Apple Extends Mobile Enterprise Dominance

It may not come as a surprise that more mobile application developers than ever are thinking that Apple will own the mobile computing enterprise. But a new survey of 3,632 mobile application developers conducted by IDC on behalf of Appcelerator, a provider of tools for building mobile applications, also show that Microsoft and HTML5 are starting to generate some momentum, while Blackberry takes a dive.

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  Apple Starts to Widen Its Lead in the EnterpriseIT organizations prefer closed Apple ecosystem

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  Android Losing MomentumLong term trend favors Apple as well

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  Blackberry Takes a DiveAs interest in HTML5 starts to climb

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  The Rise of ARMDevelopers need incentives

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  Microsoft's Metro Makes Some InroadsCould emerge as stronger Apple rival than Android in the enterprise

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  Mastering the Cloud BasicsNothing all that fancy required just yet

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  Multiple Platforms Increase ComplexityNot likely to get better any time soon