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North East Consultancy achieves exclusive mobile development partnership

In order to meet the growing demand for cross platform mobile technology, one of the North East’s most recognized technology firms, Waterstons, has announced that it has become one of only 5 UK based premier partners of Xamarin, the company that empowers developers to build fully native mobile apps across all major device platforms using C#.

Unlike traditional development tools that require the use of different programming languages for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, Xamarin allows the Waterstons team to produce reusable, fully native code across all three platforms using a single modern language, C#, and .NET framework.

At a time when mobile technology is ever-present, businesses are increasingly adopting cross-platform mobile applications for reasons ranging from managing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), to improving internal operations, to improving customer service.

“Waterstons has chosen Xamarin as its mobile application development technology of choice as it allows us to develop high-performance, cross-platform apps for our customers much more quickly than traditional mobile app deployments” says Ross Dargan, Waterstons’ Mobile Development Specialist. “Xamarin has enabled us to accelerate our development process while maintaining outstanding performance; we can then translate the time and cost savings as well as the excellent quality into value for our customers.”

The benefits of using Xamarin continue once an app has been deployed, as because the code for each platform is the same, any bug fixes and updates can be written and deployed once, eradicating the need for new code to be written and deployed for each platform. Ross commented “with traditional tools, updates would need to be written separately for each platform in use. Xamarin makes it simple to maintain apps on all three platforms simultaneously; with the complicated code involved, this is invaluable.”

Xamarin’s unique approach to enabling businesses to quickly deliver fully native apps for multiple device platforms perfectly complements Waterstons’ goal to deliver excellent quality mobile solutions that solve specific business problems for its clients; providing them with an advantage over their competitors and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of their mobile workforce.

Waterstons’ Premier Partner status cements the company’s relationship with Xamarin, giving its developers access to close support and technical resource; it also means Waterstons can participate in early product reviews and product feedback. “The mobile development market is particularly fast paced with devices and platforms constantly changing, improving and progressing; Waterstons is committed to developing our skills in this area and staying ahead of our competition to ensure our customers have access to expertise in the newest and most effective technologies.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Waterstons Ltd .