<p>IDG News Service (London Bureau) Development platform vendor Verivo Software wants to provide the back end for mobile enterprise apps to make it easier for corporate programmers to add features such as off-line access and authentication.</p><p>As company CEO Steve Levy puts it, the company wants to be the plumbing that enables enterprise mobile applications. The Akula platform has been designed to help solve what Verivo sees as the biggest challenges in enterprise mobility.</p><p>"Most enterprise mobile apps are transactional in nature, and integrate deeply with corporate systems such as SAP, accounting systems and proprietary internal databases," Levy said.</p><p>An enterprise-ready app needs authentication to ensure that only the employees that are allowed to can access data and go through with transactions. The company has also found that mission critical applications still need to operate when there is no network coverage.</p><p><a href="http://www.cio.com/article/734436/Verivo_to_Help_Developers_Make_Mobile_Apps_Enterprise_Ready?taxonomyId=3000">Keep reading...</a></p>