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Enterprise Mobility…

• Your Challenges

Integration, Security, Cost, Ongoing support, Diversity,

Change

• Addressing some Issues

Native vs. Web?? Build vs. Buy??

• Creating Native mobile apps

Rapidly extend critical business applications to mobile

users with robust, native apps!

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Agenda

ENTERPRISE MOBILITY CHALLENGES

Facts and Figures…What you should know…

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• Developing a mobility strategy

• Identifying / prioritizing business cases

• Choosing platform / technologies

• Budget

• Security

• Executive / business support

• Keeping up with change

• Integration with back-endSource: InsiderResearch Mobile Outlook 2012

Today’s Top Mobility Challenges

• Mobile workers must return to desk to enter data

into backend applications

• Mobile workers want to utilize mobile devices

• Mobile workers are inefficient when they cannot

access data and applications while mobile

• Manual or paper based processes are highly error-

prone

• Management lacks effective decision making with

delayed reporting, data inaccuracies, and lack of

real-time data5

Mobile End-Users’ Issues

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• Support for multiple or personal devices (BYOD)

• Do you want disparate apps or apps that are

standardized and easily updated?

• Native apps or web-based apps?

• Point solution or Platform?

• Build apps in-house or buy solution / apps?

• Organizational app store to manage apps?

• MDM Solution?

Specific Considerations

IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE MOBILE SOLUTIONS

Making sense of the madnessHow to decide what applications to deploy

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1. You have identified a need and justified the business case for one or more mobile apps

2. You need to determine what you want: Functionality Native app(s) versus Web app(s)

3. You need to determine how to get it:

Implementation Decisions

BUILD BUY

Build in-house usinga development team

Buy a platform or toolkit ofsome sort and build in-house

Buy a complete OOBor point solution

• What to create? Web Native Hybrid

• How to create? Build Buy Using tools… like RAD kits, etc.

Creating enterprise mobile apps

• What and How Tasks performed Usage patterns Network connectivity

• Native Applications Better User Experience Offline usage Device

accessories/features• Web Applications

Browser usage No download required10

Identify User Requirements

I need an Enterprise Mobile

App for my mobile workers!!

Gather User Requirements

Native or

Web?

Investigate Resources and

Skillsets

Investigate Platforms to

support

Web Native

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Easy “Buy” Decisions

Have right

Skills?

Investigate Resources and

Skillsets

Determine cost and time to build app(s)

BUY

Investigate Platforms to

support

Single or

multiple?

Investigate Resources and

Skillsets

Determine cost and time to build

app(s)

Web Native

Multiple

Single

No No

YesYes

Have right

Skills?

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Buy versus Build

Determine cost and time

to build app(s)

Review Buy options for Web apps

Build is more cost

effective?

BUY

BUILD

Determine cost and time

to build app(s)

Review Buy options for

Native apps

Yes Yes

Yes

No

BUY

• PROs:Don’t need in-house

expertisePre-built applicationsQuick deployment

• CONs:May not get exact needs

metLimited to functionality

providedMultiple point solutions

allow no company-level standards

Maintainability over time

BUILD

• PROs:Can get exactly what you

needControl future changes

• CONs:Need in-house skillsExpensive and time-

consumingNot scalableDependency on key

resource(s)

Buy versus Build Summary

• Native versus Web App Decision Based on user requirements! Consider current and future requirements Likely need a mixture of both choices

• Build versus Buy Decision Wide spectrum of choices Build is typically very expensive over time It is Smart to Buy from experts when the

environment is so dynamic

Implementation Summary

PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION

Splitware Mobility PlatformITSM, ITAM, Field Services Solutions

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SPLITWARE MOBILITY PLATFORM

Empower your mobile workforceRapidly extend critical business applications to native mobile apps

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• Combines Best of All Worlds…• BUY the Splitware Mobility Platform and BUILD YOUR

apps:– Enjoy Rapid development and deployment – Receive pre-built applications and templates– Customize your mobile apps to get you exactly what you need– Use existing resources (no programming skills are required)– Own creation, iteration, updates, etc– Scale easily when you need new workflows or new application

support

• RAPDILY build and deploy NATIVE mobile Apps– iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), BlackBerry, WM, Android platforms – Write Once, quickly deploy to multiple platforms– Enjoy great user experience and performance– Provide ability to run offline – Make use of device capabilities, including audio controls,

graphics, mapping, routing, and a variety of device-specific user input accessories

Splitware Mobility Platform

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Splitware Platform

• Build and deploy mobile apps in hours vs. weeks/months

• Write once, deploy everywhere in a 100% code-free environment

• Cross-platform support for iOS, BlackBerry, Windows, Windows Mobile, and Android (Q3 2012)

• Provide Native apps (not web apps) to take full advantage of device functionality -- security, GPS, maps, voice, audio, barcode/RFID scanning, etc.

• Full online / offline usage• Smart caching for better and faster user

experience• Highly secure to protect your data and

operations

Why Splitware?

• Own and scale your mobility initiatives• Significantly increase data integrity within enterprise

applications• Reduce travel time, improve efficiencies, and

increase productivity of mobile workers• Reduce operational costs with full visibility into field

operations• Improve decision making and enable staff to timely

react to urgent situations• Easily scale and add mobile apps as your

environment evolves

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Business Benefits

Splitware AppStudio

2011 Product of the YearWorld Wide Remedy Users

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