Modern Mobile Application Platforms
In a world where more devices are connected to the internet than the number of people alive, enterprises feel challenged to create an ecosystem driven by application modernization. The shift from PCs to mobile devices and tablets as primary tools means businesses are almost obliged to provide employees and users with updated tools and apps that they need to get work done.
Even though mobile apps are the way businesses are gaining competitive advantage today, it is important for businesses to consider key dimensions of Platform, Pace and People in order to develop a viable Modernization Plan.
Mobile platform components, application sdks, integration with enterprises, govern the key aspects of next generation mobilization. Mobile middleware platforms (MEAP/MADP/MCAP) are key enablers due to their ability to bring features such as cross-device compatibility, Get it all – web, native or hybrid, and prebuilt components for integration with backend systems to the table.
Modern MEAPs/MADP also need to restructure to deal with large volumes of data with caching and syncing capabilities, integration to backend via column oriented exemplars, analytics to bulk data, and quick application development tools for diverse operating systems backed by Cloud integrated strategies. This can be an effective paradigm while formulating a modernization strategy.
Another important dimension in a modernization strategy is the Internet of Things (IoT). With the IoT market expected to reach $7.1 trillion by 2020, modern Mobile Application Platforms will need to evolve and provide channels beyond the traditional end points such as mobile. With IoT, machine-to-machine mobile connectivity is a critical element, and represents the next great wave of what modern mobile application software platforms can make possible in our lives. Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus and the Google acquisition of Nest are few headliners that are reflecting the reality of IoT with modern mobile application platforms.
A best worked modernization plan cannot take place overnight. Cultural work and technology decisions take time, and approaching mobile development in a traditional mode repeats the mistakes of the past on a larger scale. Platform fragmentation across web browsers and operating system platforms is a daunting challenge for business mobile apps. The level of dynamism and sophistication demanded by today’s business app users and implemented and optimized in distinctly different tools and methods across platforms is a more modern challenge.
At Ness SES, we partner with enterprises to meet their growing needs, and help them build next generation application platforms and products by providing several modernization services such as Application Portfolio Rationalization, Application Architecture assessments, Modernization Roadmaps, Omni channel capabilities. We believe modern enterprise applications and platforms need to be complimented with consumer grade user experience. Our Experience Engineering offers User Interface and Experience Engineering services to bring the panache needed by modern day software applications and products. We don’t just focus on building modern day digital products and platforms, but reimagine the way users need to be connected with their businesses.
