Folders provide a single faceted, single point of failure that has limited users and caused inefficiency and risk across Enterprises for years. This is largely due to the nature of a folder. It provides a single source of storage with security options, but once you start nesting folders it creates a single path that may be forgotten or corrupted by improper naming or governance failings. Many organizations complain that their file shares are out of control, and while they may have begun with the best of intentions, the intended use was either not clearly identified or sustained and the end result looks something like the following. How will an organization know where their “real” content is located? 

An even better question is “What makes folders and file shares evil?” Key factors behind “Folder Fail” are as follows:

In conversations with clients, we continue to hear how important single sign-on is to their enterprise mobile application strategy. According to a study earlier this year by Kelton Research 250 IT Managers, 21% of respondents indicated that they plan to deploy 20, or more, enterprise applications to their organization this year.

In order for enterprises to realize the productivity gains factored into the investment decisions for those applications, IT Managers must explore options for enabling single sign-on for their users. In this post, we'll outline a mobile single sign-on (mSSO) pattern for enterprise iOS applications.