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These 6 charts explain what you need to know about enterprise app stores

29 August 2012: As employees bring smartphones and tablets to work, enterprises must figure out how to give them access to the tools and data they need to do their job.

Enterprise Mobile App Momentum Continues, Thanks to Business Users

28 August 2012: Business units fund more mobile application projects than IT departments, a survey from AppCentral finds.

Open for business: It’s the year of the corporate app store

26 August 2012: As smartphone and tablet usage skyrockets, IT seeks a way to distribute its own apps

Internal appstores to take off with BYOD

16 August 2012: With a corporate appstore, a company can lock or wipe any app they provide, without resorting to control the hardware which could disturb the owner’s personal apps and data.

Scobleizer Dives Into App Stores

03 August 2012: AppCentral CEO Richard Greene talks shop with Robert Scoble about Enterprise App Stores and Mobile App Management

Open for business: It’s the year of the corporate app store

16 April 2012: …the trend of companies setting up their own mobile app stores is one that is likely to skyrocket in growth. Enterprise IT has quickly moved to the world of smartphones and tablets, and app stores are going to serve as a strategic management tool.

Retooling App Stores for the Enterprise

11 April 2012: “The need for enterprise app stores is clear. It also is clear these entities are evolving quickly. They are no longer intra-organization affairs. It is increasingly clear that partners, OEMs, corporate clients and other groups tightly tied to the organization can benefit from using the same custom apps.”

AppCentral: Enterprise App Store Nabs Top McAfee Execs, BlueRun Ventures Co-founder

11 April 2012: “…a new generation of apps are starting to emerge that go beyond simply being desktop ports, solving problems “that are uniquely mobile.” It’s this kind of new mobile app that AppCentral is looking to accommodate, making it easy for big business to distribute and leverage those apps to push enterprise mobility forward.”

Top Five Predictions for Enterprise Mobility

“…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

“….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

“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

“…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 … continue reading