Taptera Transforms Enterprise Mobile Software With "Colleagues" for iPhone and iPad

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Taptera today announced availability of their first app Colleagues in the iTunes App Store and shared its vision for continued mobile enterprise software leadership that delivers great apps for great employees. Colleagues is a beautifully designed mobile corporate directory that makes it easy for the on-the-go worker to securely access, navigate and communicate with their entire company like never before. Here are just a few examples of how Colleagues gives mobile workers access to important company information, whenever, wherever:

• An employee receives an urgent email from someone they've never heard of. Colleagues knows how important that person is.
• An employee needs to contact the John Smith they met with last week but there are six John Smith's in the company. Colleagues knows which John they need.
• An employee has a 'bad hair day' on HR photo day. Colleagues lets them upload a personal photo.

See Colleagues in action: http://vimeo.com/taptera/colleagues

"At Taptera, we make apps that allow Fortune 500 companies to focus on their core competencies instead of building costly internal mobile teams," said Chris O'Connor, CEO of Taptera. "Colleagues is the first in a series of Taptera products that bridges the gap between the personal and professional experience in enterprise technology for mobile workers."

At the heart of Taptera's product offering is a revolutionary enterprise mobile platform that takes the slow, complex data from internal corporate systems and optimizes and accelerates it so that it works great over the cellular network. Colleagues connects to existing LDAP or active directory systems effortlessly. Taptera utilizes the iOS Data Protection API and carries all traffic over SSL. Taptera also uses corporate authentication allowing users to access Taptera apps with their existing username and password.

"Taptera's secret sauce is that we create an experience that employees want with the systems companies already have," said Taptera Chief Product Officer Dan McCall. "We developed this mindset while leading the mobile team at Genentech for four years and carried it over here at Taptera."

Prior to Taptera, O'Connor and McCall were on the founding Genentech Mobility Team and developed more than 30 mobile apps for collaboration, sales and support. They were frequently invited to spotlight their latest creations at the Apple Executive Briefing Center. O'Connor and McCall are also featured in Apple's "iPads in Business: Execs Talk iPad" podcast series about how major corporations use enterprise mobility to streamline workflows that help their employees be more productive.

A free demo of Colleagues is available for download through the iTunes App Store at http://www.taptera.com/colleagues. Later this year, Taptera will extend its offering with two more apps called Rooms and Events. For additional information on Taptera licensing options, features, and to learn about an enterprise trial send an email to [email protected].

About Taptera

Founded in 2011, Taptera builds fast, beautiful, and secure off-the-shelf mobile apps for Fortune 500 companies across a diverse range of industries.  Based in San Francisco, the team is made up of a unique blend of consumer, design and enterprise experience and come from companies including Genentech, Inc., Salesforce.com and Mobiata (acquired by Expedia.) Investors include Terence Garnett, Salesforce.com, M.R. Rangaswami and former H-P executive David Murphy. For more information visit www.taptera.com.

SOURCE Taptera