IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft acquisition opens door for cross platform mobile application development

This week, Microsoft announced the acquisition of enterprise mobile market leader Xamarin. The acquisition is the culmination of years of successful collaboration between the two companies in which we saw Xamarin become the favorite of .NET developventuring in the mobile world.From a capability standpoint, Xamarin provides a cross platform model to develop iOS, Android and Windows Phone applications using .NET. More recently, Xamarin extended its offering with solutions for monitoring, managing,