BridgePoint Technologies and Xamarin Partner to Deliver High Performance, Cross Platform Mobile Applications

One common issue created by bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives is that everyone has a different device that they want to use, which can lead to a rise in cross platform interoperability problems. If one person brings in an iPad and another person uses an Android tablet, and they both have to use the same app, this could be a nightmare for the IT department.

Xamarin was developed to enable businesses to harness all major devices with 100 percent fully native apps from a single code base. This applies to iOS, Android, Mac and Windows platforms. BridgePoint Technologies, meanwhile, delivers scalable business solutions to help its clients reduce costs, increase revenue and gain competitive advantage through technology. The two have partnered to enhance cross platform mobile performance.

This partnership with Xamarin allows BridgePoint developers to produce reusable, fully native code across all three major platforms. It can leverage a single, modern language, C# with the.NET framework, enabling BridgePoint to take full advantage of its .NET expertise, as well as repurpose its high-value C# experts.

Vice president and chief technology officer at BridgePoint Technologies, John Gavilan said, "BridgePoint Technologies has embraced the Xamarin platform as its technology of choice for the development of mobile applications because it allows us to deliver high performance, high quality cross platform applications to our customers in a fraction of the time of traditional mobile app deployments. Xamarin empowers our mobile team to accelerate its development process while maintaining exceptional app performance, enabling BridgePoint to then translate these substantial time and cost savings as well as exceptional service quality onto our valued mobile customers."

Gavilan’s comments were followed up by Stephanie Schatz, vice president of sales and customer success at Xamarin. She said "We are pleased that BridgePoint Technologies has signed on as a Premier Consulting Partner, leveraging Xamarin to develop innovative and successful mobile applications for its customers. With Xamarin, BridgePoint Technologies has successfully decreased its time to market, repurposed existing talent and reduced the complexity associated with cross-platform development -- all while meeting customer demand for efficient and cost-effective mobile access."

When you consider the impact BYOD can have in the enterprise, you can see where collaboration such as this will be a great advantage. Being able to streamline internal operations and processes on a cross platform basis is certainly a must.