MOTODEV For Enterprise articles

Making the world a Bitmap better

Peter_vdL — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:15:00 GMT

Clearing bugs from an app that helps disadvantaged children makes one software engineer go home fulfilled.

Practice makes perfect

Peter_vdL — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:12:05 GMT

You can practice as much as you like, but the truth is you can never really be sure how a live event will turn out...

RSVP for June 19th Podcast: Building Cloud-based Enterprise Mobile Applications

DJ_Ksar — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:33:56 GMT

Join us on June 19th at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern for a lively conversation on mobile and cloud moderated by Peter van der Linden, Android Technology Evangelist at Motorola Mobility and with

Chance of Cloud: good

Peter_vdL — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:43:57 GMT

Read this blog post to learn about coming attractions relating to cloud computing and mobile apps.

Speed Up App Development by Using SaaS to Authenticate Your Users

rjrodger — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:35:31 GMT

Richard Rodger is a guest blogger for MOTODEV for Enterprise, COO at nearForm and author of the book, Beginning Mobile Application Development in the Cloud, from Wiley. nearForm builds mobile apps for Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone.

A new generation of cloud services are removing the need for App developers to write server-side code. Almost all apps have some dependency on server-side business logic, calling back to APIs that provide services for the app.

Meetup: HTML5 or Native Android, June 14

suzannea — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:05:57 GMT

If you’re in mobile development, you already know the goal. With over 500,000 apps in the Google Play Store, your app needs to go big. The demands of the real world are large user audiences, vibrant content, and transactional scale.

Many of your apps are enterprise class, even if they are intended for consumers. Even more, today’s consumers are tomorrow’s business users, as they bring their mobile devices to work and demand exceptional user experiences from workplace apps. We all need to play in the sweet spot between technology, business, and design that I speak about so often.

With so many devices available and such high expectations, which development platform do you choose? Today, as user communities scale at record speed, a wider variety of development platforms and toolkits are available, and browsers become richer, it’s an even bigger question.

So we here at MOTODEV for Enterprise are joining Bay Area Mobile to host a developer meetup, here at the Motorola Mobility offices in Silicon Valley, California, USA --

Thursday June 14 at 6:30 pm
Boomerang Cafe at Ariba Plaza
809 11th Avenue, Building 4
Sunnyvale, California
Register here

The topic is HTML5 or Native Android: Smart Enterprises for the Future. I’ll be speaking, and then we’ll have a lively Q&A session between all of you and Motorola.

We’d love to see you there. And by the way -- we'll have pizza, T-shirts, device giveaways, and ice cream. So if you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, don’t miss it.

See you soon,

Suzanne Alexandra
Android Technology Evangelist
@suzalex

Bridging the gap: Consumer grade user experience for enterprise

vtaptera — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:56:28 GMT

Victor Oliveros is a guest blogger for MOTODEV for Enterprise. He currently works as a product manager for Android and iOS apps for Taptera, a leading developer of consumer-inspired mobile enterprise applications.

The stereotypical experience for web and mobile apps for enterprise is usually synonymous with bloated, slow, and painful to use. If you work for a big company and have ever had to do something that should be simple like file an expense report, request maintenance, or schedule conference rooms, you've probably asked yourself the question: Why doesn't [Insert app here] just do what I need it to do?

Top 5 Security Concerns for IT Managers

nsample — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:47:21 GMT

Neal Sample is the SVP of Technology at American Express and a guest blogger on MOTODEV. Neal and team are currently focused on Serve, American Express’ next generation digital payments platform.

The availability of powerful devices, rich applications, high-speed networks, and the need to enable a mobile workforce have created an incredible demand for sophisticated mobile enterprise applications. The applications are deployed on devices capable of remotely accessing private customer information, sensitive email, and other protected corporate data. Securely managing these mobile enterprise applications is a top concern of many IT managers.

Securing In-House Distribution

Shein — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:58:05 GMT

Daniel Shein, aka Shein, is a guest blogger for MOTODEV. He's been developing mobile applications since the days Symbian ruled the land and has been working on commercial and enterprise Android and iOS apps since they first appeared.

So you’ve developed a great app for your enterprise phones and tablets. You’ve poured a lot of effort and resources to make your app effective, secure and a great user experience. But now you’ve got to deploy it to all of those devices without sacrificing security.

How to use AES - the Advanced Encryption Standard

Peter_vdL — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:01:29 GMT

In Roman times, ciphers were very easy to use, but also very easy to break. Today's ciphers are, for practical purposes, impossible to break, but not so easy to use. Peter van der Linden explains the do's and don'ts in this interesting post.

Changing the Game with HTML5

suzannea — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:03:36 GMT

Okay, you’ve told us. You’re interested in building apps for the mobile enterprise. Most of you are Android developers, but you also have a keen interest in HTML5 for cross-platform apps.

Securing On-Device Multi-User Data

Al_Sutton — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:06:17 GMT

Al Sutton is a guest blogger for MOTODEV and works for Funky Android Ltd. based in the UK. His company provides Android and security applications to companies of all sizes from large governement organisations down to small start-ups. In this article he takes developers through providing an encryption system aimed at minimizing the bandwidth requirements for data replication whilst ensuring that data is stored securely on a device.

The Deathly Hallows of Mobile Security

JasonRuger — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:29:03 GMT

In Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, the Deathly Hallows represent three items the characters think they can use to cheat death. However, as readers and the characters find out, there are unforeseen fatal weaknesses with each item.

Bring on the three “deathly hallows” of device security: PIN lock, remote wipe and guest wireless. All three are widely-adopted in the world of device security. But, there’s more you need to know and more we can do within Information Technology (IT) to move these techniques to the next level.

With Privilege Comes Great Responsibility

annas — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:29:50 GMT

In mobile security, the Principle of Least Privilege promotes minimal privileges based on what’s necessary. Every component in the system must operate at the lowest permission level necessary with the least set of privileges. By implementing this principle the “attack surface” is reduced because unnecessary privileges are eliminated.

The principle of least privilege is implemented at all layers of Android, starting with the Linux kernel and working it’s way up to the permission model used with applications. From a developer’s perspective, the security risk of an app is determined, in part, by what permissions are requested.

Mobile Security Month: Understand the Risk

annas — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:30:17 GMT

Mobile devices are everywhere, including the corporate workplace. In order to protect company assets you must plan for it and take steps towards understanding the implications and risks.

Mobile Today: Native, Web, or Hybrid? #nativevsweb

suzannea — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:09:54 GMT

Here at MOTODEV for Enterprise, we recently hosted a webinar on The Enterprise Dilemma: Native vs Web. Your response was awesome. Most of you are currently developing in native Android, but all of your questions were about mobile web apps and cross-platform frameworks. The most important factor in your decision is user experience.

Get Ready for Security Month in April

Greg_Wilson — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:30:41 GMT

Hi Everyone,

It’s been an exciting month here at Motorola Mobility. We’ve been busy researching the latest and greatest best practices for enterprise Android developers, and we’re excited to announce that next month we’ll be highlighting security for your enterprise Android apps. We plan to publish a series of security technical articles throughout the month of April right here on the MOTODEV for Enterprise blog. The first of these will be published on April 2nd.

In the meantime, watch this webinar by my colleague, Peter van der Linden, to learn more about VPNs, Authentication and Certificates. You’ll learn how https (the http secure protocol) works, and how it is built on top of the TLS protocol.

Greg Wilson
Developer Community Technical Services
Motorola Mobility, Inc.

CITE in the City

Peter_vdL — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:22:07 GMT

The CITE conference was held in San Francisco recently. “CITE” is an abbreviation for “Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise,” and the conference drew CIO’s from all corners of the country to “the Foggy City on the Bay”.

Midnight Mobility Madness - putting the “mob” in “mobility”

Peter_vdL — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:59:58 GMT

At the airport, the gate agent informed me my flight was delayed for two hours “because of weather”. Maybe she was telling the truth. All I knew was that I’d be two hours late for my event at the destination.

I was on my way to an unusual software developer event, known as “Midnight Mobility Madness”. Midnight Mobility Madness is an evening of “edu-tainment” that alternates between technical presentations about mobile software, and raucous contests for novelty prizes. Guess which I was there for? Really? (Well, sez you, mister! I was actually there because I’d been invited to give one of the tech talks).

Enterprise Grade Charts, part II

Peter_vdL — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:56:32 GMT

In the second part of a two-part blog post, Peter van der Linden, shows how to use A Chart Engine library to create simple or complicated bar charts.