Wakanda Digital App Factory : Overview
It’s time to take the control of your mobile App development
Wakanda, a 4D Group company
• 4D Group, founded in 1984 by Laurent Ribardière
• Privately funded & debt-free
• 165 employees (50+ Wakanda)
• $20M per year
• 90% engineers
International presence
Paris headquarters and 5 subsidiaries (US, Australia, Germany…)
• 30 distributors & resellers
• Present in over 70 countries
Wakanda Platform Overview : Front, Back, Secutiry... Fullstack Javascript (AngularJS, Ionic Framework, Cordova, ...)
Wakanda offers : Subscription and Consulting
3. Survey question: How many custom-developed mobile
applications does your organization currently have deployed
on each of the followingplatforms ?
Source:Gartner (September 2015)
Mobile Apps Today’s Landscape
4. 62%
of customer
applications
48%
of employees
applications
Top
CIOs Initiatives
25%
of IT budgets
invested
6xmore
Mobile
Applications
MOBILE
Source Gartner, Source IDC
2016 Top CIO Initiatives By 2017 By 2020
Mobile Apps Future Landscape
50%
Today apps will
be rewritten
Standardisation ofMobile App Development Processis Vital to deliver quickly
& efficiently to compete with disruptive startups
9. Wakanda, a 4D Group company
• 4D Group, founded in 1984 by Laurent Ribardière
• Privately funded & debt-free
• 165 employees (50+ Wakanda)
• $20M per year
• 90% engineers
1984 1984 2012 Q4 2014 2015
The 1st graphical
relational DBMS
for Mac 4D founded
Wakanda
R&D kickoff
Wakanda
Is launched
Wakanda History
10. • Paris headquarters and 5 subsidiaries (US, Australia, Germany…)
• 30 distributors & resellers
• Present in over 70 countries
International presence
12. One click installation platform to develop:
• Web responsive apps
• Hybrid and Native mobile apps
Seamless Integration Std Frameworks
Back End Integration Studio Orchestration for whole Dev Cycle
Wakanda Platform Overview
13. Seamless integration
Mutualization:
• Develop once, use many
• Web designers and developpers can work together
Mobile Development Workflow Web Development Workflow
Wakanda Front End
14. Your legacy system Third party
databases
Cloud systems
Wakanda Back End
REST API
And more… And more…
Use Visual tools and JavaScript to connect to:
15. Security is set on:
• Your data
• Your business
logic
Easy configuration
with visual tools
LDAP, Oauth2
Wakanda Security
19. COMMUNITY EDITION
ENTERPRISE EDITION
Studio Server
Pro Connectors
Virtual Data Class
Enterprise features
LDAP/SSO
WAKANDA CLOUD
Managed
server
Wakanda platform
OnpremiseCloud
Wakanda Editions
20. Mobile Web
Wakanda Platform Monitored Cloud & On Premise
Subscription
Enterprise edition
Professional
Services
TRAINING
PROGRAM
Consulting & Expertise
(Jumpstart, Audit, Security, Mobile and Web app,
Migration Workshops)
Product & Support Subscription
(Developer tools, Library, Support, TAM)
Wakanda Offer
KM
TOOLS
21. Jump Start 1
Pack
Jump Start 2
Annual Silver Subscription
2 days Wakanda Initiation
15 days consulting
Pack
Quick Start *
Pack
Annual Dev Subscription
Wakanda Essentials 1 day remote
4 days consulting
* Limited to Development
(No Production)
Commercial Packs
Annual Bronze Subscription
2 days Wakanda Initiation
10 days consulting
22. Innovation Large
Annual Subscription Elite
2 days Wakanda Initiation
100 days consulting
Pack
Innovation Medium
Annual Subscription Platinium
2 days Wakanda Initiation
50 days consulting
Pack
Innovation Small
Pack
Annual Subscription Gold
2 days Wakanda Initiation
20 days consulting
Commercial Packs
23. Description Dev (*) Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Elite
Wakanda Enterprise Server (1) 1 2 3 4 5 10
Supported Projects 1 1 1 2 3 5
Wakanda Drivers
MySQL, SQL Server, ODBC
1 of all 2 of all 2 of all all all all
MySQL pro connector yes no yes yes yes yes
LDAP connector yes no yes yes yes yes
Support hours (2) limited
9:30-6:30
BW
9:30-6:30
BW
9:30-6:30
BW
9:30-6:30
BW
24x7
* Limited to Development purpose(no Production)
(1) : number of servers for all environments (production, tests, QA, dev, etc.)
(2): BW = Business Week
Commercial Packs
25. Wakanda Value Proposal
Time to value, Reduced TCO Reduced Risk
• Web responsive app, Hybrid and Native
mobile apps
• Prototype, Develop, Test, Deploy and Run
your multi-devices apps
• Backend integration with « Bring Your Own
Data Model » concept
• Mutualization « Develop Once Use Many »
• High Productivity with visual tools
• Standardization
• Advanced security features
• Open Source Model: no vendor lock-in
Unified Platform
27. ContractSide
SaaS software vendor cuts development and maintenance costsby half 2
using Wakada Digital App Factory for its contract management application.
Challenges Wakanda Solution Results
• Founded end 2014
• Announced launch of services:
Jan 2016
• Ezpublish, php, etc.
• Development costs out of
control
• Sept 2015, looked for alternative
to meet deadline of services
launch Jan 2016
• 1 week POC to demonstrate
capacity of the platform
• 60 days services contract to
develop the application from
scratch using Wakanda
Professional Services
• OEM contract
• 2.5 faster to develop than other
providers
• 60% maintenance reduction
(backend config & mngt)
• Development costs cut by half
• « Not only Wakanda helped us to
meet out tight deadline through
its state of the art platform and
high skilled services team, but
also provided a compellingOEM
contract to support our
business movingforward. »
Franck Zuili
Founder
28. Principality of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein’s Specialised Unit for E-Governement is using Wakanda to
create its own CMS for 100% in-house solution.
Challenges Wakanda Solution Results
• All admin tasks of an
independant state, despite
Liechtenstein small size
• IT costs cuts:
- Re-insourcing
- Replacement proprietary CMS,
too expansive
• Quick ramp up needed with new
solution to meet business needs
• Fully integrated stack
• Fast training and rapid
development
• JavaScript
• OpenSource, low licensingcosts
• Good documentation
• Active developer community
• Rapid Wakanda Product Cycles
• Good support
• Present a first prototype to the
decision makers within a few
weeks
• Cost Savings:
“The Wakanda platform helped
to reduce server and staff
resources for daily operations.”
• Time to Value
“Content managers (80 people)
can add and modify content
effortlessly.”
• Customer Satisfaction
“Our customers are very pleased
with our new Website “
Gerhard Gassler
Head of Portal Management