AppCentral

Top Five Predictions for Enterprise Mobility

andy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:25:58 +0000

“…The folks at AppCentral, known for its enterprise app storefront and management console, have outlined trends in enterprise mobility and the issues every company should consider when planning its enterprise app mobility strategy. Ken Singer, CEO and co-founder of AppCentral, offers his predictions for IT around managing devices and work applications.”

Happtique Brings Secure, Branded App Stores To Hospitals And Healthcare

andy — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:03:32 +0000

“….a custom catalog of mobile health apps, designed to connect patients to their healthcare organizations and physicians through their mobile phones — all via a secure network. (And AppCentral runs the backend.)”

Enterprises Can Apply an App Store Approach to Support Employees’ Smartphones and Tablets

andy — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:10:15 +0000

“The continuing demands of consumerization and access to information from mobile devices have pushed many enterprise IT departments into a seemingly impossible situation of fulfilling the conflicting requirements of device choice, security of information and growing requirements for mobile applications. Some enterprises have taken a locked-down approach by enabling only enterprise-owned devices or enterprise-developed applications. Gartner believes that this is only a short-term solution, and that the tidal wave of demand for devices and applications will break down the resolve of IT, or users will find ways around the restrictions.

AppCentral — An evolution of Ondeego, one of the first enterprise app store companies. Its focus is on application distribution; secure wrapping, postcompletion and server-based administration. AppCentral is furthest along in a productized offering.”

Mobile App Stores for Enterprises Come of Age

andy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:15:55 +0000

“…Mobile enterprise app stores will become more central as time passes. “People are waking up to the need to build solutions that are multifunctional and intuitive for end users,” said Ken Singer, the CEO and co-founder of AppCentral, a provider of mobile enterprise app stores. “Companies are exploring mobile apps and recognize the need for a sub-state that provides information on who is using the apps, who is downloading them. This allows them to pull out data and compute ROI. I think it’s a recognition that mobile is here to stay.”

Ken Singer to Speak at Cloud Computing Expo, Santa Clara, November 10

andy — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:29:20 +0000

Managing Enterprise Mobile Apps in the Cloud: Case Studies & Best Practices
Let’s face it – most people have their smartphones glued to their hands and are constantly checking email, Facebook and other apps. In the new era of “BYOD”, enterprise IT managers must efficiently and securely manage corporate apps without affecting the personal data that’s simultaneously streaming along with corporate data. As the cloud moves to employee-owned devices, IT needs to learn how to manage app data stored in the cloud and understand its impact on proprietary information. During this session, AppCentral’s CEO will share case studies and best practices for developing, managing and distributing enterprise apps in the cloud.
Speaker Bio:
Ken Singer is the CEO and co-founder of AppCentral. He has spent his entire career in the mobile industry in various executive, product management and sales roles. Previous to AppCentral, he worked at MobiTV and IPSH/Omnicom and has advised several other mobile startups. He is a mobile industry consultant having advised companies like Anheuser-Busch and several global ad agencies on how to connect to mobile consumers.

Singer is a faculty member of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology as an Industry Fellow and teaches the Mobile Applications and Entrepreneurship Course IEOR 190E at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also on the board of the Berkeley Mobile International Collaborative whose charter is to challenge the students of the world’s top universities to create the next big mobile idea.

Employees Refusing to Use Clunky Enterprise Software

andy — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:31:28 +0000

Today’s tech-savvy workers won’t use IT’s desk-bound enterprise applications. They want mobile access to corporate data via intuitive interfaces.

By Adam Hartung, CIO.com

Wed, November 02, 2011

Employee-Owned Device Management an Art Unto Itself

andy — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:04:13 +0000

Business News Daily: Oct 31 2011

How consumer tech is transforming IT

andy — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:14:13 +0000

Fortune: Oct 31 2011

Mobile Application Management (MAM) to Mobile Device Management (MDM)

andy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:56:09 +0000

MDM Experts: Oct 30 2011

AppCentral Secures Enterprise App Stores

andy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:20:05 +0000

BARCELONA, Spain — OCTOBER 27, 2011