Since we set out on this journey over eight years in the past, the cell ecosystem has developed dramatically. By all that change, there’s been just one constant reality: the platforms proceed to make it harder for companies and customers to attach. The partitions of the gardens, particularly in cell, proceed to develop increased and thicker.

Department’s mission to interrupt down the walled gardens and assist manufacturers develop on cell is extra vital than ever. We’ve made large progress with over 400B hyperlinks created, that assist billions of customers to simply get to the content material they need within the apps they love, day by day. Regardless of how impactful Department has been, we proceed to look ahead, and we see a lot alternative to assist construct higher buyer connections.

As we think about the long run, the primary place we glance is to you, our prospects and companions. Over the course of the final 12 months, we’ve requested you to fill out over 4 totally different surveys to raised perceive how we will higher assist you. The message was clear: higher buyer consulting and extra devoted technical assist.

With this in thoughts, we’re going to be revamping Department’s buyer relationship group, with a watch in direction of extra devoted technical assist and consulting. We’re introducing the idea of the “technical account supervisor” to Department and they’ll have the ability to information you thru the tumultuous adjustments taking place within the cell ecosystem at the moment. 

Moreover, we’re investing closely in our technical companies choices. We’ve discovered that generally you would possibly want far more concerned assist, with an knowledgeable who can deeply embed together with your staff to make sure profitable undertaking execution. You’ll be listening to far more concerning the alternatives for this degree of service over the subsequent 12 months.

Lastly, exterior of the human contact, we perceive the significance of self-service and scalable software program. We’ve grown our software program growth group dramatically with a watch in direction of staying forward of the fixed change within the ecosystem and arming you with the precise instruments to adapt to the change. We’re additionally tripling our funding in our groups devoted to buyer schooling and documentation.

We’re assured that that is the precise mannequin to make sure you keep updated, each with data and expertise.

That stated, a part of this modification is a restructuring that forces us to half methods with a number of the incredible staff members who helped deliver Department to the place we’re at the moment. These are loyal, caring, and hardworking people that we have been unable to seek out locations for within the new construction. We thank them for his or her contribution and are doing all the pieces we will to assist them with a easy transition to their subsequent function.

I’m extra excited than ever concerning the issues we’ll do collectively in 2023. Ecosystem change brings alternative, and Department is effectively capitalized and now higher structured that can assist you seize it. Let’s tear down these partitions.