ABUKAI at AppNation San Francisco 2011

This year’s AppNation in San Francisco brings together leading “App-erati” and tees up the key issues that are impacting their universe. ABUKAI’s CEO, Philipp Schloter, co-anchored a discussion entitled, “Building the New Enterprise: Deploying Enterprise Apps” on Wednesday, April 27 from 2:20 PM to 2:50 PM as a part of Track 3: MACRO TRENDS ACROSS THE APP ECOSYSTEM. The session is a featured discussion led by Patrick Houston, Editorial Director, NetShelter and featuring Roger Green, Executive Editor, CIO Zone and ABUKAI’s Schloter that frames the questions CIOs are asking as they find that in 2011 their businesses need to deploy apps to stay competitive.

Recent studies show that CIOs not only understand the importance of mobile applications for their companies, but they are taking active steps in 2011 to deploy mobile applications in their businesses. There are several drivers for this trend, but the overarching reason mobile applications are becoming a top priority for CIOs is because they provide substantial cost savings to their companies. Schloter lays out the productivity and integration factors that need to be addressed to maintain and maximize those savings.

Even large enterprises deploy mobile apps...to save money!!!

If you work for a large enterprise and are unsure whether deploying mobile applications like ABUKAI Expenses to improve your productivity is a) something you should do, and b) something you should do now, check out this posting by Eric Lai in his ZDNet Ubermobile blog. He summarizes a study by Kelton Research of companies that generate $100 million or more whether and why they were going to deploy mobile apps this year. 90% said they were (n = 250)! And the main reason to do it?  Saving money!

Eric comments,"It’s heartening, as it shows that mobilizing appears to be a fiscally sound strategy, not something something with a pie-in-the-sky ROI." He goes on to share that 2/3 (65%) of respondents said they’ll deploy 5 or more mobile apps this year and 21% say they are deploying 20 or more. He further explains how doing so provides these companies a fast, running start towards mobility that will likely help those companies leapfrog their competitors, the same way that e-business separated the innovators from the laggards.

Interesting reading for those planning to deploy mobile apps. Perhaps a wake up call for those who are not?