Blog posts and articles from Arter Kirkwood & Associates, a mobile app development company based in Alberta, Canada. Read the insights and findings from our top authors below. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like us to write on a particular topic.

Native Apps vs Mobile Web: Comparing and Contrasting

September 19, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 0 comments

Let’s use this understanding of mobile apps being locally-installed and device specific and mobile web being centrally-hosted and device agnostic to further compare and contrast each. Supporting multiple devices is an obvious area of contrast. With mobile apps, multiple code lines need to be developed and maintained for a solution that spans different mobile operating […]

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Native Apps vs Mobile Web: Heads or Tails?

September 3, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 0 comments

In business, the workplace has moved back and forth between centralized and distributed computing models as it strives to balance controlling costs with responding quickly to change with providing a quality experience and outcome. We’ve seen business applications reside in whole on centralized infrastructure, in whole on end client devices and across both. No one […]

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Native Apps vs Mobile Web: The Apple Factor

August 27, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 0 comments

Mobile apps versus mobile web. Why is there a debate, how long has it been going and who’s winning? To understand the difference between mobile apps and mobile web is to better understand the answer to these questions. First, the history. When the debate began and why? From the word “mobile”, it doesn’t take much […]

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iOS devices at work…who, where, how??

April 3, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 0 comments

So, how are iOS devices being used in the workplace today?  Most organizations are using them “out of the box”, leveraging features and Apps that come with the device.  They are also relying heavily upon the wealth of Apps publicly available “off the shelf” in the App Store.   Relatively speaking, a very small number […]

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iOS devices at work…manageability

March 27, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 1 comment

Going hand-in-hand with security is asset management or mobile device management (MDM).   MDM is instrumental to security: delivering and updating security profiles, remotely wiping and/or locking devices, clearing passcodes, etc.  MDM goes much beyond security however.   MDM is critical to the efficient and effective everyday administration of iOS devices, ensuring they are complying […]

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iOS devices at work…are they secure enough??

March 20, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 0 comments

In previous posts, we mentioned security as one of the reasons Research in Motion (RIM) has enjoyed such a long stay in the corporate suite.   Ask the average, somewhat-computer-savvy consumer what they think about iOS devices and security and they’ll likely have no opinion on the matter or will acknowledge “having heard” they are […]

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iOS devices at work…who are they up against?

March 13, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 0 comments

In the previous blog, we talked about RIM as one of the competitors to Apple in the workplace.  Who else is there?  There are mainly three others: Android devices, Windows Phone devices and Nokia Symbian devices.   Of these three, Android is the one most referenced in discussions of the smartphone race.   Android has […]

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iOS Devices at Work…iPod touch, iPhone and iPad…fun to play with, but to work with??

March 6, 2011 / by Rick Arter / Uncategorized / 0 comments

This is the first in a series of blogs that will explore iOS devices (iPod touch, iPhone and iPad) in the workplace and whether they have a rightful home there.  The concerns commonly expressed by employers when considering bringing these devices into the corporate fold will be discussed.  Concerns such as security and device management and […]

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