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94% of organizations either have or are working on a mobility strategy, but IT departments are struggling to build and deliver mobile
applications as fast as the business demands them. API-led connectivity will help enterprises achieve the speed, productivity, and
operational efficiency necessary for a successful mobile strategy.
THE PROBLEM:
IT Departments Are Struggling to Enable Mobile App Deployment
Why Mobile Projects Require
54%
70%
FAST FRONT END DEVELOPMENT
DEPLOY APPS QUICKLY,
IN A REPEATABLE WAY
CHANGE APPS FLEXIBLY
ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL
EFFICIENCY
FAST BACK END DATA ACCESS
20-25
CAN’T DEPLOY APPS
FAST ENOUGH CAN’T HANDLE THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS
time the average
application takes
to roll out
Mobile apps are in use 24/7, which increases the number of calls
to back end systems, and the risk of breakage
THE REASON:
Back End Connectivity is Essential for Speed
Speed is dependent on two things
THE SOLUTION:
API-led Connectivity is the Solution to Rapid Mobile App Development
API-led connectivity has helped Anypoint Platform customers:
One customer deployed a mobile application
that would have taken them 6 months in 3
weeks, and started releasing 1 new mobile
app every 3 weeks.
Data access for one loyalty app required
81 back end integrations. With Anypoint
Platform, app changes that would have
taken 6 months only took 1.5.
One customer sales team added 400,000
working hours per year thanks to mobile
access to customer data.
With savvy mobile developers, leveraging tools like
of a project’s investment
goes into integrating the
back end with existing
enterprise apps and systems
of enterprises are developing
API strategies to enable
backend data access in tandem
with their mobile strategy
SAP IBM
Kony Adobe
BACK END SYSTEMS CAN’T HANDLE
THE FREQUENCY OF ACCESS
number of updates in 2014 to the
highest-rated mobile applications
DEVELOPERS CAN’T EASILY
UPDATE EXISTING APPS
50%
85%
of companies reported
a mobile backlog of
1-20 applications
reported a backlog
of 10-20 apps
Sources
Anypoint Platform is the only unified platform that offers API-led connectivity to all data sources and all front end mobile applications.
Contact us today at MuleSoft.com/Ask to learn more.
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https://www.gartner.com/doc/2788018/it-leaders-need-know-mobile
SAP
Microsoft
Oracle
SFDC
SAP
Microsoft
Oracle
SFDC
API
API
API
APIAPI
API
API
API
count on them to
generate revenue
need to improve the
experience of existing apps
want to create a superior
customer experience
THE LANDSCAPE:
The Need for Mobile
of executives rate mobility a
moderate, high, or critical priority
75%
64% 52%58%
Mobile apps are proving to be game changing across industries
RETAIL
of retail revenue by 2016
Mobility is expected to influence
17-21%
FS&I
count on them to generate revenue
33%
HEALTHCARE
of healthcare providers use mobile
devices to access EMRs
70%
Mobile is no longer a supplementary channel
3-12
months
API-LED CONNECTIVITY
IBM
IBM