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Enterprise Mobility and the Military

This week I am in Washington DC speaking at a conference organized by the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement.  This is a military focused conference and I am very eager to listen to the speakers talk about how they have used mobile technologies to transform their organizations.  Here are the names of some of the speakers and presentations:

  • Major General Robert Wheeler, USAF Deputy CIO speaks on Department of Defense's Mobile Device Strategy
  • CTO Thomas Sasala, US Army Information Technology Agency, speaks on Enterprise Mobility Viability within the Army and Means of Implementation
  • Chief Vision and Strategy Division, Rob Anderson, HQMC speaks on USMC Enterprise Mobility Perspective
  • DISA's Component Acquisition Executive, Dr. Jennifer Carter speaks on Common Infrastructure and Servies for DoD Mobile Solutions
  • Captain Joshua Dixon, USMC, Tech Transition, PM Marine Air-Ground Task Force, speaks on Current Technologies and Forecasted Trends for Mobility within the Marine Corps.
  • Kevin Benedict speaks on Enterprise Mobility - Applying Lessons from both Commercial and Military Strategies

My family thinks I am an uber-nerd, but these subjects sound fascinating to me.  I am a history and military strategy enthusiast so I can't wait.

In my opinion, the military is more advanced on the strategies behind managing a mobile workforce (military) than the commercial sector today.  In the United States our military has been undergoing significant transformations for over a decade.  This is in response to the end of the cold war, and the realities of the changing nature of global conflict today. Our leaders have demanded we do more with less and rely on technologies to cover the gaps.  This has led to dramatic changes in strategies, many of which I write about on this blog and archive in the Mobile Strategies Library.
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Kevin Benedict, Head Analyst for SMAC, Cognizant
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Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Expert Video Series: Mico Yuk

This week I am in Las Vegas attending SAP's TechEd.  Yesterday, I was able to meet up and have a great conversation with Mico Yuk, SAP Mentor and business analytics expert.  In this interview Mico describes how she sees enterprise mobility and business analytics working together.

You can read more from Mico Yuk at her blog - http://EverythingXcelsius.com.

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Kevin Benedict, Head Analyst for SMAC (Social, MOBILE, Analytics and Cloud), Cognizant
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Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Expert Video Series: DSI's Scott Lutz

Have you ever seen an office designed around Apple TV, iPhones and iPads?  Have you ever seen an enterprise mobile software company that runs their customer business center entirely on mobile technologies?  This is DSI's first year on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for MADP (mobile application development platform), but they have been around for over 30 years, experts in manufacturing and many other areas, and they have offices all around the world.



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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst and Mobile Strategy Consultant
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Strategic Enterprise Mobility Linkedin Group
Full Disclosure: I am a mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Interviews with Kevin Benedict