Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by rryan » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 8:25 PM UTC

hosay123 wrote: post #6

At what point do people start believing that Google has a strong interest in carving out its own proprietary ecosystem, all their openness "plays" always lead to the same thing: some rhetorical platform used only to advance their private agenda. Chrome and Android will soon be Internet Explorer and Windows of the 21st century.

This gives companies an easy way to distribute their corporate apps internally where they would previously have to sideload them on employee phones. How is this related to your claims?

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 8:37 PM UTC

hosay123 wrote: post #6

At what point do people start believing that Google has a strong interest in carving out its own proprietary ecosystem, all their openness "plays" always lead to the same thing: some rhetorical platform used only to advance their private agenda. Chrome and Android will soon be Internet Explorer and Windows of the 21st century.

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Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by mtkd » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 8:45 PM UTC

This is huge for business uptake and could, in a few months, start leading enterprises to specify Android only.

Will open up a lot more opportunities for mobile business app startups too.

Mobile in enterprise is often seen as lagging behind consumer use - but senior execs in my experience are already a lot further ahead on mobile use for stats/monitoring than many probably appreciate - getting broader uptake across an enterprise usually stalls at deployment and user support.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by jrockway » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 9:00 PM UTC

jonursenbach wrote: post #10

hosay123 wrote: post #6

At what point do people start believing that Google has a strong interest in carving out its own proprietary ecosystem, all their openness "plays" always lead to the same thing: some rhetorical platform used only to advance their private agenda. Chrome and Android will soon be Internet Explorer and Windows of the 21st century.

I'm going to be that guy and ask: why?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by te_chris » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 9:02 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #5

cleverjake wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How so? I think they meant play as in playground

Right, which is inappropriate for a business-oriented device or service.

Only if you subscribe to a narrow, business-school centric, "very serious" view of business.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by bitwize » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 9:05 PM UTC

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #9

c0nsumer wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pushing the play button to make it go, perhaps? As in, using the apps is so easy you just "press Play"?

One has to wonder what the problem was with Market.

The rebranding occurred when Google changed it from an Android app store into a one-stop-shop for apps but also books, movies, and other downloadable media.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by habosa » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 9:08 PM UTC

This is great. So much better than distributing APKs over email or something of that nature. The ability to push secure updates to internal apps through Google's network is gamechanging.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by ConstantineXVI » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 9:08 PM UTC

MatthewPhillips wrote: post #9

c0nsumer wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pushing the play button to make it go, perhaps? As in, using the apps is so easy you just "press Play"?

One has to wonder what the problem was with Market.

I took it as a way of making Google's involvement more clear; it's not immediately obvious "Android Market" is Google-related, where "Google Play Store" is.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by tedchs » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 9:24 PM UTC

habosa wrote: post #17

This is great. So much better than distributing APKs over email or something of that nature. The ability to push secure updates to internal apps through Google's network is gamechanging.

There is a product called Knappsack that I have been using to help with this problem... www.knappsack.com . Gives you a private app store, cross-platform, open source or SaaS.

Re: Google Play comes to Google Apps: Enterprises can distribute apps internally

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Post by giulianob » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 9:29 PM UTC

hosay123 wrote: post #6

At what point do people start believing that Google has a strong interest in carving out its own proprietary ecosystem, all their openness "plays" always lead to the same thing: some rhetorical platform used only to advance their private agenda. Chrome and Android will soon be Internet Explorer and Windows of the 21st century.

They do have an ecosystem but it's built on top of a platform they've open sourced. Also, you are allowed to load apps manually into the phone so you aren't really tied into their ecosystem.