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Many people believe that mobile apps are mainly for consumers. Applications such as Google Maps, iTunes, Foursquare and a number of others are used millions of times a day.
But what a lot of people don't know is that mobile applications for business are gaining ground as more and more field representatives and work-at-home employees are taking advantage of innovation in the enterprise space.
Yes, most enterprise workers—especially in regulated industries—still travel to an office, fire up a laptop or desktop, and go to work. That will continue for a long time to come. Also, some companies simply do not want to allow employees to work from home unless they absolutely must. Those are corporate choices undoubtedly made for good reasons.
But cloud IT, led by service providers such as salesforce.com and others, is filling gaps, saving time and dollars, and offering a great deal of convenience for many companies.
Here is a list of some of Salesforce's top 10 hottest enterprise mobile apps of 2013.
Apttus’ quoting solution allows you to rapidly configure price and quote any product or service. Apttus category-defining software drives the quote-to-cash process, increasing revenue and maximizing visibility and control.
DocuSign is a fast, secure way to sign, send and store documents in the cloud. Whether you need to close a sales contract, buy a home or approve a project estimate, DocuSign's eSignature can handle it. You can sign at any time, any place on any Internet-enabled device.
Concur is a leading global provider of integrated online and mobile business travel and expense management applications.
ServiceMax is field-service management software that the company positions as powerful, easy-to-use, efficient, mobile and collaborative.
Bracket Labs was founded in 2010 to build applications distributed through the Salesforce.com AppExchange. The company's top apps are TaskRay, a shared to-do list and Campaign Calendar, which is a shared calendar for marketing campaigns. The company focuses its app designs on simplicity, agility and customer satisfaction.
Sylpheo enables sales people to make more calls. The Sylpheo apps are designed to enable faster, easier calling and contact management from any location.
Taptera transforms the unstoppable bring your own device, or BYOD, movement from an IT integration and security headache into a competitive advantage for businesses. These apps also represent transformational technology in fields such as CRM and conferences and events.
The core purpose of Xactly is to empower companies of all sizes to incent their employees correctly and scientifically. Xactly enables companies to design, implement, manage, audit and communicate sales compensation programs.
Geopointe integrates Force.com with Google Maps, MapQuest and other geo-technologies. Geopointe is the Salesforce.com top Force.com geo-mapping solution provider.
Built entirely on the Force.com platform, FinancialForce builds cloud applications for Salesforce CRM that include cloud accounting software, billing, online accounting, professional services and others.
This post originally appeared on eWeek.com.
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