Point 1 - What are the multiple points of engagement supported? (Cross platform support) Traditionally, web and desktop applications are major points of engagement. With explosive growth, smartphones have become key points of strategic engagement. Point 2 - Can a single code base support various points of engagement? (Write once, run everywhere) Point 3 - Does it need an expansion in the IT team? Point 4 - How much of present IT skill set can be used? (Knowledge and training) Enterprises have existing IT skill sets. The platform should facilitate easy understanding and draw extensions from present skill set. Point 5 - Can internal systems be connected and deliver content onto the mobile in a user friendly way? The platform should enable enterprises increase ROI on existing systems through mobile-enabling. Point 6 - Does the platform securely mobile enable new initiatives and existing systems? Point 7 - Can the mobile data security be ensured with operations such as remote wipes? Enterprise data on a mobile app is physically out of reach from the IT administrator. The platform should ensure security with advanced operations such as remote wiping. Point 8 - Can the mobile apps be managed based on users and policies? Within enterprises, there are many people and multiple roles involved with different business needs. The platform should enable the enterprise to deploy apps based on user-role relationship and manage them through policies. Point 9 - Can the solution be installed on premise or a private cloud? The platform should provide enterprises with different deployment strategies which suit the business and infrastructure needs of the enterprise. Point 10 - Can new initiatives be delivered using the same platform? The platform should facilitate new mobile initiatives for the enterprise easily. Point 11 - Are the apps developed using the platform app store-ready? The platform should enable enterprises to deploy their apps through public app stores. Point 12 - Can apps be published through a private enterprise app store? The platform should enable enterprises avoid the public app store approach to deploy apps through private channels. Point 13 - Can multiple apps be deployed through the platform? The platform should provide easy modes to build, deploy and manage multiple apps across different users & roles. Point 14 - Can updates to apps be rolled out quickly? The platform should provide ways to update deployed apps without disturbing the end user. Point 15 - Can Enterprise Mobility initiatives be monitored from a dashboard? Enterprise should get a complete view of all apps, users, devices and business analytics from their mobile initiatives. Find out answers to these questions in our blog http://bit.ly/19gC7dK Use it to accelerate decisions and execution in your Enterprise mobility strategy. Link to original blog post - http://bit.ly/13RQy1W

1. points to look for in your enterprise
mobile application platform15

2. What are the multiple points of engagement
supported? (Cross platform support)
1
Traditionally, desktop applications and web applications are major points
of engagement.
With the explosive growth in smartphone adoption and usage,
smartphones have become key points of strategic engagement.

3. Can a single code base support various points of
engagement? (Write once, run everywhere)
2

4. Does it need an expansion in the IT team?
3
Enterprises have in-house IT teams which enable enterprise
technology support.
Specific mobile skills such as Android, iOS, etc. are needed for
mobile apps.
Does the IT team need to recruit members for specific skill
sets?

5. How much of present IT skill set can be used?
(Knowledge and training)
4
Enterprises have existing IT skill sets like rich web application skills.
These skill sets should be used for development of mobile apps without
spending too much time/effort on understanding new technology.
The platform should facilitate easy understanding and draw extensions
from existing IT skill set.

6. Can internal systems be connected and deliver
content onto the mobile in a user friendly way?
5
Enterprise Resource
Planning
Business Process
Management
Customer Relationship
Management
Legacy
processes
Human Resource
Management
Supply Chain
Management
Enterprises have invested on different systems to deliver different
business needs, as below. The platform should enable enterprises
increase their ROI on such systems by mobile-enabling them.

7. Does the platform securely mobile
enable new initiatives and existing systems?
6

8. Can the mobile data security be ensured
with operations such as remote wipes?
7
Enterprise data residing on a mobile app is physically out of reach from
the IT administrator.
The IT administrator should have the ability to remotely wipe enterprise
data the mobile app.
The platform should enable the IT administrator with advanced security
operations

9. Can the mobile apps be managed based
on users and policies?
8
Within enterprises, there are many people and multiple roles involved. Each
person/role have different business needs. The mobile app deployed to each
user is determined by the role/person. (For e.g. A Sales Manager is
different from a Project Engineer)
The IT Admin should be able to manage the control level of each app based
on certain policy requirements.
The platform should enable the enterprise to deploy apps based on user-
role relationship and manage them through policies.

10. Can the solution be installed on premise
or a private cloud?
9
Enterprises choose whether the platform should be hosted on premise, or
on a private cloud or on a public cloud.
The platform should provide enterprises with different deployment
strategies which suit the business and infrastructure needs of the
enterprise.

11. Can new initiatives be delivered
using the same platform?
10
Innovations in the enterprise directly translate into business scenarios that
need to be mobile-enabled.
The platform should facilitate new mobile initiatives for the enterprise easily.

12. Are the apps developed using the
platform app store-ready?
(Google Play, Apple App Store, etc)
11
The platform should enable enterprises to deploy their apps publicly. This is
done through public app stores such as Apple App Store, Google play, etc.

13. Can apps be published through
a private enterprise app store?
12
Enterprises choose whether a mobile app should be made publicly available
or for internal teams only.
The platform should enable enterprises avoid the public app store approach
to deploy apps to their users.

14. Can multiple apps be deployed
through the platform?
13
Within an enterprise, there are multiple roles and people involved. Each
role/person have different business responsibilities.
The platform should provide easy modes to build, deploy and manage
multiple apps across users.

15. Can updates to apps be rolled out quickly?
14
As enterprises, changes to existing business scenarios happen very rapidly.
The platform should provide ways to update deployed apps without disturbing
the end user.

16. Can Enterprise Mobility initiatives
be monitored from a dashboard?
15
Enterprise should get a complete view of all apps, users, devices
and business analytics from their mobile initiatives.

17. Find out answers to these questions and more in our blog post
http://blog.cloudpact.com/2013/06/choosing-your-enterprise-mobile.html
Use it to accelerate decisions and execution in your Enterprise
mobility strategy.

18. Click link to view the original blog post
http://blog.cloudpact.com/2013/06/15-points-to-look-for-in-your.html

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