Technology moves fast. Understanding how the mobile space has developed can help us understand where we are today, and why we need the tools and capabilities a modern development framework can provide. Here is an outline of how the mobile ecosystem evolved to the present day.

There is a lot of hype about becoming "Mobile First" these days. But what does Mobile First really mean to an Enterprise? Is Mobile First your first mobile application – No! Is it only about BYOD policies – No! Is it about extending your existing desktop apps to run on a Mobile device – No!

Mobile First enterprises have realized that the end user is king. Users now expect superior user experiences and innovative functionality, even from enterprise apps. Consider the alternatives: low adoption rates, abandoned environments, employee frustration and the risk enterprises face by employees taking matters into their own hands by circumventing the firewall.

Almost a year ago I wrote a white paper about Native versus HTML5 mobile app development, asking ‘Which option is best?’

Do you have the insights that you need to improve your mobile apps quickly and accurately? Development teams spend weeks building new mobile apps, which are released with great anticipation. Once in production, however, most enterprises struggle to understand how they perform, what features are being used the most, where the problems are, and how to improve them for subsequent releases. They rely on superficial data such as the number of downloads, app store ratings and user comments, and are powerless to take actionable steps that will meaningfully improve business success and user adoption.

Join Appcelerator and MobileIron for this webinar! As enterprises increasingly mobilize their employees, mobile apps for employees are storming to the front and center of corporate priorities. Securely building, deploying, and managing mobile apps isn't impossible! In this webinar, "5 Secrets to Deliver Secure Apps Your Employees Will Love," Appcelerator and MobileIron share 5 best practices for creating and delivering applications that are secure and exceed user expectations.

I am personally committed to openness and transparency regarding our pricing and licensing. When I announced the new Appcelerator Platform last week, I mentioned that I was going to follow-up to provide you with details about the changes that we are making to our Plans & Pricing. As I’ve said before, we care deeply about providing you with outstanding value and high quality products at competitive prices. This has been our commitment from the day Nolan and I started this company. One of our core company values is to “Enable Customer Success,” and we are honored each and every day to empower you to deliver transformative mobile experiences to the world.

Earlier this year, we launched a redesigned website to celebrate our epic developers and customers, and to provide customized content for each group. Today, we are making some product changes to provide more clarity about the difference between our open source and commercial offerings.

As many of you know, a couple of months ago we made some significant changes to the pricing of our Cloud Services and Analytics packages. We boosted the monthly allotments of both, giving you - for all intents and purposes - an all-you-can-eat offering for any mobile app – all for free. We made these changes to better serve the needs of our community, and the feedback we received was extremely positive.