Business App stores – the way forward
How many Apps have you used today? We have Apps for pretty much everything in our lives. There are Apps for entertainment, travel, communication and lifestyle and the list and range will only grow.
The popularity of consumer App stores on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, on one hand, has energised people with the ease to find and get what you want without the need for a deep understanding of technology. But on the other hand, it’s caused business and IT leaders to scramble to adjust to new models of applications delivery.
Richard Copland Logica’s Principal Innovation Consultant recently attended a roundtable discussion to explore this trend how enterprise application stores can help organisations. In discussion with Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions, Tony Baer, Principal Analyst at Ovum and Michael Swindell, Senior Vice President of Products and Marketing at Embarcadero Technologies.
The session was a lively discussion on how enterprise app stores are quickly creating productivity and speed-to-value benefits for people and businesses alike. The discussion examined what steps business can take to build and develop their own Enterprise Application Store’s for mainstream use.
The roundtable looks at why app stores are so important for businesses, as they consider ways to better track, manage and distribute all of their software tools.
The debate explored how app stores are part of the equation for improved work and process success on and off the job. The discussion showcases how Logica’s Global Innovation Partner Programme winner Embarcadero has tackled this challenge with their Appwave solution.
Download the Podcast for the full debate.
