(Week 1) Discussion 1: Introductions & Why Mobile Apps?

(Week 1) Discussion 1: Introductions & Why Mobile Apps?Introduction:  Hello and welcome to ITS537 – InfoTech & Mobile Applications. Please take an opportunity to introduce yourself to your classmates. Feel free to share your:

• Current occupation and employer (if applicable)
• Experience and/or background with mobile technology

Why Mobile Apps? If potential customers cannot reach your services, they are lost potential customers. Smartphones, tablets, and other nontraditional devices are pervasive in the market. The onus of responsibility is on developers to help customers get a product anywhere. Do competitors offer products or services your organization does not? Is that why they have an app? Is there a market an organization desires to expand into? If an organization is already in that market, can it add features to an app that will draw more than its competitors?

• Explain why mobile development is complex.
• Identify why some organizations think they do not need a mobile presence.
• Outline why organizations need a mobile application.

To participate in the discussion, respond to the discussion prompt by Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. Then, read a selection of your colleagues' postings. Finally, respond to at least two classmates by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST in one or more of the following ways:

• Complete the discussion by the assigned due date. Late assignments will not be accepted.
• Do not claim credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others.
• Do not copy and paste information or concepts from the Internet and claim that is your work. It will be considered Plagiarism and you will receive a zero for your work.