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A recent report by ABI Research estimates that by 2018 the number of enterprise app stores will have tripled after year over year double digit growth rate. Worldwide growth is anticipated to be 30.4% annually, with Asia-Pac leading the charge at 59% annually. North America and Western Europe are expected to see annual adoption grow by about 21% each. This further supports the suggestion that large enterprise companies are looking for ways to support their employees and their business through mobile app development and adoption. Continue reading “ABI Research says Worldwide Enterprise App Store Adoption Expected to Triple by 2018” »
Author posts Alex Bakman
Construction Apps Streamline Operations and Field Data Collection
The extremely competitive construction industry is facing a burgeoning set of challenges including labor and cost overrun management, jobsite injuries, lack of system interoperability, poor data flow and information access and management. Continue reading “Construction Apps Streamline Operations and Field Data Collection” »
SnAPPii Enhances Mobile Data Collection Features For Field Service Apps
Snappii, a cloud based platform for quick and easy mobile app development, offers Enterprise mobile mobile business apps creation without coding. Snappii has announced it enhances mobile data collection features for field service mobile business apps. Continue reading “SnAPPii Enhances Mobile Data Collection Features For Field Service Apps” »
Airline Cockpits Begin the Ascent toward Fully Mobilized Pilot Operations
In today’s vastly competitive air travel arena, airlines always seem to be “one-upping” the competition. Offering planes that are larger, faster, more luxurious, less expensive, and every other amenity, or lack thereof, they can imagine. Many, if not most, have also come on board with consumer-side mobile mobile business apps offering airline information, and personalized access to travel itineraries, booking information, flight delay details and more. But what still plagues the airlines, as is true for so many other industries, is the massive amount of internal paper-based operations. Everything from human resources and maintenance, to flight attendant activities and pilot operations is hampered by inordinate amounts of paper. Now American Airlines has announced it is the first in the industry to completely mobilize the cockpit with mobile business apps delivered on the iPad.
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Mobile Data Collection Apps Go Far Beyond Saving Paper
Though the advent of the internet has dramatically changed the way we do business, most companies are still bound to a tremendous amount of daily paper transactions. Data collection, re-entry, validation and approval drag down productivity and leave too many opportunities for error. If field employees are involved, time is wasted waiting for the documentation to arrive for entry. The same delays occur in getting information out to the field. Inevitably extra steps in data processing can lead to errors. Automating this process dramatically reduces time delays, and removes the middle man, allowing off-site workers to gather and share information to, and from, the field in real-time.
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Gartner Says Mobile CRM Apps in App Stores Will Have Grown 500% by 2014
Gartner recently reported the Number of Mobile CRM Apps Downloadable on App Stores will Grow to Over 1,200 by 2014.
“CRM continues to be high on the CIO”s agenda,” said Ed Thompson, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner.” According to Gartner”s Executive Program survey of 2,053 CIOs in 2013, attracting and retaining new customers was ranked the No. 4 business priority for 2013. “Customer experience management is emerging as a business discipline for marketing, sales and customer service leaders. Every day, these leaders are incorporating more new technology into their projects to achieve their organizational goals.”
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Oil and Gas Mobile Apps are an Essential Component for Safety and Management
With the continually expanding global oil and gas infrastructure, it is more important than ever to be able to safely submit, store and mange information. Many programs exist on the back end to document new construction and on-going inspections. There is also a wealth of documentation on rules and regulations, emergency and safety procedures and more. But the front-end data collection and documentation research requires a multitude of mostly paper-based forms, charts, rules and reports which can be time consuming and tedious. Not to mention, in an emergency situation, having immediate access to the most up-to-date procedures and real-time collaboration can dramatically accelerate response and repair time. Automating these processes through mobile mobile business apps not only streamlines operations and increases employee productivity, but can greatly enhance safety and emergency response.
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Inspection and Audit Apps Ensure Ease of Complex Data Collection and Reporting
Whether you are inspection/audit individual or company, or a business that needs to perform inspections of any sort, automating this process through a mobile app offers virtually limitless opportunities. Construction auditors reviewing jobsite safety incidents can collect detailed information and supporting photos that even include follow up actions. From business and residential properties to restaurants, commercial vehicle fleets, utilities and more, full-scale mobile inspection/audit mobile business apps afford efficient, detailed, professional and effective data collection and reporting. Continue reading “Inspection and Audit Apps Ensure Ease of Complex Data Collection and Reporting” »
Creating Insurance Property and Causality Apps is Now Easier Than Ever
Over 1 billion smartphones and tablets are in use by customers, employees, partners and agents across the country and around the globe. Consumers are quickly turning mobile app usage from just the fun of social networking and games to the every day necessities of mobile banking, ecommerce and a host of business purposes. Some large insurance companies have increased their marketshare by jumping on the mobile app bandwagon and now it”s even easier for any insurance and property/casualty companies to follow suit with their own mobile business apps.SnAPPii Adds Key Features in Support of Mobile Insurance Apps
With over a billion smartphones and tablets already in use today many organizations are reducing or even eliminating entirely the use of paper forms. Now customers, employees and partners can use smartphones and tablets to collect any information needed. Data can be instantly sent to corporate systems where it can be processes and acted upon. Continue reading “SnAPPii Adds Key Features in Support of Mobile Insurance Apps” »
SnAPPii Adds Features to Support Powerful Mobile Forms For All Smartphones and Tablet Devices
Snappii, a platform for rapid mobile app development enables users to design, build, and deliver feature-rich business mobile business apps in days versus months. Using Snappii’s flexible WYSIWYG Visual Editor, users can build feature-rich
enterprise mobile mobile business apps once and deploy across all major platforms including iOS, Android, and HTML5. In addition, since the platform does not require mobile coding skills, programmers and non-programmers can deliver mobile business apps quickly and easily, saving time and money. The platform also makes it easy to manage applications and make ongoing changes.
A New Approach for Apps Created with Mobile Cloud Services
In my last two blogs I talked about how companies are trying to address the burgeoning mobile app demand with cloud-based mobile app development approaches. These approaches, often taking the more traditional paths of server-side development or outsourcing, can present challenges in time, resoures, cost and development control. As such, utlizing an online mobile app development platform is an excellent alternative to traditional app making approaches. Continue reading “A New Approach for Apps Created with Mobile Cloud Services” »
