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The Case for Custom Android Business App Development Mobile devices and applications are at the core of business today. But are off-the-shelf apps enough to meet business requirements? Read on for the results of our survey on custom application development. Why Customize Applications? Many organizations currently use and support off-the-shelf mobile business apps. The top 3? 1 Productivity software and apps 2 Communication software and apps 3 File sharing/storage software/apps Word processing Spreadsheets Presentations Email Calendar Texting EFSS Cloud storage But are these off-the-shelf applications delivering enough functionality for end users? Not always. Programs for which organizations develop custom apps include: Industry/vertical-specific Economic or financial Customer Relationship Management Engineering Top 5 Benefits of Custom Mobile App Development The real and expected benefits cited by IT pros whose organizations customize Android apps, or are considering it, include: Flexibility Ease of use Ease of management Ease of integration Ability to build apps 1 2 3 4 5 Resources for Mobile App Development How are organizations producing their custom Android apps? Many rely on outside resources: 50% of surveyed organizations currently outsource at least some aspects of custom mobile app development Almost 40% of those using or considering custom-developed apps take advantage of open-source projects or libraries So if your organization doesn’t have the in-house expertise to create custom Android business apps, what’s your next move? Samsung can help. Samsung – Your Partner in Best-in-Class Custom Android Apps Samsung offers a comprehensive suite of services to support the mobile application development lifecycle, from additional resources, to migrating existing apps to an Android platform, through to full app development. Samsung offers: Infrastructure design Integration to back-end systems Configuration and leveraging of EMM environment Fully customized app development for enterprise objectives Application porting and migration Device customization Interested in collaborating with Samsung? Learn more Source: Spiceworks survey of 100 SMB IT pros, on behalf of Samsung, July 2015 In surveyed IT professionals' own words, here's why many create custom apps: “I think we'll use our smartphones more to replace what we do on paper now.” - Survey respondent “Portable device usefulness seems to be increasing in healthcare.” - Survey respondent “We are trying to move to 100% tablets and smartphones for our sales team. The goal is that sales and management never have to travel with a laptop again.” - Survey respondent “[We now have] more need for mobility and streamlined processes.” - Survey respondent Twitter: @samsungbizusa Blog: insights.samsung.com

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The Case for Custom Android Business App DevelopmentMobile devices and applications are at the core of business today. But are off-the-shelf apps enough to meet business requirements? Read on for the results of our survey on custom application development.

Why Customize Applications? Many organizations currently use and support off-the-shelf mobile business apps. The top 3?

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Productivity software and apps

2

Communication software and apps

3

File sharing/storage software/apps

Word processingSpreadsheetsPresentations

EmailCalendarTexting

EFSSCloud storage

But are these off-the-shelf applications delivering enough functionality for end users? Not always. Programs for which organizations develop custom apps include:

Industry/vertical-specific Economic or financial

Customer Relationship Management Engineering

Top 5 Benefits of Custom Mobile App DevelopmentThe real and expected benefits cited by IT pros whose organizations customize Android apps, or are considering it, include:

Flexibility Ease of use Ease of management

Ease of integration

Ability to build apps

1 2 3 4 5

Resources for Mobile App DevelopmentHow are organizations producing their custom Android apps? Many rely on outside resources:

50% of surveyed organizations currently outsource at least some aspects of custom mobile app development

Almost 40% of those using or considering custom-developed apps take advantage of open-source projects or libraries

So if your organization doesn’t have the in-house expertise to create custom Android business apps, what’s your next move?

Samsung can help.

Samsung – Your Partner in Best-in-Class Custom Android AppsSamsung offers a comprehensive suite of services to support the mobile application development lifecycle, from additional resources, to migrating existing apps to an Android platform, through to full app development.

Samsung offers:• Infrastructure design• Integration to back-end systems• Configuration and leveraging of EMM environment• Fully customized app development for enterprise objectives• Application porting and migration• Device customization

Interested in collaborating with Samsung?

Learn more

Source: Spiceworks survey of 100 SMB IT pros, on behalf of Samsung, July 2015

In surveyed IT professionals' own words, here's why many create custom apps:

“I think we'll use our smartphones more to replace what we do on paper now.”- Survey respondent

“Portable device usefulness seems to be increasing in healthcare.”- Survey respondent

“We are trying to move to 100% tablets and smartphones for our sales team. The goal is that sales and management never have to travel with a laptop again.”

- Survey respondent

“[We now have] more need for mobility and streamlined processes.”- Survey respondent

Twitter: @samsungbizusaBlog: insights.samsung.com