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The report evaluates mobile development platform (MDP) vendors, the 12 most significant ones were researched, analysed and scored. This report details the findings about how well each vendor fulfils the criteria and where they stand in relation to each other to help application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals select the right partner for their mobile development platform needs.
This executive report, based on surveys of more than 1,000 Global C-suite and mobile executives from 18 industries, will explore the vast opportunities hidden from view. Further, we will show how different groups of organisations—Growers, Opportunists and Experimenters—approach ROI. Finally, we will use the best practices of the most successful organisations in our study, as well as insights gained from analysis of responses to questions in our interviews, to provide a path forward for those organisations wishing to explore new opportunities for greater ROI on mobile.
How do some development projects deliver great applications—meeting expectations, on time and on budget—when most don’t? The secret, it turns out, lies in having both the right team and the right approach.
This Forrester report evaluates what turns consumers and other users both off and onto a mobile app (and its authoring brand), focusing on the following questions: What elevates a good, serviceable, and even profitable app into the realm of great? And if a mobile app achieves greatness, what is the impact?
The database you pick for your next application matters now more than ever. Thankfully, you don’t have to pick just one. Today’s applications are expected to run non-stop and must efficiently manage continuously growing amounts of multistructured data in order to do so. This has caused NoSQL to grow from a buzzword to a serious consideration for every database, from small shops to the enterprise
Next generation data management designed for Web, mobile and the Internet of things.
Forrester Consulting conducted a survey to reveal what types of challenges enterprise hardware and operating systems are facing with the increasingly demanding workloads from applications and data. The increasing demands for performance, stability and reliability mean IT managers must plan and articulate a clear path to a more robust, performance oriented architecture. Is this the end of the “throwaway” server strategy?
Hands in the Air (HITA) music streaming application reduced their operational costs by two-thirds, while improving the user experience, better managing expenditures, providing a robust, reliable server platform that supports long-term growth plans. "The combination of Linux on IBM Power Systems gives us the performance and stability we need to stream media and support other enterprise applications,” says SL Ho, Head of IT for 'Hands in the Air' music streaming service.
Allegiant Travel is a ULTR-low cost airline that is transforming it's approach to customer service using big data and analytics, with a secret ingredient. Bryan O'Neill, Director of Data Architecture, has turned his airline into a 'technology company with wings', using high performing systems and real-time data + ACTION to pleasantly surprise their paying passengers. Got to the gate early? Enjoy that pop-up message on your phone for a discounted beverage at the bar. And he'll also be predicting your holiday choice based on your past actions, and those of your demographic cohort. Building his "cognitive business" was only possible with the massive $1.2M USD he saved by using IBM Systems (POWER8 servers and IBM FlashSystems). Exceeding the business results in a competitive marketplace was delivered with the best of IBM technology.
This paper describes capabilities in BigInsights that allow organizations to cost-effectively analyse a wide variety and large volume of data.