The 2015 Enterprise App Awards

Appy Awards, 2015 Winners

Mobile apps have never been more important to the enterprise. Cloud-driven services, a growing mobile workforce and a need for rapid access to business-critical data now can mean the difference between winning and losing a contract. That's why each of the winners of CRN's 2015 Enterprise App Awards needs to be on your radar. This year's winners were carefully chosen by CRN editors and represent both the who's who of the IT world (Salesforce, Dell and Cisco) but also lesser-known vendors.

Here are this year's best, the recipients of the 2015 Enterprise App Awards.

If you missed it, be sure to take a look back at the rest of the best of 2015 with CRN.

Administration

Winner: Dell

Product: Dell OpenManage Mobile v1.3

OS: Android, iOS

Price: Free

Dell OpenManage Mobile version 1.3 is a free mobile app for Android and Apple devices that lets users monitor and manage Dell data centers remotely and securely. OpenManage Mobile connects to Dell data center resources through the OpenManage Essentials Console versions 1.3 and up. Not only does it allow solution providers to nip problems in the bud, it also gives them much-needed speed and agility when it comes to performing many basic management functions from a mobile device anywhere and anytime.

Application Development

Winner: Intellect

Product: Intellect MobileApp

OS: Android, iOS

Price: Free

SaaS business process management software firm Intellect has beefed up its Intellect MobileApp for Android app with new features and functions that allow businesses to more easily integrate an entire library of enterprise apps within the Intellect 8 Business Process Management platform. The Intellect MobileApp allows full control of the mobile business process management, allowing customers to decide how many apps they want to create and deploy, and who can control and access them.

Business Intelligence

Winner: Salesforce

Product: Salesforce Wave Analytics for Apple Watch

OS: iOS

Price: Free

The Apple Watch brings to the table a new ecosystem of wearable iOS apps for personal use with much untapped business potential. That's where Salesforce comes in. With its Analytics Cloud for Apple Watch, users gain wrist-based dashboards for at-a-glance insights into the iPhone and iPad-based Salesforce Analytics Cloud app.

Business Intelligence

Honorable Mention: InsideView

Product: InsideView Mobile

OS: iOS

Price: Free

InsideView Mobile is built for sales and marketing pros who need instant access to key data and insights regarding their accounts and contacts. The app lets users instantly unearth key company contact and demographic data. InsideView delivers real-time news and social insights about companies and contacts that can help give sales and marketing pros the inside track. Built into the app is calendar integration and the ability to follow companies in real time from within the InsideView Market Intelligence Platform.

Communication

Winner: Cisco

Product: Cisco Spark

OS: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile

Price: Free

Cisco Spark is a groupware app that facilitates workplace teamwork through a collection of tools such as messaging, file sharing, shared calendars or WebEx meetings. What sets the platform apart from similar solutions is an attention to security and the fact that it was built for specific verticals such as marketing, design, technology, media, entertainment, and professional and financial services.

Communication

Honorable Mention: RingCentral

Product: RingCentral for Microsoft Office 365

OS: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile

Price: $25

RingCentral for Office 365 gives Office software users advanced call management functionality and enables them to make and take phone calls, host Web video meetings and conference calls. Users can also receive dial tones to the outside world. In addition, the RingCentral Office 365 app allows users to swap SMS messages, integrate Internet faxing and link intuitively via Office Calendar.

Contact Management

Winner: bpm'online

Product: bpm'online CRM mobile app (v 7.6)

OS: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile

Price: Free

The bpm'online CRM mobile app is geared toward marketing, sales and service professionals. It gives them access to the vital CRM data in a smartly packaged format anywhere and anytime. Not only does the app allow users to create orders and quotes, but they can also access invoices, accounts and contacts; schedule appointments; make calls or send emails. A handy offline feature allows users to look up customer information and call contacts directly from within the app, whether users are connected to the Internet or not. The bpm'online CRM mobile app is a perfect fit for companies that want to automate their marketing, sales or service.

Information Access/Management

Winner: Hypori

Product: ACE Client

OS: Android, iOS

Price: Free

The ACE Client app runs on both Android and iOS devices and effectively turns a portion of an employee's mobile device into a thin client. The app allows users to connect to a virtual mobile device in the cloud, allowing for a clean separation between personal and enterprise apps and storage on mobile devices. Hypori aims to make enterprise mobility security a non-issue, allowing sensitive information to reside on a private cloud instead of an employee's phone.

Information Access/Management

Honorable Mention: Paxata

Product: Adaptive Data Preparation

OS: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile

Price: Variable

Big data and self-service analytics have created an environment in which legacy infrastructure for preparing data simply doesn't scale for the modern, data-driven enterprise. Paxata is a stand-alone, self-service data-preparation app that helps businesses untangle complex datasets requiring no coding, scripting, modeling or sampling. Adaptive Data Preparation is a highly versatile app that gives business analysts and data scientists a window into a shared environment in which they can not only prep data for big-data analysis but also track the data chain of custody. That's key when it comes to giving users the ability to replay, reuse or undo every step in a data prep project.

Information Access/Management

Honorable Mention: Centrify

Product: Centrify Version 15.8.124

OS: Android, iOS

Price: Free

The Centrify mobile app is a password management solution that reduces the frustration of having to manage multiple passwords for mobile Web-based apps. It does this by providing single sign-on to Web and cloud-based applications. Centrify stores user names and passwords and also can give users easy access to applications that use token-based authentication. With Centrify, IT administrators can provision secure access to email, Web applications, mobile applications, virtual private networks and Wi-Fi networks for end-user devices.

Productivity

Winner: Autotask

Product: Autotask Workplace

OS: Android, iOS

Price: Free

Autotask Workplace is the industry's first, all-in-one app for accessing, storing, creating, editing, annotating and syncing business content. Autotask Workplace allows users to create and edit content directly within the Autotask Workplace app; no need to download or purchase other apps to get the job done. Autotask Workplace also integrates data loss prevention and smart MDM functionality, which allows administrators to manage and remove business content from any synced mobile devices, as well as define policies to control user permissions to access, edit or export.

Productivity

Honorable Mention: Nintex

Product: Nintex Mobile Enterprise

OS: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile

Price: Free

Nintex empowers organizations to quickly and easily automate business processes, turning complex, manual tasks into streamlined, efficient workflows. Nintex Mobile Enterprise Edition enables organizations to easily automate complex forms-driven business processes by integrating with Web services, packaged and custom databases, and business applications. Nintex Mobile Enterprise gives customers the ability to custom-brand up to five native mobile apps in a few easy steps through an intuitive Web interface that builds deployable apps packages in minutes.

Productivity

Honorable Mention: Barracuda

Product: CudaLaunch

OS: Android, iOS

Price: Free

CudaLaunch simplifies mobile access to private cloud applications and networks through Barracuda NG Firewall. The application is available for both iOS and Android devices. MSPs and solution providers can use CudaLaunch to grant mobile and remote access to their customers' private and public cloud-hosted applications.

Editor's Choice

Company Name: ServiceChannel

Product: ServiceChannel Mobile

OS: Android, iOS

Price: Free

The ServiceChannel Mobile app frees users with anytime, anywhere access to create, search, assign and resolve repair and maintenance service orders for commercial facilities. Mobile apps are becoming the preferred platform for many solution providers in the facilities management world to help them significantly accelerate the life cycles of their service workflows. ServiceChannel Mobile app delivers faster creation of service orders out in the field and gives partners the ability to deliver instantaneous notification of contractors for service requests.