The emergence of smartphones, mobile apps, and social media networks, has brought about a huge revolution in the business world. The relationship between these three powerful technological innovations is that most smartphones owners spend a considerable amount of time using social media apps.
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According to a research on mobile behavior, consumers are spending over 85% of their time on smartphones using native applications, but the majority of their time-84%- is spent using just 5 non-native apps they’ve installed from the app store.
A statistic on the number of apps available for download in leading app stores as of July 2015 shows that Android users were able to choose between 1.6 million available apps. Apple's app store remained the second-largest app store with 1.5 million available apps, although Apple announced last year that 100 billion apps had been downloaded from its App Store from July 2008 to June 2015.
From the business perspective, this is raw gold from app developers specializing in mobile app development because most of these apps are not free. In fact, the amount paid to Apple app developers runs into billions, outweighing Google and Windows. However, on a larger scale, businesses also have much more to gain from creating customized apps.
Therefore, if you’re looking for an internal business solution that will help you achieve your business goals, developing an app on iOS, for Apple’s iPhone and iPad is the way to go.
Here are 3 ways your mobile app can help you create internal business solutions.
1. Central management of all devices
With new enhancements to Mobile Device Management (MDM) capabilities, iOS gives your IT team more options to control app devices and data from a central location. This will give more visibility and allows you to manage all devices from a single location. The advantage is that you can select and configure the same settings across multiple devices, install apps directly to several devices at the same time, and provide remote support across the board.
2. Internal app distribution network
With the iOS, corporate users are provided with distribution methods that provide employees with everything they need for their work. Essentially, this includes personalized emails and access to a corporate network. It also ensures that the IT department gets all the necessary facilities required to support the entire network. In addition to this, custom developed apps can be made to serve your business privately, by restricting global access to the application in the app store.
3. Visibility to customers at all times
Apart from the fact that the iOS platform makes it possible to have an internalized system which only the members of your business organization can have access to, it also allows you to maintain a direct interaction with customers. You can take feedbacks, answer their queries, capture their data and use the results to provide improved services. With these vital data, you can also create targeted content like stunning infographics, engaging animated videos and interactive SlideShare presentations.
By using the app and the data generated from it, you can provide great customer experience and help your employees stay productive.
Lastly, the combination of unique features such as enhanced management tools, integrated systems and effective distribution networks continues to make the apple iOS the best platform for business. Hence, it creates the much-needed solution for your internal business needs.