During a recent MobileBizChat, @AppCentral pointed out an an article written by their VP of Services, Spencer Shearer, on Mobile Enterprise Magazine. 

Article talks about the benefits of establishing Mobile Centers of Excellence (MCOE). Here's a link.

According to Shearer, this entity "... serve(s) to provide a central, unifying function for leveraging mobility throughout the enterprise. Any MCOE should:

• Institutionalize mobility best practices especially around app development, security and governance
• Define policy for control of mobile apps and process for distribution and management of apps
• Establish consistency across mobility tools
• Provide expertise on mobility initiatives
• Further adoption of mobile solutions throughout the enterprise?"

What do you think of the Mobile Centers of Excellence concept? Have you established something similar at your organization? If so, share your experiences in the "comments" below.