Enterprise app demand to exceed supply

Jun 18, 2015

By the end of 2017, market demand for mobile app development services will grow at least five times faster than internal IT organisations’ capacity to deliver them, according to Gartner.
Gartner forecasts mobile phone sales will reach 2,1-billion units by 2019, which will fuel demand for apps in the enterprise that meet the high performance and usability of consumer apps. Gartner principal research analyst Adrian Leow says enterprises find it a challenge to rapidly develop, deploy and maintain mobile apps to meet increasing demand, as it is exceedingly difficult and costly to hire developers with good mobile skills.

Mobile apps are the new face of business

Apr 28, 2015

Almost 55% of millennials say a poor mobile app experience would make them less likely to use a company’s products or services.According to a new global Oracle report, Millennials and Mobility: how Businesses can tap into the App Generation, 39% of millennials would...

Mobile growth drivers examined

Apr 2, 2015

App Annie and International Data Corporation (IDC) have released their second annual joint report, entitled Mobile App Advertising and Monetisation Trends 2013-2018: Freemium and In-App Ads Expand Their Lead. This year’s report focuses on the main growth drivers...

Mobile app usage mellows

Apr 1, 2015

The mobile apps marketplace is maturing as users declare themselves satisfied with current engagement rates, but as users integrate apps more deeply into their lives, app providers will need to stay one step ahead and focus their development, marketing and branding...

A new approach for delivering mobile apps

Mar 16, 2015

The need to build compelling and highly usable customer, employee and partner facing mobile apps is driving a new breed of app platform – Rapid Application Delivery (RAD). Platforms specifically designed to meet the needs of multichannel apps that run perfectly...