Mobile Expert Video Series: Jon Reed, John Appleby and Kevin Benedict

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Jon Reed of JonERP.com recorded a fun video this week with three SAP Mentors (Jon Reed, John Appleby and myself) on the topic of SAP and enterprise mobility.  The video podcast is available here:

 http://www.jonerp.com/component/option,com_mojo/Itemid,57/p,102/#more-102

Upcoming Events

Field Mobility 2011 - Sydney, Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange - November 2 - 3, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
Mobile Adoption Among Gas and Electric Utilities
Mobile Adoption in Life Sciences
Mobile Adoption in Oil and Gas
Networked Field Services

Recorded Webinars of Note

Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
3 Critical Considerations for Embracing Mobile CRM
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
The Latest m-Business Trends and How the Onslaught of Mobile Devices Affects Development Strategies
The Real-Time Mobile Enterprise:  The Benefits of Rapid, Easy Access
Syclo and SAP Deliver Mobile Apps on Sybase Unwired Platform


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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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 Commerce News Weekly - Week of August 2, 2011

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.

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eBay will process $4 billion in mobile transactions this year, up from $2 billion in 2010, according to Bob Page, VP of analytics platform for the company.  Read Original Content

The mobile payments market will almost triple in value by 2015 reaching $670 billion, according to a new Juniper report.  Read Original Content

Reports from analysts and investors claim Amazon.com Inc will release a tablet computer later this year in a bid to cement their position as the world's largest Internet retailer.  Read Original Content

Fandango has announced that 20 percent of its summer ticket sales has been generated by its mobile applications and its newly redesigned mobile site.  Read Original Content

Mobile payment users will reach 141.1 million in 2011, a 38.2 percent increase from 2010, according to research firm Gartner.  Read Original Content

As of July 2011, Square is now processing $4 million mobile payments per day and is expected to grow quickly over the next few months.  Read Original Content

Video Comments: What Kevin Benedict has Learned about Enterprise Mobility this Month

I have traveled around the world meeting with large companies (many were SAP customers) and speaking at mobility conferences over the past 8 weeks and wanted to take a moment today to share in this video comments some of what I have been learning about enterprise mobility and the current market.   





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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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 Charts Weekly - Week of August 1, 2011

The Mobility Charts Weekly is a collection of the latest published charts we find during our weekly research on the industry.

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 M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobility ROI Weekly

According to a recent Nielsen study Google’s Android continues to be the most popular smartphone in the United States.  Nielsen reported that Android devices take up 39 percent of the overall smartphone market with Apple’s iPhone taking 28 percent.  Read Original Content



Mobile payments are expected to hit $214 billion by 2015.  Transactions made by scanning a mobile phone at the register are forecast to reach $22 billion and increase from nearly nothing only a few years before.  Read Original Content



This ABI research chart focuses on mobile app downloads for each of the major operating systems.  iPhone’s OS system continues to dominate the app market and will continue to lead in total downloads through the near future.  By 2013 there will be approximately 3.5 billion iPhone app downloads.  Read Original Content



Overall usage of QR codes is on the rise and is continuing to grow steadily through 2011.  3GVision published a press release earlier this year providing a chart to visually illustrate the growing popularity of mobile barcode scans.  The data for this report shows the number of barcode scans per month in the millions.  Read Original Content

Upcoming Events

Field Mobility 2011 - Sydney, Australia - Oct 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange - November 2 - 3, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
Mobile Adoption Among Gas and Electric Utilities
Mobile Adoption in Life Sciences
Mobile Adoption in Oil and Gas
Networked Field Services

Recorded Webinars of Note

3 Critical Considerations for Embracing Mobile CRM
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
The Latest m-Business Trends and How the Onslaught of Mobile Devices Affects Development Strategies
The Real-Time Mobile Enterprise:  The Benefits of Rapid, Easy Access
Syclo and SAP Deliver Mobile Apps on Sybase Unwired Platform

You can follow me on Twitter @krbenedict and read my blog, Enterprise Mobility Strategies.

I have added a feature to my blog site that supports email subscriptions.  You can now receive all blog articles directly via email.  If you are interested, click here.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

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.

Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of August 1, 2011

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

The Australian Live Exporters Council has made a new regulation that requires all cattle being exported from Australia to be equipped with an RFID tracking tag.  Read Original Content

The FDA has announced the availability of the Mobile Medical Applications draft guidance that will go into effect sometime after October 19, 2011.  The goal for the FDA is to provide accurate and up-to-date information for consumers and patients, partly to address the increasing number of health applications that may not always be accurate or may contain information from unreliable sources.  Read Original Content

Italian gun manufacturers will begin putting RFID tags on their weapons starting next year.  The new technology is set to become standard for inventory and tracking weapons manufactured in Italy.  Read Original Content

A recent vehicle tracking survey conducted by Ctrack finds that more than 70 percent of customers using vehicle-tracking technology have used it for more than four years.  This indicates that vehicle tracking is becoming an important operational tool for fleets worldwide.  Read Original Content

Research conducted by TechNavio reveals that the RFID market in the healthcare industry is expected to grow at an annual rate of 29 percent.  Read Original Content

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the New York City area awarded a four-year, $6.9 million contract to VeriFone Systems for delivery, installation, and warranty and maintenance services for 1,000 TransitPAY systems to provide real-time bus information to customers on Staten Island buses.  Read Original Content

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