With the enterprise app market growing at an exponential rate – with expectations of it to grow 27% per year from 2015 to 2016 alone – businesses are asking more and more questions related to mobility development, testing and support. A question that we commonly hear is, “how should we protect strategic data on mobile devices used to build, test, and support apps?” We’ll dive into some details below, but the answer looks something like this - See more at: http://mobilelabsinc.com/strategic-private-cloud-when-and-why-infographic/#sthash.naPmoMKQ.dpuf

1. better customer
service
increased
productivity
greater
collaboration
happier
employees
improved
profitability
Strategic Private Cloud
When and Why
We don’t need to tell you that everything is going mobile,
and this trend is anticipated to continue…
Many IT organizations are using mobile device clouds as a solution
Guidance can be found in how enterprises are handling their
use of other cloud types
...because mobility delivers
The business app market was $28 billion in 2013 and will reach $58 billion by 2016 – growing at 27% a year.
2013 2016
of enterprises
have a hybrid
cloud strategy…
Mobile Labs offers a private mobile device cloud
that can drive up productivity and fuel enterprise growth. From manual and automated mobile website and app
testing to collaboration through instant access to real devices, MobileLabs’ deviceConnect brings order to the
chaos of mobile development, DevOps, and testing. Mobile Labs solutions help conquer mobility obstacles such as
multiple device types, agile pacing, constant operating system upgrades, and numerous operating systems.
Learn more at mobilelabsinc.com
Sources:
Good Technology Q1 2014 Mobility Index:
media.www1.good.com/documents/rpt-mobility-index-2014.pdf
Symantec’s 2013 State of Mobility survey:
http://www.symantec.com/about/news/resources/press_kits/detail.jsp
The RightScale 2014 State of the Cloud Report: http://www.rightscale.com/lp/2014-state-of-the-cloud-report-v2
Analysys Mason’s Wireless network traffic worldwide: forecasts and analysis 2013–2018:
http://www.analysysmason.com/About-Us/News/Insight/Mobile-data-Oct2013/
InformationWeek 2014 Private Cloud Survey:
http://reports.informationweek.com/abstract/6/11795/Data-Center/Research:-2014-Private-Cloud-Survey.html
VisionMobile Business and Productivity Apps: http://www.visionmobile.com/product/business-productivity-apps/
Most common reasons for using
private clouds are:
74%
…and more than half of those
are using private clouds as data
conditions warrant
Device clouds make
it possible to increase
velocity and quality at
the same time.
But are public clouds
appropriate for testing
proprietary apps and
sensitive data?
27%
“How should we be
handling our strategic
data on mobile devices?”
But what you may not know is, the proliferation of device types
brings big challenges to building high-quality apps
Damage to
brand, loss
of business
Huge number
of test cases
Lower
productivity
caused by a delay
in device testing
Capital
expense for a
large variety
of devicesCost to
repair
poor quality
Mobile
DevOps
inefficiencies
73%
Security and privacy concerns
33%
Regulatory, compliance, or
legal restrictions
Many organizations find mobile test apps and test data raise
important security, privacy, and regulatory concerns
Strategic test data and apps move to a private device cloud to ensure they’re secure and regulatory
requirements aren’t violated.
Strategic Assets Everything Else
Security dictates strategic
use of private clouds
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