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Poll Results: Apple iOS enterprise development is more hype than fact

August 28, 2012, 1:14 PM PDT

Takeaway: There is not as much in-house enterprise app development in the Apple iOS space as one might think.

Several weeks ago, I asked a simple poll question:

Are you developing in-house iOS apps for your enterprise?

However, the results of that simple question surprised me. Almost 70% of the respondents on TechRepublic were either not creating enterprise apps for iOS at all, or they were still on the fence deciding if they ever will. That means a mere 31% were actually developing in-house enterprise apps for their particular organizations.

That seems low to me and it makes me wonder, if the “in house” part of the question was a factor. Perhaps enterprises are opting to have third-party developers create the enterprise applications they require for their mobile and tablet devices? Is that the nugget of information you take away from this poll?

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Deployment issues?

eljaywilson 14th Jan

We have much the same scenario where I work. We have some issued devices, but mostly the devices are personal ones (BYOD). The individuals are responsible for any personal iTunes purchases, and our enterprise apps are developed and signed by our enterprise certs. There is no "enterprise iTunes account". Can you elaborate further?

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Lots of Enterprise App Development here

eljaywilson 13th Jan

We are doing lots of in-house app development at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Right now, there are only two of us doing this kind of development, but we have produced over 10 native iOS apps in just the past year and a half. 3 of these (including our own in-house "App Store" app) are available to all of the organization's employees along with all of the University of Arkansas for Medical Science's (UAMS) employees. The rest of the apps are specialized for different departments. These include an app for our helicopter pilots to log flights, keep the aircraft within weight and balance limits and provide risk assessment feedback, an app for our security department to check vehicles and issue parking and other citations. We have our own in-house developed and housed APNS system and we see on average about 11 thousand app uses a month (this is going up as more employees become aware of our apps). Our users come from the top of the executive department and throughout all facets of the other departments. All this is coming from a development team that is primarily a Microsoft centered group. At least in Central AR, iOS development is going strong, and we are constantly looking at new ways to use the best tools to provide the absolute best care for our patients.

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Custom, In-House Apps Needn't be Expensive

Stolper 6th Sep

We're helping businesses across the spectrum deploy iPad apps for their sales teams. The apps are custom, designed and developed for a particular client, but offered as a SaaS. Our component are modular and re-usable, meaning we're achieving economies of scale in development - but without sacrificing quality. This model - where an app can cost as low as $39/month/user - is getting traction in businesses who want to deploy iPads but lack the skill or the capital for a $150,000+ commitment.

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