This is a guest post by Brian Blankenship, a Senior Mobile Solutions Provider with Clearly Innovative, Inc. Brian is an experienced mobile developer, as well as a certified project manager with experience and certifications in agile development.  He has developed apps for various industries including the federal government.

Today, as we were delivering our live webcast to the business press, industry analysts, technology bloggers, and enterprise customers, I was watching the mobile testing demo with great interest. After spending over half my career in automated testing (12 years at testing pioneer Mercury Interactive), I couldn’t help notice the similarities with our old 90’s era WinRunner with its nifty record/replay technology, verification points and context-sensitive test scripts.

We just released Appcelerator’s first Mobile Enterprise Report and it is packed full of insights about mobile priorities and investments in businesses in 2013.

Appcelerator just launched a redesigned website to celebrate the two groups that we are honored to empower with our mobile-first platform: developers who want to impact the world through their mobile apps, as well as enterprises that want to transform their businesses with mobile

At the beginning of every New Year, many of us look back at the year that was, and in looking forward we often make New Year’s resolutions for personal improvement. From an enterprise mobility perspective, there are a few parallels with this approach that I’d like to share.

As I wrote last October, I am personally committed to openness and transparency regarding issues concerning our pricing and licensing. 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.

As we approach the end of 2012, the data is in that more Americans are traveling this end of year than last. AAA projects that 93.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holidays, with the number of those traveling by air increasing by 4.5% over last year.

When we talk about next-generation mobile apps, we infer a certain amount of practical utility and value realization. Sure, first generation apps like Angry Birds and Words with Friends kept us entertained, but their functional value is questionable. The Secant Home Automation app, however, is about as next-generation as it gets.

As we wrap up the year 2012, I’m pleased to announce what is undoubtedly the most significant release of Titanium, version 3.0. It's also a time to look back at the year that was and take pride in some of our achievements around Titanium and our thriving developer community.