More enterprises develop mobile apps for SaaS

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Stephanie Mann.

Mobile apps have already taken hold of the enterprise, and experts say their grip is only getting stronger. Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. reported that by 2017, 25% of enterprises will have an enterprise app store. By 2014, Apple will be as accepted by enterprise IT as Microsoft is today, the group added. Couple this with the rapid rise of Software as a Service (SaaS), and you see a striking new trend: more enterprises developing their own mobile apps for SaaS.

"What we’re seeing is that [enterprise software] vendors are finally catching up to really enable enterprises to develop their own mobile apps for SaaS," said Robert DeSisto, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "When you look at the CRM [customer relationship management] stuff, there’s no question that’s where it’s going — fast. Even Salesforce.com is now aggressively trying to meet the needs of the enterprise to build mobile apps."…

Salesforce.com recently announced a new set of tools and services that enables customers to build mobile applications on its cloud platform — and this June, the company is slated to release version 2.0 of its mobile software developer’s kit (SDK). The SDK update will make it possible for developers to connect business system data to HTML5, native or hybrid mobile apps…

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