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Mobile Application Development: Weigh User Demands Against Flexibility And Costs

April 6th, 2011
John Brand, VP, CIO Exec Partner
John Brand VP, CIO Exec Partner

Summary

Springboard Research witnessed strong uptake of the development of mobile "micro-apps" within Asia Pacific (AP) enterprises during 2010. The majority of these applications were driven by internal marketing department needs and developed primarily by third-party "boutique" software developers. As organizations continue to reduce their investments in in-house software development capabilities, outsourcing mobile application development has proved to be a necessity. However, Springboard Research cautions that whether outsourced or not, developing platform-specific, rich-client applications that are complex, fragile, and have limited capabilities for extensibility will pose significant long-term risks for organizations.

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