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• Report It's Time To Make Every Web Application A Progressive Web App

  Mobile Apps Will Slip To A Niche Role As PWAs Combine The Discoverability Of The Web With The Experience Of An App

  February 12, 2019 | Michael Facemire, Ted Schadler

  The technology pendulum has swung from the web being all the rage to the web being a terrible experience. Now, it's swinging back to the web being all the rage again, thanks to progressive web apps...

• Report Build A Four-Tier Digital Engagement Platform

  March 22, 2018 | Michael Facemire, Ted Schadler

  Mobile is pushing aging web architectures to the brink. The three-tier architecture built for a browser-led PC world can't flex, scale, or respond to the needs of a good mobile experience or the...

• Report Measuring Mobile Apps

  January 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Mobile users drive development teams to deliver new features and capabilities. Mobile performance management tools provide an essential feedback loop to guide the content of these updates. The...

• Report Developing Tomorrow's Digital Experiences

  December 22, 2017 | Julie Ask, Michael Facemire

  Digital channels are more amorphous and fragmented than ever. However, they share a common core: mobile. Mobile will emerge as the central choreographer in this broader, connected ecosystem....

• Report Mobile Feast Or Beggar's Banquet?

  October 20, 2017 | Michael Facemire, Jeffrey Hammond

  The variety of mobile operating systems, devices, form factors, and middleware technologies make an implementation that simply extends existing websites impossible, as do the time-to-market and...

• Report Building A Mobile Business Case: It's A Steep Climb

  August 31, 2017 | Julie Ask, Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Mobile app development may seem inexpensive, but it's not. While there are low-cost development tools and frameworks, apps require ongoing support and updates, and labor costs are high. Moreover,...

• Report The Future Of Enterprise Mobility

  Three Technologies That Create A Productive Mobile Employee Experience

  August 11, 2017 | Michael Facemire, Andrew Hewitt, Elinor Klavens

  When it comes to enterprise mobility, I&O pros have focused heavily on delivering apps to workers — and are missing the real opportunity to mobilize workers. While some apps are vital to employee...

• Report Organize For Mobile Development Success

  March 7, 2017 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Customer expectations are soaring as the mobile mind shift accelerates. To meet them, mobile development teams must release high-quality apps multiple times per year. It's important to focus on...

• Report Improving Mobile App Quality Testing

  January 11, 2017 | Michael Facemire

  Mobile is changing the way enterprises create software, but the same cannot be said for mobile testing — the variety of devices, operating systems, and front-end development technologies creates...

• Report Make Smart Mobile Development Decisions

  August 19, 2016 | Michael Facemire, John M. Wargo

  Application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals are not usually the driving force behind creating the business case for mobile — but that doesn't mean they don't have a role to play....

• Report Native, Web, And Cross-Platform Mobile Apps All Have Their Place

  February 24, 2016 | John M. Wargo, Michael Facemire

  In clients' inquiries regarding mobile app development, the most common question is: "Should we go with a native development approach, use HTML5, or use cross-platform tools?" Our answer: It's not...

• Report Quick Take: Amazon Pushes The Reset Button On App Stores

  Amazon Underground's Focus On Engagement Offers A New Choice For Indie Developers

  August 27, 2015 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire, Julie Ask

  At first, mobile app stores seemed like an independent app developer's paradise. Write a great app, deploy it, minimize the middlemen selling and distributing it, and maximize profit. But that last...

• Report Market Overview: Mobile Infrastructure Services Aid Developers

  A Rapidly Converging Market Speeds Front-End Developers' Efforts

  August 4, 2015 | Michael Facemire, Jeffrey Hammond

  Application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals have many technology choices when it comes to building mobile apps that win, serve, and retain customers. One of the principal challenges...

• Report Predictions 2015: Mobile Development Goes Composable, Contextual, And Cross-Touchpoint

  Experience Creation Trumps App Creation

  November 3, 2014 | Michael Facemire, Jeffrey Hammond

  Consumer and employee demands for innovative mobile experiences will continue to accelerate in 2015. Mobile platforms, development tools, and programming techniques, focal points for every firm's...

• Report The Offline Mobile Challenge

  Tackling Mobile Apps' Most Important And Difficult Feature

  September 26, 2014 | Michael Facemire, Jeffrey Hammond

  Companies are adopting a business technology (BT) agenda with a focus on driving great customer experience, yet these experiences are increasingly delivered on devices with transient network...

• Report Case Study: Old Dutch Foods Masters Employees' Mobile Moments

  A Modern Application Approach Optimizes Manufacturing, Distribution, And Sales

  August 28, 2014 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  It's easy for development teams to focus their mobile app development efforts exclusively on meeting customers in their mobile moments. But employees also have mobile moments, and there's just as...

• Report Brief: Mobile Middleware — Right Or Wrong?

  When A Mobile Middleware Solution Makes Sense

  March 21, 2014 | Michael Facemire, Jeffrey Hammond

  Mobile apps commonly access data stored in corporate systems of record; unfortunately, these systems were not architected for the demands of mobile clients. This creates a need for an interface...