How BYOD trend in Jamaica requires Local Jamaican Developers for Enterprise and Corporate Apps

Folks, there is a developing trend towards BYOD in Jamaica. What that means is that aside from Video Games, Enterprise and Corporate Apps for businesses will increasingly become important in this Developing World country called Jamaica. Jamaica Developers of Enterprise and Corporate Apps for Business will be in demand by 2017.

However, there’s a problem; Developers prefer to make Games for Google Android or Apple iOS for customers than for Enterprise and Corporate clients, as they’re very demanding as it relates to security as concluded in my blog article entitled “Vision Mobile’s 10,000 Developer Global Study – Why Developers prefer developing for Android and Apple iOS yet Enterprise makes Steady Money”.

Despite many thinking I’m a Luddite based on my blog article entitled “The Reason why I don't like Smartphones - Location Privacy and How to disable Location Services on Android and iOS”, I do realize that if Security is important to me, then it’s important to Corporate Executives in Jamaica.

This hacking of the Blackphone as explained in my blog article entitled “How to Hack ANY Blackberry or Smartphone - SGP Technologies survived in the Lion’s Den as Blackphone Hack was cover for Blackberry Baseband Hack” exposes the fact that Google Android OS just isn’t ready for use by Enterprise and Corporate clients, as it’s security isn’t up to Blackberry Snuff.

It also shows how hard it is for smartphone or Tablet or even a Developer of Mobile phone OS or Apps such as those people who make Android Launchers as described in my Geezam blog article entitled “How to change your smartphone Home Screen and create a Personal Assistant using Android Launchers” to make Smartphones and Apps that are secure enough for Enterprise and Corporate users to utilize.

Then again….possibly having a pre-existing relationship with Enterprise and Corporate clients helps as I’ll demonstrate in the next few paragraphs. One company comes to mind…….

Apple and IBM - IBM MobileFirst for iOS a play for lucrative Enterprise and Corporate clients

The example I’m going to draw for is Apple and IBM (International Business Machines).

Apple realizes that security is still a big concern of Enterprise and Corporate clients, especially as they'd once dabble in Blackberry's former playpen with their Apple X Server Systems. They currently have no products tailored specifically for Enterprise and Corporate.

Unless of course if you count their Microsoft Office on the Apple iPad and Apple iPhone as noted in my Geezam blog article entitled “Microsoft to introduce Office to Apple iPad on Thursday March 27th 2014”. At least, up until July 2014 they didn’t!

Since then, Apple has been going back into the Enterprise and Corporate markets by teaming up with IBM to make IBM MobileFirst for iOS, as reported in my blog article entitled “Microsoft and IBM for IBM MobileFirst for iOS – How Apple with IBM Cloud Computing indicates Apple-Microsoft-IBM-Google Deal Possible in the Future”.

IBM MobileFirst for iOS is a suite of Cloud-based application that leverage the secure Apple iOS Platform to deliver IBM Cloud Computing Prowess to help Corporate and Enterprise Companies work wherever, whenever

Apple figures that their secure iOS platform, albeit not as locked down and secure as the Blackberry, is secure enough to attract Enterprise and Corporate clients who are now enamored by the trend towards BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).

In that process, they’ll breathe life into their Apple iPhone and Apple iPad, their two main money makers that are slowly losing marketshare globally to cheaper smartphones and Tablets from China as noted in my blog article entitled “IDC Stats for Second Quarter of 2014 points to Asian Smartphone Rise – How cheaper smartphones are slowly killing BOTH Apple and Samsung marketshare”.

Apps for Enterprise and Corporate Clients – Jamaican Devs are clearly into Video Games

Even here in Jamaica in the Developing World, there is a lack of Developers of Smartphone and Tablets Apps for Enterprise and Corporate. The few Developers that are in Jamaica are doing Video Games. Once such Developer Group is Working Enigma that's based out of UTECH (University of Technology) as detailed in the article “Enigmatic techies to create jobs through app development”, Published Sunday August 3, 2014 by Andrew Harris, Gleaner Writer, The Jamaica Gleaner.

Working Enigma was co-founded by Kadeem Heywood and is mainly focused on developing Video Games, having published Pan Chicken Dash and their most recent Game, Lef Mi Farm, which is a play on the problem of Praedial Larceny in Jamaica.

Another Developer Group, Team NewAge that's based out of the UCC (University College of the Caribbean) is comprised of a two-man NewAge Developer Team Orane Campbell and Nicholas Brown as explained in “Ja team seeks US$120,000 in pitch to Microsoft judges”, published Friday, August 01, 2014 BY STEVEN JACKSON Business reporter, The Jamaica Observer.

They too are making Video Games, namely Jungle Escape and Project Exit. Like the Working Enigma Developer Group, they're been to Digital Jam 3.0 and are now seeking funding to enter the Regional Microsoft Imagine Cup in September 2014. And clearly, they're NOT into making Apps for Enterprise and Corporate Clients.

Look like my blogging schedule is booked out for September 2014!

Telecom and BYOD – Local App Developers for Enterprise and Corporate Clients

Local Telecom Provider Columbus Communications, parent of FLOW Jamaica, is taking advantage of this BYOD Trend that’s been about for some time with their offer of secure Platforms to make it work as noted in my Geezam blog article entitled “Columbus Communications expects BYOD boost for Cloud Computing”.

It’s getting additional focus because of the prevalence of Tablets, smartphones and the trend for Enterprise and Corporate Clients to allow their Managers to work in an always connected Environment using Broadband Internet. Especially as 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) is to be launched in the next 18 months counting from April 2014 as stated in my blog article entitled “Digicel and LIME's 4G LTE Adoption in Jamaica – Budget Tablets with Microsoft Productivity Software spark Wireless Broadband Revolution”.

They've even thrown in the idea of Cloud Telephony with their offer of Hosted PBX (Private Branch Exchange) as noted in my blog article entitled “FLOW rolls out Hosted PBX - How 100 MBs FLOW Ultra can power a Private WiMaX Community Network”.

FLOW also has Cloud Storage as noted in my Geezam blog article entitled “Digicel’s Cloud Backup Services – A deep Analysis”.  So does Telecom Provider Digicel, which it hopes to use as leverage to woo Enterprise and Corporate clients both in Jamaica and internationally to use their competitively priced Cloud Based Solutions as noted in my blog article entitled “Digicel’s Fiber Optic Network has July 2014 Completion Date – Launchpad for 4G LTE, Frame Relay, FTTH and Cloud Based PBX Services”.

So clearly what’s now needed in Jamaica and the rest of the World: Developers for more Enterprise and Corporate Apps. The trend towards BYOD means that aside from Video Games, Enterprise and Corporate Apps for businesses will increasingly become important in this Developing World country called Jamaica.