Enterprise app stores allow companies to build and maintain an internal app marketplace. Companies use enterprise app stores as a way to consolidate all possible business applications in one place, letting employees use both company-provided and BYO devices to access the applications they need. A company’s internal service desk or asset team would be most likely to use enterprise app stores, since they curate the software employees use or have access to. Enterprise app stores are often used in conjunction with mobile application management software and mobile device management software as part of the greater management ecosystem for a company’s mobile phones and tablets.
This category does not include proprietary, contingent app stores that software or SaaS providers have built into their product offerings. Instead, companies use these enterprise app store solutions to create and moderate their own internal app marketplace.
To qualify for inclusion in the Enterprise App Stores category, a product must:
Foster a company-centric digital marketplace of existing and/or proprietary applications
Allow application updates and update notification pushes
Provide analytics regarding application downloads and usage