Blackberry is effectively dead in the water when it comes to enterprise developing mobile applications for the platform, a new survey has found.
According to the report, commissioned by Borland (yes, it still exists), sampled 590 IT directors and CIOs from around the globe about their mobile application development programs.
Overwhelmingly, CIOs are opting to develop for the Android platform, with Apple’s iOS coming in second. Microsoft’s big push in mobile, Windows Phone 8 is, surprisingly still in the race, albeit at a distant third.
Of the CIOs and IT leaders surveyed, a third were unhappy with their internal application development programs, ranking them as both sluggish and inefficient. The CIOs demonstrated a clear lack of faith in the internal teams’ abilities to develop to a standard and to meet stated business goals.
Interestingly, shops with a mainframe were also unhappy with their ability to develop mobile apps to access mainframe environments. Independent app development houses also demonstrated an unwillingness to develop apps to access mainframe environments.
“Mobile apps play a critical role in every organisation’s business strategy today. However, the consumer in all of us is demanding more, and companies are under increasing pressure to release higher quality mobile apps faster and more often than ever before”, said Jeff Findlay, Borland Architect of APAC, in a statement.
“With over 150 different mobile device vendors, each offering multiple Operating Systems, it is critical for organisations to satisfy the consumer’s experience regardless of the chosen device; this can only be achieved by thoroughly testing key transaction that support the business,” he added.
Download the report here.
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