mobile Productivity Suite, an all-in-on...
AnyAuth from built.io Provides Mobile Developers a Preferred Login Mechanism to Authenticate Users
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
To help developers add additional security functionality, built.io has introduced a new product, AnyAuth, which allows enterprise app developers to use their preferred login mechanism to authenticate users.The new offering builds on built.io’s ability to offer authentication via Facebook, Twitter, and Google, as well as enterprise social networks like tibbr, Chatter and...
Flexera Software Release AdminStudio Suite 2014 Mobile Testing and Management Platform
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 by Richard Harris
Flexera Software has announced the release of AdminStudio Suite 2014 which offers application packaging tools to prepare application packages for software deployment with a set of automated MSI packaging, customization, testing and reporting capabilities. AdminStudio Mobile Pack enables centralized management of mobile apps with the same tools and process...
Caspio Releases HIPAA Compliant Enterprise Application Development Platform
Thursday, July 31, 2014 by Richard Harris
To deliver HIPAA compliance, Caspio upgraded its Platform-as-a-Service offering with specific technology, policies and procedures that keep electronic patient health information in compliance with regulations.Highlights of the new Caspio HIPAA Enterprise Platform:- Business Associate Agreement (BAA): Caspio maintains BAAs with its vendors and offers a BA...
New RhoMobile Suite V5.0 Offers Enterprise App Development Using CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript and Ruby
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Motorola Solutions has released RhoMobile Suite 5.0, the latest version of its set of mobile app development tools for creating OS and device-agnostic enterprise-class mobile apps, with a new pricing option featuring per-developer subscription pricing. In an effort to align application developer needs with budget pricing, the new price structure allows develop...
SimpleECM Offers New Mobile Document Capture SDK to Enterprise Apps
Friday, July 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
The SimpleECM Mobile Document Capture SDK provides the ability to add document capture to an app with just two lines of code to open the widget and the widget takes care of the rest.The SDK provides advanced imaging features that helps users capture documents instead of just taking photographs. For instance, users can create multi-page PDFs with their mobile d...
Suprema Debuts Fingerprint Scanner SDK for Android
Friday, July 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Suprema has announced the availability of a new fingerprint scanner SDK for Android which is designed for use with Suprema’s latest fingerprint scanner, the BioMini Slim. It provides the same performance as the company’s SDK for desktop computers. For example the SDK for Android enables mobile devices to capture fingerprints under harsh environmental cond...
Report Shows Mobile Developers Are Still Struggling Monetizing Apps
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 by Richard Harris
Vision Mobile’s 7th Developer Economics surveyed more than 10,000 developers on the app economy, tracking developer experiences across platforms, revenues, apps, tools, APIs, segments and regions.Highlights from the report Include:Platform Wars- On a global level the platform wars are ending with iOS claiming the majority of the high-end device market and Andr...
SOA Software Releases API Catalog for App Enterprise App Development
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by Richard Harris
SOA Software has released its Enterprise API catalog, an enhancement to its API Management Platform to foster the creation of API communities inside the enterprise. The API catalog combines the collaborative, open practices of external API Portals with search, controlled visibility, selective provisioning, and integration with enterprise security for internal ...
ABO Data announces the US availability of PLAT.ONE Enterprise Grade Internet of Things Application Platform
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
ABO Data has announced the US availability of PLAT.ONE, an enterprise-grade Internet of Things application platform. PLAT.ONE has already been available in Europe supporting Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. PLAT.ONE provides the ability for enterprises to create scalable and secure, multi-tenant, cloud-ready application ...
AppGyver and built.io Team Up for Enterprise App Development Using HTML5
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
AppGyver is combing its front end tools with built.io’s back end to offer a new option for enterprise app development using HTML5.AppGyver’s Steroids SDK utilizes native UI components with navigation and animations, together with the HTML5 wrapped application to create hybrid apps. AppGyver Prototyper can be used to build app prototypes which can be tested and demo...
Microsoft Buys Capptain to Get a Piece of the Mobile Push Analytics Arena
Sunday, June 1, 2014 by Ron Beaman
Microsoft has announced that it has acquired Capptain, which offers app user analytics and provides push notification services based on customer usage patterns.According to a Microsoft statement, “Capptain will bring a vital new element to our end-to-end story for mobile app development – real-time user and push analytics. With Capptain’s solution, organizatio...
