Mobile Expert Video Series: Centigon's Ryan Goodman

This is an interview with Centigon's CEO Ryan Goodman.  They are using Google Maps and business intelligence to offer some interesting mobile solutions for SAP users.

Don't forget to take the enterprise mobility survey at the top of this page!  It will help us all better understand today's 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.

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of September 12, 2011

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

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!

Adsmobi projects the European mobile advertising market to be valued at $1.03 billion by 2014.  Read Original Content

Research firm Ovum has indicated that in the Asia Pacific region the expected mobile apps market revenue will reach $958 million by 2015.  Read Original Content

Advertisers in the U.S. alone have been forecasted to spend over $1.1 billion while investing in mobile marketing by the end of 2011, which represents a 48 percent year-on-year increase, according to estimates from eMarketer.  Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Sony Music has launched a QR Code advertising campaign in 100 London black cabs to promote new music from 11 popular artists under the Columbia record label.  Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Video Series: SAP's Nick Brown

I have interviewed Nick Brown, SAP's Senior VP of Mobile Strategies, several times over the past couple of years and it has always been a pleasure.  Nick is a straight shooter (crazy American phrase for honest and open).  He shares technical details in clear and understandable language, and is open about areas of strengths and weaknesses in his products.  All of these qualities equal credibility.  Thanks Nick!

In this interview we discuss the new Sybase Unwired Platform version 2.1, and its hybrid web container.





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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 Expert Video Series: SAP's CIO Oliver Bussman

I have had the honor of spending time with SAP's CIO Oliver Bussman this week.  I first moderated a panel on enterprise mobility that he participated on, attended a Q&A session with him, and then cornered him for an interview in the garden at the Venetian last evening.  In this video interview we discuss his experiences with deploying over 9,000 iPads at SAP.








Articles by Kevin Benedict

Mobile Expert Video Series: Cognizant's Jeff Wallace
Mobile Expert Video Series: Sybase's Bryan Whitmarsh
Enterprise Mobility - A Tank Half Full
Mobile Expert Podcast Series: PSION's Mike Petersen, Part 1
Kevin Benedict’s Video Comments:  Mobility without Tactics is Wasted
Mobile Expert Podcast Series: Toa Technologies' Yuval Brisker, Part 1
More Mobile HTML5 Apps for Your Review

Upcoming Events

Virtual Mobility Summit - September 27, 2011
Field Mobility 2011 Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange, Las Vegas - November 2 - 3, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Tokyo - November 14-15, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Singapore - November 17-18, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, San Paulo, Brazil - December 4-9, 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
Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
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 

Ruggedized and Industrial Mobile Device Articles

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Smartphones?


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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 September 12, 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.

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

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!

Global mobile payment transactions could exceed $945 billion in 2015, according to IE Market Research’s Global Mobile Payment Market Forecast 2011-2015.  Read Original Content

VeriFone Systems Inc. posted better than expected quarterly results and raised its full year outlook as it finds more customers for mobile payment technologies.  Read Original Content

Payments and banking transactions through mobile phones in India are expected to reach $350 billion by 2015, according to The Boston Consulting Group.  Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Lowe’s, a leading home improvement company, is enhancing its website and equipping store employees with iPhones as the second-largest U.S. home-improvement retailer seeks to catch up to Home Depot and boost sales from its existing locations.  Read Original Content

Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of September 12, 2011

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.


Marketers are discovering that mobile ads are an affective medium to promote products.  Marketing firm 360i has found through a survey that mobile ads are more affective than traditional online advertising campaigns. Global mobile advertising revenue, according to Gartner Research, is forecast to hit $3.3 billion in 2011, a huge increase from the $1.6 billion in revenue in 2010.  Read Original Content



New data from Millenial Media shows that more smartphone owners access the Internet using a W-Fi connection than using their service providers such as AT&T or Verizon.  Read Original Content




The analyst firm Flurry has created a graphic illustrating the rapid growth rate of mobile app value from 2009 and projected through November 2012.  According to the projections, money spent on advertising through mobile apps will dwarf the amount spent on online display ads.  Read Original Content



A study by Yahoo and Ipsos has listed the top seven cases where smartphone users recall and engage with an advertisement on their device.  Sixty-five percent of respondents admit that they remember viewing an ad while shopping on their smartphone, with half of those respondents clicking on the ad and following the advertisement to the site of origin.  Read Original Content

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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 Expert Video Series: Cognizant's Jeff Wallace

Cognizant's AVP of Mobility, Jeff Wallace shares his insights into the current state of enterprise mobility at SAP's TechEd conference in Las Vegas.





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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 Expert Video Series: Sybase's Bryan Whitmarsh

I am attending SAP's TechEd conference this week where I will be interviewing experts in mobility.  Last night I had the good fortune to run into Sybase's Product Manager for SUP (Sybase Unwired Platform), Bryan Whitmarsh.




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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 September 12, 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

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!

According to a new ABI report, the health care Wi-Fi market will grow into a $1.3 billion industry in the next five years as more consumer devices connect to Wi-Fi networks.  Read Original Content

Beginning in July 2012, New Zealand will require beef ranchers to track cattle using RFID tags.  Read Original Content

Trucking companies can now install RFID tags on vehicles in order to pay for fuel at Love’s Travel Stops locations.  This will prevent fuel fraud and speed up the fueling process.  Read Original Content

FieldSaver has released its Android app v3.0 that provides paramedics a mobile interface allowing them to successfully collect, document and electronically share legally required emergency medical services documentation with hospitals, public safety, public health and other first responder agencies.  Read Original Content

Since 1995, Syclo has enabled hundreds of companies in 37 countries and industries supercharge their businesses with mobility.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Syclo. http://www.syclo.com/.

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: PSION's Mike Petersen, Part 2

This is Part 2 of my interview with PSION's Mike Petersen on what makes rugged mobile devices different from consumer grade mobile devices.  Mike reveals some surprising ROIs and TOC (total cost of ownership) considerations. Listen to Part 1 here.

When you are done listening to this podcast, I hope you will take a moment to complete the enterprise mobility survey.  All participants will receive the survey results.





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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.

Enterprise Mobility - A Tank Half Full

Communicating with Pigeons
Seriously, I am talking about tanks.  Tanks as in Abrams, Tiger, T-34s or Shermans.  Did you know that at the beginning of WWII allied tanks did not even have mobile communications.  They had NO mobile radios.  Tanks were sent out into the battlefield with no effective way to communication with them or ask them to change plans, directions or missions.  Early tanks even used pigeons to communicate.

German forces on the other hand had mobile radios in all of their tanks and could communicate with HQ, nearby troops and aircraft.  This capability enabled them to provide real-time feedback and visibility into real-time events, which enabled rapid adaptation to changing situations in the field .  In addition, real-time mobile communications enable combined activities and collaboration between tanks, troops and aircraft that were never before possible.  This capability revolutionized military strategy.  This new capability enabled innovative strategist to develop new tactics.  

My new slogan this year is, Mobile Technology without Tactics is Wasted

The allied forces had mobile radios and communication technologies.  They had just not deployed them sufficiently, nor developed any new tactics designed to take advantage of them.  How many of today's enterprises have mobile technologies, but have not developed new strategies or tactics to take advantage of them?






Upcoming Events

Virtual Mobility Summit - September 27, 2011
Field Mobility 2011 Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange, Las Vegas - November 2 - 3, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Tokyo - November 14-15, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Singapore - November 17-18, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, San Paulo, Brazil - December 4-9, 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
Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
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

Ruggedized and Industrial Mobile Device Articles

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Smartphones?

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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 Expert Podcast Series: PSION's Mike Petersen, Part 1

I had the pleasure of interviewing PSION's Mike Petersen this week about rugged and industrial grade mobile devices, total cost of ownership and device strategies.  This is Part 1, you can listen to Part 2 of this interview here.  This article is a good one for those debating the merits of using consumer grade smartphones or rugged handhelds for specific jobs and tasks.

When you are done listening to this podcast, I hope you will take a few minutes to complete the enterprise mobility survey.  All participants will receive the survey results in a report for free.





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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.

M2M News Weekly - Week of September 5, 2011

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

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!

IMS Research forecasts that world market for connected cars will grow 650 percent from 2010 to 2017.  Read Original Content

According to a national study by Market Research International, consumers rate energy smart metering and health monitoring as the two most appealing M2M solutions in the marketplace.  Read Original Content

Based on European mandates, GTM predicts that smart meters will be installed in 80 percent of European homes by 2020.  Read Original Content

ClickSoftware is an SAP mobility partner and the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by ClickSoftware - http://www.clicksoftware.com/.

Frost & Sullivan have found that in 2010 the 27 European nations saw an overall increase of 60 percent in M2M connections.  Read Original Content

British Gas is providing the recipients of new smart meters with state-of-the-art touch screen meters that allow residents to easily view data being displayed in real time.  Read Original Content

Kevin Benedict's Video Comments: Mobility Without Tactics is Wasted

In this segment I share my thoughts and research around mobile technology as it relates to competitive decision making, adapting to changes, business intelligence and managing the real time enterprise.



Upcoming Events

Virtual Mobility Summit - September 27, 2011
Field Mobility 2011 Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange, Las Vegas - November 2 - 3, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Tokyo - November 14-15, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Singapore - November 17-18, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, San Paulo, Brazil - December 4-9, 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
Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
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

Ruggedized and Industrial Mobile Device Articles

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Smartphones?

*************************************************************
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 News Weekly - Week of September 5, 2011

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!

The Motorola Droid Bionic is the first Verizon Wireless smartphone to combine 4G LTE with the power of dual-core 1 GHz processors, 1 GB of RAM and a stunning 4.3-inch qHD display – all in a sleek form factor that makes it the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon Wireless.  Read Original Content

Jaguar Financial Corporation, a shareholder of Research In Motion, is asking the BlackBerry maker to consider selling its business, its patent portfolio or both.  Read Original Content

The enterprise wireless LAN market revenues grew to nearly $725 million in the second quarter of 2011, up 43.4 percent compared to the same quarter last year and grew by 21.9 percent from the previous quarter, according to International Data Corporation.  Read Original Content

ClickSoftware is an SAP mobility partner and the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by ClickSoftware - http://www.clicksoftware.com/.

Google has issued a survey report about smartphone activities indicating that Android phones command a 32 percent share of Taiwan’s smartphone market, higher than the 25 percent for iOS-powered phones.  Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: Toa Technologies' Yuval Brisker, Part 2

This is Part 2 (see Part 1 here) of an interview with mobility expert and  Toa Technologies' CEO Yuval Brisker.  In this segment we drill down into cloud computing, versioning, total cost of ownership and enterprise mobility.



Upcoming Events

Virtual Mobility Summit - September 27, 2011
Field Mobility 2011 Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange, Las Vegas - November 2 - 3, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Tokyo - November 14-15, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Singapore - November 17-18, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, San Paulo, Brazil - December 4-9, 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
Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
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

Ruggedized and Industrial Mobile Device Articles

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Smartphones?

*************************************************************
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 Marketing News Weekly - Week of September 5, 2011

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 Mobile 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!

A recent study conducted by IBM has found that 51 percent of adults have preformed a purchase using their mobile device.  Read Original Content

The global market for location-based advertising is projected to reach $12.8 billion by the year 2017, according to Global Industry Analysts.  Read Original Content

Google predicts consumers will conduct 15 percent of Black Friday web searches on mobile devices this year.  Research also suggests that 65 percent of consumers will use their mobile device to look for a business to make in-store purchases.  Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Sharespost estimates that location-based ad spends will explode over the next four years, jumping from approximately $40 million in 2010 to $1.8 billion by 2015 due to an increase in dependency on smartphones and other mobile devices in day-to-day use.  Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: Toa Technologies' Yuval Brisker, Part 1

In this two part segment of the Mobile Expert Podcast Series, I interview the CEO/Founder of  Toa Technologies, Yuval Brisker.  Yuval shares his thoughts on enterprise mobility, cloud computing, HTML5 and much more.  Listen to Part 2 here.



Upcoming Events

Virtual Mobility Summit - September 27, 2011
Field Mobility 2011 Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange, Las Vegas - November 2 - 3, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Tokyo - November 14-15, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Singapore - November 17-18, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, San Paulo, Brazil - December 4-9, 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
Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
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

Ruggedized and Industrial Mobile Device Articles

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Smartphones?


*************************************************************
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 September 5, 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.

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!

Gartner research estimates that there will be over 141.1 million worldwide mobile payment users in 2011, a 38.2 percent increase from 2010.  Read Original Content

By 2015 Juniper predicts that worldwide mobile spending on remote and POS payments will grow to $670 billion.  Read Original Content

Transactions involving cash and checks are becoming less popular as electronic banking, including mobile-banking gains popularity.  According to Boston Consultancy Group, mobile payments will account for 20 to 30 percent of all transactions by 2020.  Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

According to the software company Ability Commerce, more customers use tablet devices to conduct mobile shopping than smartphones.  Read Original Content

Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of September 5, 2011

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.



Forrester Research reports that they expect the number of total tablet PC users in the United States to steadily climb to 82 million by 2015, up from 26 million in 2011.  Read Original Content




Mobile Ad agency Jumptab reports that during a ten-day span in August, the currently shutdown HP Touchpad tablet nearly out-gained Android tablets in generated advertising revenues.  This was largely a result from the $99 closeout special for the HP tablets.  Read Original Content



Juniper Research predicts that the value of mobile payments will reach $670 billion by 2015, up from $240 billion currently.  Recent efforts in mobility transactions including Google’s Wallet and new smartphones equipped with NFC chips will further increase the popularity of mobile payments.  Read Original Content




Forrester recently released a new study on the habits of tablet owners and how they relate to mobile shopping.  In the report states that 60 percent of tablet owners shop using their devices with 47 percent completing online purchases.  Read Original Content


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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.



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Mobility ROI Weekly - Week of September 5, 2011

This Mobility ROI Weekly consists of ROIs that I come across in my daily research on enterprise mobility and mobile data collection.  My goal is to create an archive of mobility related ROIs that we can all use when we need them. I hope you find this useful.

United Airlines Replaces Pilot Logbooks with iPad Tablets
 
Recently, United Airlines officials announced that the company is replacing all manuals, charts and logbooks for over 11,000 pilots with new iPad tablet computers.  The company began the replacement process early in August and will complete the iPad distribution later this year.  Expected ROIs are:
  • Replacing logbooks, charts and manuals with iPads will relieve pilots of 38 pounds of required documents and paperwork.
  • iPads will store 12,000 pages of required documentation on a 1.5 pound, compact device that allows pilots to travel lightly.
  • 326,000 gallons of jet fuel will be saved each year through the reduction of 38 pounds of paperwork per pilot.  This equates to 3,208 fewer metric tons of carbon emissions being released each year.
 http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/23/united.ipad.mashable/index.html?iphoneemail

Companies Benefit By Allowing Employees to Bring Their Own Devices to Work

Lately there has been an increased push both by employers and employees to allow the use of personal handheld devices in work environments for work related tasks.  Many companies are seeing the benefits of personal devices at work not only to include savings on company IT expenses but other ROIs as well:
  • By allowing employees to bring personal smartphones and tablets to work, companies save money that would have been spent purchasing company owned devices.
  • Worker moral is improved when employees can bring familiar devices to work.  Employees feel more comfortable using a device for work purposes, which they also use personally.
  • Companies see an increase in productivity when they allow employees to use personal devices for work purposes.  Employees will often complete work related tasks at home when company information and applications are on their personal devices.
  • Personal smartphones are also maintained, repaired or replaced by the owner, which saves the company money.
http://mobileenterprise.edgl.com/how-to/How-Workers-Can-BYOD-Without-Risking-Data,-Networks-75175

Supermarket Chain Secures Storage Rooms with RFID

Two German supermarket chains ALDI and Lidl have both established RFID tracking systems throughout their warehouses and grocery stores to increase security and monitor access into freezer rooms and storerooms.  The system allows the RFID badge on an employee to trigger a door or gate into automatically opening when within range (3 meters).  The reported ROIs are:
  • Reduces theft by restricting access to employees with RFID badges only.
  • Reduces employee theft by tracking any access to storerooms after business hours.
  • Hands free door or gate opening enables employees to enter while driving a vehicle or carrying a load, which saves time and improves efficiency.
  • Hands free access also enables a much faster entry than a manual code or swiping system.
  • The RFID system also records how long an individual has been in a room or freezer and can send an alert to a manager to check on the health and/or status of the individual.
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/8711/1/1/

Lamb Ranchers Increase Production Through Radio-Frequency Tracking

Alberta lamb producers are working on a radio frequency tracking system to create a remotely manageable herd system and to increase awareness and tracking capabilities. The potential ROIs are:
  • Cost-savings through lowered labor expenses 
  • Allows for expanded production through increased oversight of larger herd populations.
http://www.rfidworld.ca/lamb-traceability-project-gives-alberta-lamb-producers-access-to-rich-information/429

Maryland School Board Approves GPS Enabled Bus Fleet

A school board in Prince County, Maryland has approved a GPS vehicle-management system for the school district’s fleet of 100 buses.  The expected ROIs are:
  • An average of 8.6% reduction in fuel.
  • 15% reduction in overtime claims by bus drivers.
  • 13.3% reduction in communication overhead - locating buses, communicating with parents, etc.
  • Provides quick guidance for lost drivers to keep them on schedule.
  • Monitors bus driving patterns to help supervisors train more efficient driving skills.
  • Reports diagnostic data to mechanics for improved maintenance reduced downtime.
http://www.fieldtechnologies.com/school-bus-fleet-updates-gps-tracking-system-to-enhance-safety-and-cut-costs/






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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.

More Mobile HTML5 Apps for Your Review

This week we have found more mobile HTML5 applications for your review.  If you are like me, you want to see what others have done with HTML5 so you can start understanding how you can utilize HTML5 apps in your own enterprise.

Touch Salesforce

Salesforce has just announced a new application based on open standard HTML5 technology. The app will be available in 2012 and will run on most popular mobile devices. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says “The change in hardware is also being complemented by a huge change in software – and that software is HTML5. This software will give us the ability to build applications that run natively on mobile devices, but are also managed as a service…”

http://www.salesforce.com/touch/

LinkedIn Mobile

A new HTML5-based mobile website has been developed for Android and iPhone users by business social network LinkedIn. Users may access LinkedIn via the web on their mobile devices at touch.linkedin.com.

http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=mobile&trk=hb_ft_mobile

PocketMarket

Displays the latest prices for the commodities traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

http://www.pocketmarket.info/ or http://download.cnet.com/PocketMarket/3010-31713_4-75553623.html

WiFi Speed Meter

This app measures the speed of the user’s iPhone internet connection.

http://www.wifispeed.info/ or http://www.apple.com/webapps/utilities/wifispeedmeter.html

Morse Code Generator

A fun web app that translates any English sentence into Morse Code.  I must say this sounds like the ultimate geek app.

http://www.pjnation.com/iphone/morse-code/ or http://www.pjnation.com/

Scrabtis

A cross between Scrabble and Tetris.

http://openappmkt.com/app/4c5903deb77f912f790004f3/Scrabtris

Previously published articles on HTML5

HTML5 Apps
What Can HTML5 Offer Mobile Developers?
HTML5 - What I am Learning
Projections for and Demonstrations of HTML5
HTML5, Enterprise Mobility and Visual Effects
Challenges with HTML5 for Mobile Applications
More on HTML5 for Mobile Application Developers
What Can HTML5 Offer Mobile Developers?
HTML5 - What I am Learning




 
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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 September 5, 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.

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Five hundred Dubuque, Iowa bus commuters have volunteered to travel with RFID tags provided by the city in order to help transportation officials study the travel habits of passengers including popular destinations and stops.  Read Original Content

SAP has developed a mobile health application that provides physicians with a patient’s medical history, medications, X-rays, and vital signs.  Later this year a number of European hospitals will begin a pilot program to test the new application.  Read Original Content

Researchers at Georgia Tech and Duke University have developed and tested an RFID tag and reader designed to alert workers and equipment operators in the event of an imminent collision.  Read Original Content

The Sonim XP3300 Force, a new rugged phone, won the Guinness world record for surviving a drop from 25 meters without breaking. The previous record was a drop of 3.25 meters also preformed by Sonim.  Read Original Content

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M2M News Weekly - Week of August 29, 2011

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.

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Revenues from remote patient monitoring services that use mobile networks will rise to $1.9 billion globally by 2014, according to Juniper Research.  Read Original Content

Frost & Sullivan predicts that the next wave of M2M revenues will be generated by M2M in government and smart cities projects.  Read Original Content

Agsense, a remote irrigation management company has received a patent for its GPS enabled irrigation system.  Read Original Content

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National Taipei University of Technology and Taichung Hospital in Taiwan are working on an ambulance-mounted wireless sensor system to transmit patients’ vital signs to emergency wards while patients are being transported.  Read Original Content

Mobility News Weekly - Week of August 29, 2011

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.

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Also read Mobility Charts Weekly
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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!

Google's Android operating system powers almost 42 percent of the smartphones owned by U.S. consumers, according to a recent ComScore survey.  Read Original Content

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Microsoft is down one point to 5.7 percent (of smartphone subscribers with Microsoft’s Windows Phone and older Windows Mobile platforms) from the 6.7 percent it enjoyed in April.  Microsoft lags greatly behind the two largest players, with Google at 41.8 percent and Apple at 27 percent.  Read Original Content

Samsung is finally releasing its Galaxy S2 smartphone in the U.S.  The smartphone rivals the rumored specs of the forthcoming iPhone 5, which analysts expect to arrive in September or October.  Read Original Content

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