Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms (MEAP) are now an essential building block for enterprise's information system. This presentation shows why and what are the challenges solved.

1. Why enterprises should need a
Mobile Enterprise Application
Platform (MEAP) ?
Enhance the enterprise application
portfolio with mobility
data sources from
MyFanGroup
http://www.myfangroup.com/en

2. Usage changes with mobility
Applications are increasingly accessed by a
wide variety of mobile devices.

3. The inevitable progress of mobility
The mobile device tend to
replace the PC
Worldwide sales of Tablets, smartphones and PC’s
Tablet PC 250
Smartphones
PC
100
1000
46
620
18 390
240
150
80
20 50 387 419
282 308 337 354
179 177 207 229 225
Source : GFK
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

4. A more and more fragmented market
Previsions of worldwide sales in 2013 (Gartner)
Smartphones market in 2013 Tablet market in 2013
1.2% 7.5%
2.6%
9.8% 7.5%
Android
iPhone
iPad
14.9%
Windows
Android
BlackBerry
52.5% 28.5% 56.5%
Symbian Windows
19.0% Other
Autres Other
Autres

5. The BYOD phenomena
• CIO’s are put under
pressure by users
• Business applications must
now be accessed by a
heterogeneous mobile park
• Access security and data
confidentiality are crucial
on mobile
The multi-platform mobile
development is mandatory
Security must be at the center of
the mobile strategy

6. And the heritage of existing business applications?
• Business applications evolve
very slowly
• Their cycle of evolution is
incompatible with the mobile
revolution
Mobile applications should be
• New user profiles access this integrated with existing
heritage. companie’s business applications

7. Platform for Mobile Enterprise
• The MEAP is a concept
Applications
from a Gartner study in
2008
• The rule of 3 :
• For at least three
mobile applications
• To support at least
three platforms
• To integrate at least
three legacy systems.
Analysts estimate the MEAP
market to reach $ 1.6 Billion in
2014

8. Functionalities of a MEAP
• Connectors to legacy applications
• Process orchestrator
• Multi-platform support (iOS, Android, WP, RIM)
• Integrated development tool
• Security manager
• Manages PUSH notifications
• Offline data management
• Application deployment to app stores
• Integration with statistical tools.

9. User-communities served by MEAPs
Mobile applications for
• Employees: HR, sales, insurance-
agents …
• Partners: mobile enterprise
eServices, mobile portals …
• Public:
eCommerce, healthcare, insurance, ba
nking etc. ..

10. MEAP, cost reduction factors ...
• Reduction of development cost
• Multiplatform
• Reduction of integration cost
• Connectors
• Reduction of operating cost
• Centralised administration
• Reduction of security cost
...And time-to-market !

11. Customer case : Carrefour « Mes
Courses »
• B2C application
• Integration with 3 legacy systems
• Multi-platform
• Management of electronic payment
• Reduction of the cost/time factor
: 10
Achieved with MEAP Convertigo Mobilizer

12. Conclusion…
• MEAP is a major element of the mobile
business strategy
• It can be combined with a MDM (Mobile
Device Management) solution and private
application store
• MEAPs offer significant cost
reduction/delays
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