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Private Application Store In Enterprise Mobility

Mobile Application Stores (MAS) are a new solution market which promises the development of a new revenue stream for operators, handset OEMs and application developers

A Forrester writes that one of the most efficient ways to simplify enterprise mobility, is to build a private corporate app store similar to the Apple's App Store.

"In 2011, we expect that 10 percent of enterprises will open private app stores, which simplify companies' distribution of mobile-enabled corporate applications," writes Mines in the Forrester report.

Mobile application stores that catering to specific platforms like Apple's iOS, Google's Android, RIM's BlackBerry and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 are becoming popular with smartphone users. The problem for IT departments, according to Forrester, is that 25 percent of workers are using such app stores to download work-related productivity apps for managing expenses and reading PDF documents. IT, in turn, has no way to monitor and secure these outside apps.

The emergence of private app stores, with a set of approved applications existing inside the corporate firewall, will let IT control and sanction approved mobile applications for employees. Though it will aid the IT managers, getting the corporate apps inside a contained store will not resolve all enterprise mobile issues.

Apart from all the above said criteria, getting the corporate apps inside a contained store will not resolve all enterprise mobile issues & though enterprises realize the need and opportunity to extend internal applications to mobile devices, they will still face many hurdles

Organizations must decide what enterprise features provide the most value in the hands of mobile users, because of the small form-factor and inherent simplicity of current mobile apps.

 

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