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Enterprise App Store for Mobile App Management | CIOs Choosing iOS | Android Disadvantages

Learn how an enterprise app store can solve mobile app lifecycle management issues and why CIOs still prefer iOS over Android in the enterprise. Find out how Android can compete and what current security strategies are being implemented.

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Enterprise App Store for Mobile App Management | CIOs Choosing iOS | Android Disadvantages

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  1. Android in the Enterprise Oct. 11, 2011

  2. Mobile + Enterprise 97% of organizations indicated that either some or all of their employees had employee-liable devices. Source: AppCentral Survey 2011 90% CIOs expecting to deploy mobile apps within their company in the next 12 months. Source: Kelton Research 2011.

  3. Custom Enterprise Apps 80% . 10%

  4. Why are they choosing iOS?

  5. About your Speaker: Ken Singer • Serial mobile entrepreneur • Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley • Board Member, BMIC.org • CEO and co-founder, AppCentral • Leader in Mobile App Management • First mobile Enterprise App Store • Cross-platform, “fragmentation-friendly”

  6. ’08-’09: We put Beer into Blackberrys

  7. How do I distribute my app?

  8. How do I update my app?

  9. App Development App Management Device Empowerment Company Liable AppCentral 3rd party Applications Distribution Provisioning Customizable Applications Tracking Employee Liable Licensing Internal Applications Updating Decommission

  10. Solution: Enterprise App Store • a company’s private, branded enterprise app store; • that employees access with a native app; • to distribute & manage apps over-the-air. • Solved the Mobile App Lifecycle Management issue

  11. But why do CIOs still choose iOS? • IT is risk adverse • “open source” is scary • Single device vendor • Developing apps for single device-UI is easiest • Data security

  12. Why is Apple permissible? • Apple has worked directly with enterprises to meet security requirements • Offered Mobile Device Management capabilities • Controlled app distribution • Limited multi-tasking—apps cannot interact with each other or access each other’s data

  13. Android is at a disadvantage • No clear advocate in the enterprise – who to ask for help • Open Source OS leads to unmanageable fragmentation • Varying features & no standards • Physical ports • Apps can come from anywhere • Multi-tasking

  14. How can Android compete? • Community outlines and agrees enterprise guidelines • Standard MDM features across all Android OEM vendors • App auditing service similar to Apple • Limit fragmentation http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2011/02/15/apple-changes-strategy-to-combat-android-onslaught/

  15. Current security strategies • Mobile Device Management • Split personalities • Virtualize OS • Sandboxing • Mobile App Management http://www.progadgetreview.com/android-wifi-security-2-3-3-version.html

  16. Do you have the answer? Ken.Singer@appcentral.com 415-601-7228

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