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M2M News Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011

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Welcome to M2M News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to M2M (machine to machine) and embedded mobile devices.  I aggregate the information, include the original links and add a synopsis of each article.  I also search for the latest market numbers such as market size, growth and trends in and around the M2M market. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Also read Mobility ROI Weekly Healthcare market research company, Kalorama Information has predicted that the market for remote patient monitoring is likely to grow by 25.4 percent annually over the next five years to reach $22.2 billion by 2015.   Read Original Content Sprint and water utility company Neptune Technology Group are partnering together to provide an M2M enabled water metering solution for nationwide use.   Read Orig

Mobility ROI Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011, Part 3

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This week I will publish three Mobility ROI reports (this is 3/3), as I have a bunch of ROIs that I have saved up over the past few weeks but have not had time to share. The ROI (return on investment) report includes ROIs that I come across in my weekly research on the topic of enterprise mobility. My goal is to create an archive of mobility ROIs that we can all use. I hope you find this helpful. Pacific Gas and Electric, has over 5,000 specialists on 1,500 crews that support 50 million customers.  They use solutions from Clicksoftware that include ClickSchedule, ClickPlan, ClickAnalyze and ClickForecast to manage scheduling and many other things. PG and E recognized the following ROIs: ROI - Productivity gains as a result of centralized scheduling. ROI - Better utilization rates and forecasts as a result of accurate measurement of crew utilization rates and projected utilization rates for future weeks across all regions. ROI - Efficiency gains as a result of management's abi

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: ClickSoftware's Gil Bouhnick, Part 2

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In Part 2 of this interview with mobility guru Gil Bouhnick (listen to Part 1 here ) we discuss enterprise mobility, Windows 8 and tablet trends. ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups Read The Mobility News Weekly Read The M2M News Monthly Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobility News Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011

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The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Also read Mobility ROI Weekly Greetings!  This is Kevin Benedict offering a free report on enterprise mobility for everyone that completes my new enterprise mobility survey.  At the end of the survey is a place for you to leave your name and email address.  I will send the results of this survey to all participants.  I believe we can all learn some very interesting and perhaps unexpected information from this survey that will help us plan and develop good strategies.   Take the Survey Here! Gartner expects Apple to sell a whopping 148.7 million iPads in 2015.  Android-bas

Mobile Markting News Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011

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The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Also read Mobility ROI Weekly Greetings!  This is Kevin Benedict offering a free report on enterprise mobility for everyone that completes my new enterprise mobility survey.  At the end of the survey is a place for you to leave your name and email address.  I will send the results of this survey to all participants.  I believe we can all learn some very interesting and perhaps unexpected information from this survey that will help us plan and develop good strategies.   Take the Survey Here! PricewaterhouseCoopers, the business services firm, predicts that mobile adspe

Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011

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The Mobility Charts Weekly is a weekly publication of charts depicting the current and future status of the enterprise mobility market.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. A new report by Nielsen revealed information on smartphone buyers within the past three months comparing iPhone, BlackBerry and Android sales.  According to the report, 58 percent of people chose to purchase an Android device over an iPhone or BlackBerry.   Read Original Content The Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada has broken down the revenue generators of the $52.1 million in mobile advertising during 2010.  Advertising for packaged goods was the highest revenue generator taking 22 percent, with telecom ads taking 19 percent.   Read Original Content From flash-sales sites like Gilt Groupe to daily deal giants like Groupon, the deal business is expanding more quickly than expected this year, with consultancy BIA/Kelsey predicting $2 billion in revenues

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: ClickSoftware's Gil Bouhnick, Part 1

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In this segment of the Mobile Expert Podcast Series we have as our guest Gil Bouhnick, a mobility expert, blogger  and director of mobility for ClickSoftware .  I had the good fortune of spending a few minutes with him this week, and to record this 2 part podcast.  In Part 1 we focus on HTML5 and how companies are using it.  In Part 2 we discuss tablet trends, Windows 8 and enterprise mobility. ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups Read The Mobility News Weekly Read The M2M News Monthly Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles. Enterprise Mobility Mobile Workforce Management Field Service Software

Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011

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The Mobile Commerce News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallets, mobile banking and mobile security that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Also read Mobility ROI Weekly Greetings!  This is Kevin Benedict offering a free report on enterprise mobility for everyone that completes my new enterprise mobility survey.  At the end of the survey is a place for you to leave your name and email address.  I will send the results of this survey to all participants.  I believe we can all learn some very interesting and perhaps unexpected information from this survey that will help us plan and develop good strategies.   Take the Survey Here! The value of financial tra

Mobility ROI Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011, Part 2

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This week I will publish several Mobility ROI reports (this is 2/3), as I have a bunch of ROIs that I have saved up over the past few weeks but have not had time to share. The ROI (return on investment) report includes ROIs that I come across in my weekly research on the topic of enterprise mobility. My goal is to create an archive of mobility ROIs that we can all use. I hope you find this helpful. Aclaim Pallet Express recently installed a fleet telematics system using Trakm8 technology. Since the installation they have experienced a number of key benefits that contribute to their ROI: ROI - reduced vehicle downtime and associated costs. ROI - driving practices were adjusted and fuel costs reduced as a result of management's ability to monitor and supervise the driver's habits and routes.  ROI - reduced fuel costs as a result of using more efficient routes. ROI - reduced maintenance costs by developing more responsible driving habits. Original Source Webalo was chose

Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011

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The Field Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to field mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Also read Mobility ROI Weekly Greetings!  This is Kevin Benedict offering a free report on enterprise mobility for everyone that completes my new enterprise mobility survey.  At the end of the survey is a place for you to leave your name and email address.  I will send the results of this survey to all participants.  I believe we can all learn some very interesting and perhaps unexpected information from this survey that will help us plan and develop good strategies.   Take the Survey Here! UPS recently announced that the company was able to increase the number of deliveries a

Mobility ROI Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011, Part 1

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This week I will publish several Mobility ROI reports (read Part 2 here ), as I have a bunch of them that I have saved up over the past few weeks but have not had time to share.  The ROI (return on investment) report includes ROIs that I come across in my weekly research on the topic of enterprise mobility.  My goal is to create an archive of mobility ROIs that we can all use. I hope you find this useful. Norton Rose Group, an international business law firm, needed a mobile solution for their employees so they would have full access to company resources and information while on business trips.  Mobileiron was chosen to provide a mobile solution for Norton Rose employees. The company received the following ROIs: ROI - Increased productivity by enabling 1,800 employees on three continents the ability to access company resources while traveling between offices and while meeting with clients on business trips. ROI - Employees could keep business related information separate from their

The HMTL5 Standard - Where Do Things Stand?

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In this article we are going to explore the status of the HTML5 standard. The HTML5 specification from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) can be found at http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html .  A version-control record of all changes to the HTML5 standard are available at: http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/ Predictions for the completion of the HTML5 standard vary widely. An article from Vision Mobile, published in June, states that HTML5 completion is not expected before 2014. ( http://www.visionmobile.com/rsc/researchreports/HTML5%20and%20what%20it%20means%20for%20the%20mobile%20industry.pdf )  In May of 2011 W3C announced, "W3C reconfirmed today that, as announced, these specifications are on track to become stable standards in 2014." http://www.w3.org/2011/05/html5lc-pr.html.en Regardless of when the HTML5 standard is completed, developers are taking advantage of the HTML5 features currently available. Contemporary

M2M News Weekly - Week of September 19, 2011

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Welcome to M2M News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to M2M (machine to machine) and embedded mobile devices.  I aggregate the information, include the original links and add a synopsis of each article.  I also search for the latest market numbers such as market size, growth and trends in and around the M2M market. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Greetings!  This is Kevin Benedict offering a free report on enterprise mobility for everyone that completes my new enterprise mobility survey.  At the end of the survey is a place for you to leave your name and email address.  I will send the results of this survey to all participants.  I believe we can all learn some very interesting and perhaps unexpected information from this survey that will help us plan and develop good strateg

Enterprise Mobility in Asia - Tokyo and Singapore

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 Eggs with Benedict EMEA Tour Team I am excited to report that I will be speaking on enterprise mobility in Tokyo (November 14th and 15th) and in Singapore (November 17th and 18th) in November of 2011.  This is an updated and Asian version of my " Eggs with Benedict " enterprise mobility speaking tour that I presented across Europe this past summer.  K2 Partnering will be sponsoring my speaking and educational trip for companies interested in learning more about enterprise mobility strategies and tactics.  If you are interested in participating please contact me for the details. I hope to see you there! ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups Read The Mobility News Weekly Read The M2M News Monthly Full Disclosure: I am a

HTML5’s Future – Comments and Predictions!

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I thought it would be interesting to research and collect quotes from various mobility experts on the topic of HTML5.  I hope you find this useful! • Jason Grigsby, Vice President of Cloud Four (quoted in 2009) “HTML5 is going to be be a big deal and it will be relevant much sooner than people think.” “…the adoption of HTML5 will be driven by the needs of mobile, not the needs of desktop developers.” http://www.cloudfour.com/html5-from-a-mobile-perspective/ • Yuval Brisker, CEO of TOA Technologies “…it’s clear that the HTML5 revolution is in full swing. And those in the know are both impressed and supportive...we have embraced HTML5 in its totality in order to provide deep enhanced mobility to our customers worldwide.” http://toatech.com/blog/innovation/html-5-continues-to-impress-toa-leads-the-way/ • David Semeria, creator of LM (a general purpose system for creating, deploying and monetizing code and content) “I started out as a big believer in HTML 5 on mobile -

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: PSION's CEO John Conoley, Part 2

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This is Part 2 of an interview with PSION's CEO John Conoley ( listen to Part 1 ).  In this segment John shares his strategies for managing a manufacturer of rugged handheld computers through challenging economic times and a rapidly changing mobile device landscape. ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups Read The Mobility News Weekly Read The M2M News Monthly Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobility News Weekly - Week of September 19, 2011

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The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read  Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read  Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read  M2M News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Greetings!  This is Kevin Benedict offering a free report on enterprise mobility for everyone that completes my new enterprise mobility survey.  At the end of the survey is a place for you to leave your name and email address.  I will send the results of this survey to all participants.  I believe we can all learn some very interesting and perhaps unexpected information from this survey that will help us plan and develop good strategies.   Take the Survey Here! IDC is forecasting that mobile Internet users will grow by an annual compound rate of 16.6 percent through 2015, when they will pass PC and other wirel

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: PSION's CEO John Conoley, Part 1

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I had the honor of interviewing PSION's CEO John Conoley for this podcast last week.  PSION  is a manufacturer of ruggedized and industrial mobile handhelds and they have been around for over 50 years.  I wanted to learn from John his strategies for managing and transforming his company during these challenging economic times that also include a rapidly changing mobile technology ecosystem.  This is a two part podcast.  You can watch Part 2 here . ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups Read The Mobility News Weekly Read The M2M News Monthly Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of September 19, 2011

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The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Spending on smartphone-based advertising in Canada will reach $82 million by the end of this year, according to a report issued by the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada.   Read Original Content According to Millenial Media, mobile automotive display advertising increased 169 percent from 2009 to 2010.   Read Original Content Even though mobile advertising has doubled since last year, and is now valued at $3.3 billion, mobile advertisements represent only 5 percent of total investments in online ads.   Read Original Content Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, pow

Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of September 19, 2011

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The Mobility Charts Weekly is a weekly publication of charts depicting the current and future status of the enterprise mobility market.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. GTM Research forecasts that utilities in the U.S. will spend $8.25 billion between 2011 to 2015 in three major areas:  customer engagement, business services and grid operations.  That spending will allow for many of the advantages that smart grid can deliver, from more tailored pricing offerings for the average consumer to more coordinated outage response.   Read Original Content With smartphone prices falling, IDC expects the number of smartphone sales to surpass the number of PC sales by the end of this year.  According to recent reports, in 2010 more than 270 million smartphones were sold. This is up from 174 million in 2009.   Read Original Content A new study by marketing firm 360i has found that mobile advertising campaigns are more effective than traditi

Flattening the Stack with Integrated App Development, MDM, and Hosted Solutions

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Andre Guillemin I want to thank my friend and mobility expert André Guillemin for writing this article and sharing it with all of us. As the mobility needs of the enterprise continue to evolve, solutions providers are under increasing pressure to offer product suites that provide mobile device management, application development, and hosting capabilities all under one roof. Currently, solutions providers tend to specialize in one of the three, forcing most enterprise companies to purchase multiple solutions. Stacked on top of each other, an MDM , app development platform, and a hosting services package may provide the total functionality needed, but it’s not the most elegant solution. So how are providers responding? The emerging trend among the major players in the mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP) space is to start piling on the features…and fast. Antenna Software just bumped up its MDM capabilities with the release of its Volt platform, which enables companies to

Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of September 19, 2011

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The Mobile Commerce News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallets, mobile banking and mobile security that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Greetings!  This is Kevin Benedict offering a free report on enterprise mobility for everyone that completes my new enterprise mobility survey.  At the end of the survey is a place for you to leave your name and email address.  I will send the results of this survey to all participants.  I believe we can all learn some very interesting and perhaps unexpected information from this survey that will help us plan and develop good strategies.   Take the Survey Here! The number of global e-payments is expected to grow from 17.9 to 30.3 billion transactions