BBD mobile solutions

The rapid growth of smartphones and tablet devices is driving the requirement for organisations to provide mobile applications to their customers, employees, partners and other stakeholders. In-house development in this space is complex, time-consuming and expensive - particularly as this is a relatively immature area of technology, with new devices, form factors and platform operating systems being shipped every month.

Did you know?

* Between Christmas 2011 and 1 January 2012, over 1.2 billion applications were downloaded from the Apple and Android stores.

With its dedicated team of mobile developers, architects, analysts and researchers, BBD can provide you with the expert guidance to define and implement your corporate mobile strategies. The company has developed solutions in this space for some of South Africa's largest organisations, and has the resources within the BBD group of over 450 people to rapidly help you define and implement your strategies - where speed to market is critical.

BBD employs some of South Africa's top Apple iOS developers, and founded the SA Apple chapter of the Objective-C developers' forum (CocoaHeads).

BBD platform experience:
* Apple iOS - Native Objective-C development for Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
* Android - Native Java development for Android Operating Systems
* Windows Phone 7.5 and higher - Microsoft .Net C#
* BlackBerry - Native Java development for Blackberry Operating Systems
* Cross-platform development - HTML5 & third party development, cross-platform development frameworks
* Mobile Web - Mobi sites, HTML and Java EE portals

An immersive and compelling user experience (UX) is essential for successful mobile applications. That is why BBD has partnered with a leading design, graphics and user interface consultancy. Jointly, the companies will take you through the entire process of storyboarding, designing and creating a compelling mobile application UX.

As more of your employees, intermediaries/brokers, consumers and other stakeholders acquire mobile devices, they start to consume data from your organisation on these devices - this requires consideration of MDM.

MDM software secures, monitors, manages and supports mobile devices deployed across mobile operators, service providers and enterprises. MDM functionality typically includes over-the-air distribution of applications, data and configuration settings for all types of mobile devices, including mobile phones, smartphones, tablet computers, mobile printers, mobile POS devices, etc. This applies to both company-owned and employee-owned (BYOD) devices across the enterprise, or mobile devices owned by consumers.

By controlling and protecting the data and configuration settings for all mobile devices in the network, MDM can greatly reduce support costs and business risks. The intent of MDM is to optimise the functionality and security of a mobile communications network while minimising cost and downtime.

BBD can help you to evaluate whether MDM is required for your enterprise - both now and into the future, and can recommend Gartner-leading MDM software solutions providers in South Africa.