Wakanda Digital App Factory
It’s time to take the control of your mobile App development
Cyril Reinhard, COOFebruary 2016
The Digital Age
Mobile apps at the heart of Digital Transformation
Survey question: How many custom-developed mobile applications does your organization currently have deployedon each of the following platforms ?
Source:Gartner (September 2015)
Mobile Apps Today’s Landscape
62%of customerapplications
48%of employeesapplications
TopCIOs Initiatives
25%of IT budgets
invested
6xmoreMobile
Applications
MOBILE
Source Gartner, Source IDC
2016 Top CIO Initiatives By 2017 By 2020
Mobile Apps Future Landscape
50%Today apps will
be rewritten
Standardisation of Mobile App Development Process is Vital to deliver quickly& efficiently to compete with disruptive startups
Today’s chaos
Enterprise need Digital App Factories!
Wakandais the Unique Platform
to deliver multi-channel apps
Time to value
Reduced TCO
Reduced Risk
Wakanda Value Proposal
WAKANDA COMPANY
Wakanda, a 4D Group company
• 4D Group, founded in 1984 by Laurent Ribardière
• Privately funded & debt-free
• 165 employees (50+ Wakanda)
• $20M per year
• 90% engineers
1984 1984 2012 Q4 2014 2015
The 1st graphical relational DBMS for Mac 4D founded
WakandaR&D kickoff
WakandaIs launched
Wakanda History
• Paris headquarters and 5 subsidiaries (US, Australia, Germany…)
• 30 distributors & resellers
• Present in over 70 countries
International presence
THE WAKANDA PLATFORM
One click installation platform to develop:
• Web responsive apps
• Hybrid and Native mobile apps
Seamless Integration Std Frameworks
Back End Integration Studio Orchestration for whole Dev Cycle
Wakanda Platform Overview
Seamless integration
Mutualization:
• Develop once, use many
• Web designers and developpers can work together
Mobile Development Workflow Web Development Workflow
Wakanda Front End
Your legacy system Third party databases
Cloud systems
Wakanda Back End
REST API
And more… And more…
Use Visual tools and JavaScript to connect to:
Security is set on:• Your data• Your business
logic
Easy configuration with visual tools
LDAP, Oauth2
Wakanda Security
Wakanda in a nutshell
CLASSIC
WAKANDA
Classic vs Wakanda
Technical studies Computer setup Project scaffolding Development Deploy
Wakanda Accelerator at a Glance
COMMERCIAL PACKS
COMMUNITY EDITION
ENTERPRISE EDITION
Studio Server Pro ConnectorsVirtual Data Class
Enterprise featuresLDAP/SSO
WAKANDA CLOUD
Managed server
Wakanda platform
On
prem
ise
Clou
dWakanda Editions
Mobile Web
Wakanda Platform Monitored Cloud & On Premise
Subscription
Enterprise edition
ProfessionalServices
TRAININGPROGRAM
Consulting & Expertise(Jumpstart, Audit, Security, Mobile and Web app,
Migration Workshops)
Product & Support Subscription(Developer tools, Library, Support, TAM)
Wakanda Offer
KM
TOOLS
Jump Start 1
Pack
Jump Start 2
Annual Silver Subscription
2 days Wakanda Initiation
15 days consulting
Pack
Quick Start *
Pack
Annual Dev Subscription
Wakanda Essentials 1 day remote
4 days consulting
* Limited to Development(No Production)
Commercial Packs
Annual Bronze Subscription
2 days Wakanda Initiation
10 days consulting
Innovation Large
Annual Subscription Elite
2 days Wakanda Initiation
100 days consulting
Pack
Innovation Medium
Annual Subscription Platinium
2 days Wakanda Initiation
50 days consulting
Pack
Innovation Small
Pack
Annual Subscription Gold
2 days Wakanda Initiation
20 days consulting
Commercial Packs
Description Dev(*) Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Elite
Wakanda EnterpriseServer(1) 1 2 3 4 5 10
SupportedProjects 1 1 1 2 3 5
WakandaDriversMySQL,SQLServer,ODBC
1ofall 2ofall 2ofall all all all
MySQLproconnector yes no yes yes yes yes
LDAPconnector yes no yes yes yes yes
Supporthours (2) limited 9:30-6:30BW
9:30-6:30BW
9:30-6:30BW
9:30-6:30BW
24x7
*LimitedtoDevelopment purpose (noProduction)
(1):number ofservers forallenvironments (production,tests,QA,dev,etc.)(2):BW=BusinessWeek
Commercial Packs
Consulting
Code evalandtuning
ProductionReadiness
HealthCheck
Packs
2-4days
Training
Pack
Essentials
Initiation
Medium
Advanced
Admin
1-4days
Services Packs
Wakanda Value Proposal
Time to value, Reduced TCO Reduced Risk
• Web responsive app, Hybrid and Native
mobile apps
• Prototype, Develop, Test, Deploy and Run
your multi-devices apps
• Backend integration with « Bring Your Own
Data Model » concept
• Mutualization « Develop Once Use Many »
• High Productivity with visual tools
• Standardization
• Advanced security features
• Open Source Model: no vendor lock-in
Unified Platform
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES
ContractSide
SaaS software vendor cuts development and maintenance costs by half 2 using Wakada Digital App Factory for its contract management application.
Challenges Wakanda Solution Results
• Founded end 2014
• Announced launch of services: Jan 2016
• Ezpublish, php, etc.
• Development costs out of control
• Sept 2015, looked for alternative to meet deadline of services launch Jan 2016
• 1 week POC to demonstratecapacity of the platform
• 60 days services contract to develop the application fromscratch using WakandaProfessional Services
• OEM contract
• 2.5 faster to develop than otherproviders
• 60% maintenance reduction(backend config & mngt)
• Development costs cut by half
• « Not only Wakanda helped us to meet out tight deadline throughits state of the art platform and high skilled services team, but also provided a compelling OEM contract to support ourbusiness moving forward. »Franck ZuiliFounder
Principality of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein’s Specialised Unit for E-Governement is using Wakanda to create its own CMS for 100% in-house solution.
Challenges Wakanda Solution Results
• All admin tasks of an independant state, despiteLiechtenstein small size
• IT costs cuts:- Re-insourcing- Replacement proprietary CMS, too expansive
• Quick ramp up needed with new solution to meet business needs
• Fully integrated stack
• Fast training and rapiddevelopment
• JavaScript
• OpenSource, low licensing costs
• Good documentation
• Active developer community
• Rapid Wakanda Product Cycles
• Good support
• Present a first prototype to the decision makers within a few weeks
• Cost Savings:“The Wakanda platform helped to reduce server and staff resources for daily operations.”
• Time to Value“Content managers (80 people) can add and modify content effortlessly.”
• Customer Satisfaction“Our customers are very pleased with our new Website “Gerhard GasslerHead of Portal Management
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