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Mobile Expert Interviews: Oracle's Denis Tyrell

Oracle made several interesting announcements about their new enterprise mobility solutions here at Oracle's Open World 2014 including Oracle's Mobile Cloud Service MBaaS and MADP.  In this interview with Oracle's Senior Director of Product Management we discuss them.  Enjoy! Video Link: http://youtu.be/GqkE8AIx378 Upcoming Webinar: Shift Mobile Testing Left Using Selenium and Eclipse Date: October 7, 2014, 11am EDT Description: Learn how the “shift testing left” dynamic is impacting Developers and Testers. Learn how Perfecto Mobile can facilitate this while supporting your Agile and Continuous Integration effort. The webinar includes a hands-on demonstration of the MobileCloud, including: How to create a new mobile testing project in Eclipse How to run a sample project on multiple devices in parallel How to leverage existing Selenium scripts and extend them to mobile  How to "Shift Left" and decrease mobile app time to market Registration link:  

10 Steps to Implementing Big Data and Code Halo Strategies

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Tactics without strategy are dangerous. ~ Robert Leonhard In the new book titled Code Halos the authors and Cognizant thought leaders, Malcolm Frank, Paul Roehrig and Benjamin Pring, propose that data is the new competitive arena for businesses.  Winners in this competition are those that can collect, aggregate, analyze and react in real-time to data in a manner that drives improved customer interactions and engagements. In another recent book titled, Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation , author James McQuivey's writes that competition in business is rapidly moving to a “focus on knowledge of and engagement with customers.” Data is being used to shape and personalize real-time interactions and engagements.  Companies are beginning to understand this.  They understand that "code halos" (people’s digital footprint, the online data about preferences, history, activities, etc.) has great value.  This data is the key to personalizing user experie

Digital Transformation Expert Interview: Cognizant's Adithya Sastry

In 2014 consumer behaviors and preferences are changing at a speed never before seen.  In large part the speed of change is the result of innovations in mobile technology, cloud computing, Code Halos and ubiquitous access to high speed wireless broadband Internet.  Add to these innovations the process of digital transformation happening in most industries and markets and you have a powerful argument for agility, change management and innovative new business models. In this interview with Cognizant 's GM and Venture Leader for Cloud360 , Adithya Sastry, we discuss mobility, digital transformation, cloud computing and the need for new agile business models supported by the cloud.  Enjoy! Video Link: http://youtu.be/T4fMqAd9364?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw "Why Apps Fail" Report: http://info.perfectomobile.com/wpr-why-apps-fail.html?utm_source=mes&utm_sfdcid=701D0000000zR1C Sept 30. Webinar - 5-Star Wars: 3 Mobile Testing Strategies to Ensure a 5-Star App a

Digital Transformation Expert Interviews: Cognizant's Jitin Agarwal

An increasing amount of interactions with prospects, customers, employees and partners are occurring via mobile applications.  The experience is a digital experience.  Mobile applications in the B2C (business-to-consumer) space are where researching, shopping, purchasing, product shipment tracking, coupons and loyalty awards are all managed.  Often all the interactions and experiences with a particular brand are digital.  How do large multinational companies manage digital assets across hundreds of channels, markets and dozens of languages and currencies?  In this interview with Cognizant's digital experience expert, Jitin Agarwal we discuss all of these points and the technologies involved.  Enjoy! Video Link: http://youtu.be/NLYyceD4aww?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw Learn more about AssetServ - The Digital Experience Management solution, at www.AssetServ.com . ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Writer, Speaker, Sen

Mobile Application Testing - Behind the Curtains, Part 3

This is Part 3 in a three part series on the subject of automated mobile application testing.  In this segment we explore how automated testing in integrated into agile development methodologies, processes and much more.  Enjoy! Watch Part 1 - http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2014/09/mobile-application-testing-behind.html Watch Part 2 - http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2014/09/mobile-application-testing-behind_23.html Video Link: http://youtu.be/eI8QRgGgaYw?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw "Why Apps Fail" Report: http://info.perfectomobile.com/wpr-why-apps-fail.html?utm_source=mes&utm_sfdcid=701D0000000zR1C Sept 30. Webinar - 5-Star Wars: 3 Mobile Testing Strategies to Ensure a 5-Star App and Prevent “Users From Striking Back!” http://info.perfectomobile.com/2014-09-30-5Star-Wars-Registration.html?utm_source=mes&utm_sfdcid=701D0000000zPte ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedi

Mobile Expert Interviews: Unvired's Alok Pant

In this interview with mobile expert Alok Pant, CEO of Unvired , we discuss their recent work with Google Glass connected to SAP, using voice, touch and motion sensors in a warehouse environment. Enjoy! Video Link: http://youtu.be/UWdBx-rfnJg?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Writer, Speaker, Senior Analyst Digital Transformation, EBA, Center for the Future of Work Cognizant View my profile on LinkedIn Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Browse the Mobile Solution Directory Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility Join the Google+ Community Mobile Enterprise Strategies Recommended Strategy Book Code Halos Recommended iPad App Code Halos for iPads ***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, con

Mobile Expert Interviews: Apperian's Cimarron Buser

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Land Rush I was honored to be able to attend and speak at a mobile security conference this week in beautiful and sunny San Francisco (I wrote about it here ). While attending I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Apperian's SVP of Global Business Development, Cimarron Buser.  Cimarron's parents named him after the novel of the same name, written by Edna Ferber and published in 1929, about the Oklahoma land rushes of 1889 and 1893.  In this story ambitious settlers attempted to race ahead of their competition and stake claims to newly available territories, much like the way startups attempt to capture newly discovered markets in Silicon Valley.  How is that for a world class segue? Apperian is a MAM (mobile application management) solution provider that focuses on managing mobile application lifecycles.  In this interview we discuss how their solutions work with and compliment other categories of mobile solutions including MDM and EMM. Video Link: http://you

Mobile App Security, Vulnerabilities and App Development

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I had the privilege of attending a mobile security event this week and speaking with many experts on the matter.  I am not a mobile security expert, so my role was to speak on mobile strategies and trends and to learn as much as I could. What did I learn?  I learned the difference between a mobile security containers and mobile app wrapping .  I confess prior confusion in the matter.  Mobile app wrapping is a process of securing an existing app, by injecting code into and around the app that secures it and provides monitoring analytics. Mobile security containers, in contrast, enable mobile app developers to develop new apps inside a security container that protects it and provides a framework for security.  Don't ask me more as I have reached the limit in this subject with those two sentences. I also learned there are potential vulnerabilities when you have third-parties develop your mobile apps.  Manageable vulnerabilities, but ones that must be considered and addressed.  Mo

Reality Computing, Capturing Reality and Code Halos

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3D Scanning I write and study often on the subject of digital transformation - the digital transformation of industries, markets, products, business models, etc.  In brief, digital transformation is about the impact that collected and analyzed data can have when used to enhance business processes and workflows.  If Amazon knows your preferences for particular books and films based upon captured data, then they can apply analytics to predict related books and films that you may like.  This improves sales.  This is a simple example, but let me tell you what I learned yesterday in sunny and warm San Francisco about more complex applications. " Digitize the physical world " is the slogan of the Reality Computing team at Autodesk that I met with yesterday.  This team focuses on transforming design processes for physical environments and objects by starting with reality.  What does that mean?  Rather than starting with a blank screen in a 3D modeling app when redesigning a

Mobile Expert Interviews: AnyPresence's Kristian Meier

The enterprise mobility space has been evolving quickly over the past 24 months and the category of solutions called MBaaS (mobile backend as a service) has emerged as one of the winners.  Within this category are many different strategies for supporting enterprise clients, and in this interview with AnyPresence's mobile expert Kristian Meier we learn their approach and strategy.  Enjoy! Video Link: http://youtu.be/W91WaDYZ7Y4?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Writer, Speaker, Senior Analyst Digital Transformation, EBA, Center for the Future of Work Cognizant View my profile on LinkedIn Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Browse the Mobile Solution Directory Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility Join the Google+ Community Mobile Enterprise Strategies Recommended Strategy Book Code Halos Reco

Random Drones from the CTIA Conference

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Drones everywhere at the CTIA 2014 conference. Both cool and frightening.

Video Comments: Kevin Benedict on Real-Time Enterprise Mobility Infrastructure

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In this segment of "Video Comments" I discuss our latest research findings on the challenges companies are facing supporting real-time mobile applications.  Many of us recognize that legacy systems, architectures and infrastructures were not originally designed for real-time mobile application support, but how big of a problem is it? Video Link: http://youtu.be/sstz_C1cAcw?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Writer, Speaker, Senior Analyst Digital Transformation, EBA, Center for the Future of Work Cognizant View my profile on LinkedIn Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Browse the Mobile Solution Directory Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility Join the Google+ Community Mobile Enterprise Strategies Recommended Strategy Book Code Halos Recommended iPad App Code Halos for iPads **

Mobile Expert Interviews: Kidozen's Jesus Rodriguez

MBaaS (mobile backend as a service) and Mobile Data Virtualization strategies are hot topics these days and in this interview with Kidozen's CEO Jesus Rodriguez we discuss them in detail.  Enjoy! Video Link: http://youtu.be/-O914Sl9UsI?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Writer, Speaker, Senior Analyst Digital Transformation, EBA, Center for the Future of Work Cognizant View my profile on LinkedIn Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Browse the Mobile Solution Directory Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility Join the Google+ Community Mobile Enterprise Strategies Recommended Strategy Book Code Halos Recommended iPad App Code Halos for iPads ***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, cons