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Icenium Brings Cross-Platform Mobile Tools to .NET Developers

September 23, 2013

Business

Android, Icenium, Integrated development environment, IOS, Kendo UI, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server, Windows Mobile

One from the “making it easier for people” pages. Telerik is an application development tool vendor that powers the development operations of around 100000 organizations globally. Their Icenium product is a mobile-specific set of development tools that allow developers…

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Appery.io and More Mobile Development Democratization

September 4, 2013

Business

Android, Appery.io, Application programming interface, Facebook, IOS, JavaScript, Salesforce.com, Visual Basic

Let’s get one thing straight – delivering applications to mobile users is a non-negotiable requirement for enterprise IT. It’s for this reason that every man and his dog is now creating a mobile back end to enable this change.…

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HTML5 versus Native Apps (Again)

August 7, 2013

Business

Android, Apple, Facebook, HTML5, IOS, Opera Mini, RedMonk, Windows

Excuse me for wading into a religious battle but I’ve often been puzzled by the zealotry displayed by those who are adamant that only native applications are worth looking at. Admittedly it’s a zealotry that is more often displayed…

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Salesforce Goes All In on Mobile App Development

April 9, 2013

Business

Android, Capgemini, IOS, Mobile Computing, Mobile device, salesforce, Salesforce Chatter, Salesforce.com

Over the past twelve months or so, Salesforce has extended its existing story around the social enterprise to strongly articulate its opinion that the future of the enterprise lies in a mobile-enabled workforce. The company is today announcing the…

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Box Answers IT Concerns – Deeper Security Options Roll Out

February 25, 2013

Business

Android, box, box.com, dropbox, GoodData, Knox, Mobile World Congress, Samsung KNOX, Star Trek: Enterprise, VMware

Just a couple of weeks ago I wrote about Dropbox releasing an entire swathe of new security functionality that sees it firmly mark itself as entering the corporate market and responding to the needs of IT. As I said…

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More Proof That Shadow IT is a Growing Issue

January 31, 2013

Business

Active Directory, Android, cloud computing, dropbox, OneLogin, Organization, Password management, security, Single sign-on, Windows

When talking with organizations about how the cloud can help them, I’m often told that cloud has no place in their organization and they’re not using it in any way, shape or form. They also point to the perceived…

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Lowering Mobile Development Barriers to Entry

October 22, 2012

Business

Android, Cross-platform, Icenium, IOS, JavaScript, Mobile application development, Software development kit, xCode

Icenium is today launching what would appear to be a very compelling proposition – an environment that enables cross platform mobile development that decouples development from a particular development environment, full suite of developer products and SDK. Icenium decouples…

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There’s a World Outside the US–Podio Delivers

February 2, 2012

Business

Android, BRIC, IOS, Podio, Silicon Valley

Living on the other side of the world from the bay area, it’s sometimes little frustrating just how inward looking Silicon Valley can be. Sometimes it feels like some technology vendors discount the 5 billion or so people who…

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YouSendIt Moves Beyond File Sending–Takes on Backup/Sync Vendors in a Mobile Way

December 13, 2011

Business

Android, DocuSign, dropbox, IOS (Apple), sugarsync, syncplicity, YouSendIt

File sending vendor YouSendIt is today broadening its offering significantly by announcing the release of the new YouSendIt that includes multi-device applications (iOS, Android and desktop). But the big news, outside of simple file sending (which, I have to…

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ShareFile Goes Mobile–Kind Of

March 31, 2011

Business

Android, IOS (Apple), Jesse Lipson, mobile, sharefile

This morning ShareFile, a file sharing and collaboration company that I’ve covered before (and ranted about once), is today launching mobile applications for iOS and Android devices. The apps are live on the Android App Store right now and…

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