Ensighten's Industry Leading No-SDK Approach Dramatically Improves Mobile Analytics and Optimization

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 26, 2014) - Ensighten, the leading global enterprise data and tag management provider and company behind the Agile Marketing Platform, today announced a new version of Ensighten Mobile, making it the only Tag Management System (TMS) provider to offer mobile app tagging without reliance on a software development kit (SDK). The new "No-SDK" approach addresses a massive challenge for mobile marketers, which historically have been unable to leverage mobile analytics and optimization to modify apps quickly.

An SDK is a basic programming package that allows mobile developers to tie third-party technology into their mobile apps. While SDKs have grown in popularity due to their simplicity, they significantly limit marketing agility by requiring marketers to identify up-front exactly what to track within an app. Once an SDK is implemented, if a marketer wants to collect new data or additional events (such as clicks), they need a mobile developer to recompile the app, re-submit it to the app store and then wait for consumers to download the updated app. These steps add weeks to the process, and are unacceptable to sophisticated marketers that must respond rapidly to customers' needs and to changes in the marketplace.

Ensighten Mobile features a unique approach that deliberately sidesteps an SDK. It only requires 15 minutes to implement and removes the constraints associated with an SDK. Ensighten Mobile enables marketers to go through the process only once: compile their mobile app library and submit it to the app marketplace (iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8). Any subsequent app changes, such as tracking new events or A/B testing, can be done immediately. This dramatically improves mobile marketers' ability to analyze, optimize and deploy third-party marketing providers within their app.

"Mobile devices are rapidly becoming the go-to screen for consumers, and today mobile apps account for 86 percent of total U.S. consumer time spent with mobile," said Josh Manion, Ensighten founder and CEO. "Not surprisingly, brands have invested heavily in their mobile apps and are looking to Ensighten to help them drive revenue. Our unique No-SDK mobile capabilities are part of Ensighten's commitment to ensuring that digital marketers have the tools to collect, own and act on consumer data in real-time across all digital touchpoints."

United Airlines uses Ensighten Mobile to rapidly deploy and optimize its mobile app. When United Airlines released a new app that received widespread adoption, unfortunately misleading text regarding Mileage Plus membership was discovered. Using Ensighten Mobile, the United Airlines team was able to easily clarify the text within the app -- and immediately make this change visible to all app users. This rapid response to improving their customer experience would not have been possible with a traditional SDK.

In June, Ensighten was named a 2014 Direct Marketing Association Innovation Awards Finalist for Ensighten Mobile and "the measurable results the technology has achieved to date, including the impact the product has had on the data-driven marketing community."

Ensighten Mobile enables marketers to:

• Deploy a mobile app library in less than 15 minutes
• Publish changes immediately without needing to resubmit to the app store and wait for consumers to download the updated app
• Breakdown data silos by unifying mobile, web and offline data across third-party marketing vendors using the Ensighten Data Layer
• Leverage mobile app data within Ensighten Activate to personalize user content and experiences in real-time across all digital touchpoints
• Test and easily swap third-party technology vendors

ABOUT ENSIGHTEN
Ensighten, the global leader in omni-channel data and tag management, is changing the face of digital marketing by transforming the way enterprises collect, own and act on their customer data across all marketing channels and devices. The Ensighten Agile Marketing Platform (AMP) enables enterprises to achieve true one-to-one personalization, accelerate the execution and optimization of their marketing initiatives and deliver superior user experiences. The Ensighten AMP, with its unique hybrid-tagging technology, powers companies generating over $1.9 trillion in revenue in over 150 countries. The world's leading brands (Microsoft, Capital One, United Airlines, T-Mobile and Walmart) achieve marketing agility by implementing Ensighten's single line of code. Ensighten is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in New York and London. To learn more visit www.ensighten.com, and join the conversation on LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/ensighten and Twitter @ensighten.