Enterprise app stores provide a single "shopping experience" for employees and support both a BYOD model and a self-service IT model.
Why Create an Enterprise App Store?
Every company will have its own reason for why it wants to create an app store, but in general, the enterprise store will improve overall governance, risk management and compliance. Otherwise, says Trina Gizel, CIO & VP IT at Flexera Software, employees will – and do – download their apps from all over. But apps from public app stores can contain malware, software vulnerabilities and other exploits that cyber criminals look for as a way into a network. They also pose compliance risks if not managed intelligently and can result in unexpected audit fines and true ups. Enterprise app stores provide a safe and controlled environment for downloading apps.