Kony, Inc.

Kony, Inc. is a mobile application development platform for building mobile, tablet, desktop, and kiosk applications. Kony is one of several platform supports that
developers can use to build mobile applications for consumers and enterprises. Kony is headquartered in Austin,
Texas and has oces in the United States, Australia,
Hong Kong, London, Germany and the Netherlands [1] .
Its development center is located in Hyderabad.

manage mobile applications for native and web channels

(also known as multi-channel app development). Kony
supports iOS, Google Android, HTML5, Windows and
Blackberry. Support for Blackberry 10[7] was announced
in Feb 2013, support for Windows 8 in October 2012,[8]
support for Apple iOS 6, iPhone 5 and Passbook in
September 2012.[9]

Kony Studio

Kony has been integrated with native platform SDKs to

execute natively across devices. The run-time consists
of a Mobile App Server, and a virtual machine that im1 The Company
plements the scripting language (JavaScript or Lua) used
by Kony, coupled with the library for each device platKony, Inc. is an American multinational technology form BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Java, Symbian,
[10]
software and services corporation, with headquarters in and browser clients.
Austin, TX. Kony provides a cloud-based mobile appli- In June 2012,[11] Kony added JavaScript support to its
cation development software for the enterprise that spans platform, to allow development of both native and mobile
across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The web applications.
Kony Mobility Platform allows organizations to dene,
design, develop, deploy and manage multi-channel appli- Kony Visualizer
cations from a single code base. In addition, Kony has Kony Visualizer allows users to immediately create clickReady-to-Run applications for consumer and employee through preview apps without manual software coding,
users. Kony also oers an industry-leading MBaaS (Mo- and instantly view, publish and share the app preview
bile Backend as a Service) solution that is front-end UI on mobile phones, tablets and other mobile devices via
design agnostic.
the Kony Visualizer cloud collaboration services. Using
Currently, Kony has over 350 customers worldwide and rapid iterative design and development, Kony Visualizer
has been recognized as a leader in Gartners Magic Quad- reduces the eort related to app design and user experirant for Mobile Application Development Platform in ence testing, helping to quickly gain satisfactory approvals
from business stakeholders. In addition, Kony Visualizer
2013[2] and in 2014.[3]
provides a seamless collaborative cloud environment for
real-time feedback and iteration.[12]

History

Kony Studio is a powerful development environment for

building applications across various devices. Kony Studios IDE software oers a wide range of features to help
you build no-compromise native, web, and hybrid apps
for phones, tablets, desktops, and the Internet of Things
from a single code base.[13]

Founded in San Mateo, California on January 1, 2007

by BITS, Pilani Alumnus and past CEO/Co-founder of
Intelligroup, Raj Koneru. The company released its rst
product, the KonyOne Platform in 2009. In 2012,[4]
it acquired Australian SAP consulting company Sky
Technologies.[5] In May 2014, Kony announced its latest
round of funding, $50 million.[6] Investors in the company include Softbank Capital, Hamilton Lane, Insight
Venture Partners, Georgian Partners, Delta-v Capital and
Telstra Ventures.

Kony MobileFabric

Kony MobileFabric is a pre-built back-end services for

identity, integration, orchestration, messaging and location services (MBaaS). It also provides oine sync capabilities, along with full platform as-a-service productivity through seamless elastic provisioning, monitoring
and analytics. The cloud-based platform ensures there are
3 Products
no delays in setup with instant elastic provisioning of not
just back-end services, but also the full app platform enviKony Mobility Platform
ronment. Kony MobileFabric also provides open Native
The platform is used by developers to write, deploy and and Multi-platform support, and integrates through open
1

5 AWARDS & RECOGNITION

RESTful APIs with major mobile app development tools Native applications are often the best choice for apps that
and frameworks. This includes support via a set of down- require access to device-specic capabilities such as GPS,
loadable Software Development Kits for native iOS and camera, address book, etc.
Android, JavaScript and PhoneGap development.[14]
Kony Sales
Kony Sales is a Ready-to-Run mobile-rst enterprise
sales app that provides sales professionals with real-time
information to manage sales opportunities, accelerate
pipeline activity, provide visibility into account activity
throughout the sales cycle, and measure performance via
analytics. Because Kony Sales is model driven it is congurable and adaptable to meet specic sales requirements
and business process, and it is pre-connected to backend systems so it gives users access anytime, anywhere
to business data from any multi-channel device.[15]
Kony Modeler
Kony Modeler is a visual toolset that can be used directly
by business analysts to assemble and congure mobilerst apps from reusable, lightweight app models. This is
a no source code solution that allows the business to directly build executable models of their application, which
can be immediately deployed and updated via the cloud
to end-users, and run on Apple or Android phones and
tablets.

4.2 Mobile Web

Mobile Web Legacy
Basic
Basic with Javascript
Advanced devices
Mobile Web- HTML5
Desktop Web

4.3 Mixed mode

A version of a native application where some of the forms
may be native or web based to take advantage of the best
of both native and mobile web deployments.

Kony Marketplace
Kony Marketplace is an online exchange allowing business users to use pre-built components from Kony and
Konys partner ecosystem. Users can discover Readyto-Run apps and app models that can be reused and assembled (using Kony Modeler) from Kony and its ISV
and partner network.

4.4 Hybrid
An approach that embeds HTML5 within a native container and leverages the functionality of the browser to
display and process the code locally on the device.

Kony Management
Kony Management enables enterprises to manage mobile apps, devices, and content for BYOD or enterpriseowned programs with enterprise mobility management
(EMM).[16]

Technologies supported

4.1

Native apps

iOS 3+
Android 2.0+
Blackberry 4.5+
webOS
Windows
Symbian/MeeGo (Qt SDK)
JavaME

5 Awards & Recognition

2011 Mobile Star Award: Middleware and Success
story Banking[17]
2012 Mobile
Development[18]

Star

Award:

Application

2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant: Leader in Mobile

Application Development Platform[19]
2013 Red Herrings Top 100 North America
award[20]
2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant: Leader in Mobile
Application Development Platform[21]
2014 CTIA MobITs Award: Mobile Applications,
Development & Platforms[22]
2015 Named a Leader by Ovum for Mobile Application Development Platforms[23]

Funding

On January 12, 2011 Kony Solutions (Kony,Inc) announced that it has secured $19.1 million in Series
A nancing from Insight Venture Partner.[24] In May
2014, Kony announced its latest round of funding, $50
million.[25] Investors in the company include Softbank
Capital, Hamilton Lane, Insight Venture Partners, Georgian Partners, Delta-v Capital and Telstra Ventures.

[13] Kony Studio. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

[14] Kony MobileFabric. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
[15] Kony Mobile Sales Suite. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
[16] Kony Management. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
[17] 2011 Mobile Star Awards Winners. Mobile Village.
[18] 2012 Mobile Star Awards Winners. Mobile Village.
[19] Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development
Platforms. Gartner. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

See also
Mobile application development
Multi-channel app development
Mobile Backend as a service(MBaaS)
Mobile Enterprise Application Platform(MEAP)

References

[1] http://www.kony.com/about/locations
[2] Wire, CMS. IBM, SAP + Adobe Lead in Gartner MQ for
Mobile Apps Development. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
[3] Beat, Venture. Kony Named A Leader in Gartner
Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development
Platforms. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
[4] Kony Solutions Acquires Australia-Based Sky Technologies. Finovate. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
[5] Benedict, Kevin. Kony Solutions Acquires Long Time
SAP Mobility Partner Sky Technologies. MobileEnterpriseStrategies. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
[6] Beat, Venture. Kony Secures $50 Million Round. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
[7] Marsh, Chris. Kony Solutions Provides Support for
BlackBerry 10. Mobile Application and Cloud Strategies.
Yankee Group. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
[8] Kony Announces Support for Windows 8 Operating System. Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 October
2012.
[9] Kony Oers Complete Support for Apple iOS 6, iPhone
5 and Passbook. Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 12
Sep 2012.
[10] Pimple, Sayali. What is Kony Mobility Platform ? Their
Products?". Enterprise Mobility Blog. enterprisemobilityblog.com. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
[11] Kony Renews Commitment to Open Standards and Web
Technologies With Version 5.0 of KonyOne Platform.
Reuters. Reuters.com.
[12] Kony Visualizer. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

[20] 2013 Top 100 North America: Winners. Red Herring.

[21] Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development
Platforms. Gartner. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
[22] CTIA Announces 2014 MobITs Awards Winners.
CTIA. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
[23] Beat, Venture. Kony Named a Leader by Ovum for
Mobile Application Development Platforms. Retrieved
March 18, 2015.
[24] Wauters, Robin. Kony Solutions Raises $19.1 Million
For Mobile Application Platform. Techcrunch. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
[25] Beat, Venture. Kony Secures $50 Million Round. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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