Q: Has your organization implemented, or does it plan to implement, an enterprise app store where users can discover and download approved and authorized mobile apps to help them with their jobs?
Curt Hall asserts that the evolving convergence of mobile device management and mobile app management technologies may have led to the so-far limited (16%) adoption of enterprise app stores. "In particular, mobile device management platforms are evolving beyond focusing primarily on providing facilities for managing and securing mobile devices themselves to including features for managing mobile apps for enterprise use as well. In other words, in some ways, vendors are incorporating features into their mobile device management platforms that have typically been associated with consumer and enterprise app stores. Consequently, we see more facilities for securely distributing and managing mobile apps for corporate use, such as the ability to implement access management policies, app lifecycle management (e.g., updating and retiring apps), and security features for screening malware and managing and protecting sensitive business information and data associated with app usage (i.e., data accessed/utilized by mobile apps)."
* Excerpted from "Enterprise App Stores: Sought-After Features and Functionality," (
) Data Insight & Social BI Advisor, Vol. 13 No. 16.