In what could give a big boost to iPad and iPhone development for enterprise applications, a latest study by ABI Research predicts that users of enterprise smartphone and media tablet mobile apps to grow to exceed 830 million active users by 2016. Apple’s App Store has over 400,000 applications and leads the app market.
The report cites smartphone and media tablet adoption at enterprises as the reason behind the surge in enterprise app development and deployment. However, Enterprise Practice Director Dan Shey says, “Mobile suppliers are providing the critical enablers boosting app adoption.”
Two important supply-side drivers, mobile suppliers and cloud services in mobile apps are fuelling the adoption of apps in enterprises. The supplier market offering app platforms has grown. These platforms enable an app to be developed once and deployed across multiple devices in the highly fragmented market. Many platforms also provide highly cost-effective capabilities like management and system integration. Secondly, many mobile app developers also offer cloud services as a component of the app thereby reducing the investment for organizations.
The higher adoption of mobility solutions and mobile applications in organizations would surely boost enterprise level app development as app usage in organization goes increasing.
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