As mobile apps move from the edge to become a core part of the enterprise, CIOs and IT Managers need to move from a patched, ad-hoc development approach - that might have been good enough when creating a few simple apps - to a holistic, strategic approach, required when producing multiple, more complex apps.
IT Managers need to make sure they have considered and have solutions in place to meet the entire range of enterprise mobility challenges, including costs, developer productivity, time-to-market, scalability, auto-recovery, security, integration with backend systems, the ability to work offline, user experience and more.