“Bring Your Own Technology” (BYOT) is also known as “Bring Your Own Phone” (BYOP) or “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD). These terms refer to the rising phenomenon where employees of enterprise IT companies choose and purchase their own mobile devices to use in the workplace. Generally, the technological devices that employees choose are tablets and smartphones. As such devices become more and more common in everyday life, employees expect to be able to have a personalized device in the workplace rather than a uniform set of devices that the company chooses and purchases.

Mobile application development platform (MADP), also known as “mobile enterprise application platform,” refers to the all-inclusive group of both services and products that allow mobile applications to be developed. With a wide variety of mobile devices, user groups, and networks, the development of mobile software can be extremely difficult. However, mobile application development platforms handle this problem because they are able to manage all of these different devices both when they are deployed and during the entire lifecycle of the mobile solution. MADPs are beneficial because their approach is both inclusive and long-term, which is a major improvement from standalone mobile apps.

Mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP), also known as “mobile application development platform,” refers to the all-inclusive group of both services and products that allow mobile applications to be developed. With a wide variety of mobile devices, user groups, and networks, the development of mobile software can be extremely difficult. However, MEAPs handle this problem because they are able to manage all of these different devices both when they are deployed and during the entire lifecycle of the mobile solution. MEAPs are beneficial because their approach is both inclusive and long-term, which is a major improvement from standalone mobile apps.

The mobile wallet, which is also called mWallet, digital wallet, or eWallet, refers to a mobile technology that is used similarly to a real wallet.

HTML5 refers to the markup language and core technology that is used for both creating and displaying content across the internet.

Integrated development environment (IDE) refers to a type of software application that provides computer programmers with inclusive facilities for developing software.

Software development lifecycle (SDLC) refers to the structure that is applied to a software product’s development.

Mobile field service software refers to applications that are used by either field service technicians or dispatchers to diagnose issues, determine the information and parts that are required, and deploy them to the worksite or the client.

Mobile application platform refers to the development environment where mobile applications are created and coded.