In this Silicon Valley Series I have the privilege of interviewing very smart and experienced Silicon Valley veterans on a variety of important business trends, technologies and strategies. I hope you find this series of short interviews interesting.
In this episode, I interview the CTO of Cybric, Mike D. Kail, and discuss Security-As-A-Service, and the challenges involved in managing the digital security of a large enterprise when there are so many wireless and mobile connected devices and objects in your IT ecosystem. Enjoy!
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Mobile Expert Interviews: VMware's Sanjay Poonen, PT 1
I had the honor of sitting down with and interviewing VMware's EVP and GM of End User Computing, Sanjay Poonen last week on VMware's beautiful 500 acre campus in Palo Alto, CA. In this interview we cover the past, present and future state of enterprise mobility, SAP's recent mobile developments and partnership with AirWatch, mobile security, application management and much more. You cannot get a more insider view of mobility today! Enjoy! Watch Part 2 here.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/bGTH9ZSwzdk
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Video Link: https://youtu.be/bGTH9ZSwzdk
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Kevin Benedict
Writer, Speaker, Senior Analyst
The Center for the Future of Work,
Cognizant
View my profile on LinkedIn
Read more at Future of Work
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Browse the Mobile Solution Directory
Subscribe to Kevin'sYouTube Channel
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
Join the Google+ Community Mobile Enterprise Strategies
***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interviews: Apperian's CEO Brian Day
The enterprise mobility marketplace is changing rapidly as companies consolidate and transform. While some enterprise mobility vendors disappear and leave the market, Apperian continues to grow and take on additional investment. This week they announced a C level round of investment for $12 million. I wanted to learn more about their strategies and why VCs continue to bet on them. Enjoy!
Video link: https://youtu.be/0CBf-qwnbVc
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Video link: https://youtu.be/0CBf-qwnbVc
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Kevin Benedict
Writer, Speaker, Senior Analyst
The Center for the Future of Work,
Cognizant
View my profile on LinkedIn
Read more at Future of Work
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Browse the Mobile Solution Directory
Subscribe to Kevin'sYouTube Channel
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
Join the Google+ Community Mobile Enterprise Strategies
***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interviews: Citrix's Brian Dye
What are the mobile security vulnerabilities that enterprises are missing? How is the mobile security industry changing in 2014? How is securing mobile solutions in the cloud different than on-premise? What do you do when you can't patch stupid? These are a few of the topics I discuss in this interview with Citrix's Group VP, GM of Mobile Platforms group, Brian Dye. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://youtu.be/cXR21m-ox3E?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw
The cost and time to mobilize enterprise applications can actually meet or exceed the original cost and time to implement those systems. In their new report, “StarMobile Transforms Enterprise Apps into Mobile Apps”, 451 Research details the advantages of StarMobile’s app development tool and how it can drastically reduce the cost and time to mobilize enterprise applications.
Download report here: http://starmobileinc.com/report-451research-starmobile-transforms-mobile-apps-into-enterprise-apps/
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Video Link: http://youtu.be/cXR21m-ox3E?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw
The cost and time to mobilize enterprise applications can actually meet or exceed the original cost and time to implement those systems. In their new report, “StarMobile Transforms Enterprise Apps into Mobile Apps”, 451 Research details the advantages of StarMobile’s app development tool and how it can drastically reduce the cost and time to mobilize enterprise applications.
Download report here: http://starmobileinc.com/report-451research-starmobile-transforms-mobile-apps-into-enterprise-apps/
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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
Subscribe to Kevin'sYouTube Channel
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, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interviews: Apperian's Cimarron Buser
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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://youtu.be/5RjYapkJpdE?list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw
Are you attending Cognizant's Community conference at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando on October 19-22nd in Orlando, http://www.cognizant.com/community/home.aspx where the following subjects will be the focus of a stellar group of analyst, business leaders and futurists. Here are some of the session descriptions:
Delivering Hyper-Personalization: Adding the Next Layer of Engagement with Social, Mobile and Sensors
Get equipped to evaluate, implement or enhance mobile hyper-personalization technologies and strategies that deliver superior experiences to customers, a smarter workplace for employees and a collaborative environment for partners.
Generating Value from Signal: A Working Session on the Economics of Meaning Making
Find out how a richer understanding of customers, products, employees and partners is reshaping business processes and changing the nature of competition from Paul Roehrig, managing director of Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work.
Putting the Experience in “Digital Customer Experience”
Hear the latest research about how companies are working to deeply engage and delight customers by reshaping business processes and adding value to their services from Ben Pring, co-director of Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work.
A Day in the Digital Life
Experience firsthand the power of the Internet of Things, Google Glass, digital marketing and more in this immersive guided tour that brings to life how digital technology and data are transforming daily interactions at home and work as well as entire industries.
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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, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile App Security, Vulnerabilities and App Development
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. Most mobile app security solutions are designed to protect an app from outside attack, but what happens if the app code is designed and developed purposely with nefarious intent? Mobile security systems are not designed specifically to find or prevent that event. What if the mobile app has been developed purposely to store credit card data and then to send it off-shore? The mobile app has not been attacked or hacked, it was developed that way and delivered to an unsuspecting vendor. Yikes!!!!
With that vulnerability in mind, companies having third-parties develop apps need ways to test and verify the code and behavior of the mobile app matches the original intent, purpose and design.
I also learned that MAM (mobile application management), MDM (mobile device management), EMM (enterprise mobility management) with a pinch of mobile application lifecycle management can all be found in the same vendor, or not. It seems all of the mobile security vendors are both partners and competitors emphasizing different aspects of their solutions and ambitions depending on if their partners are present in the room or not.
The bottom line, however, is that my weekly newsletter on Mobile Cyber Security is the most read newsletter I publish each week. This is a very important topic. It appears from all of the sessions I attended that today it may take a combination of mobile security vendors to cover your full mobile security and application management needs.
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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. Most mobile app security solutions are designed to protect an app from outside attack, but what happens if the app code is designed and developed purposely with nefarious intent? Mobile security systems are not designed specifically to find or prevent that event. What if the mobile app has been developed purposely to store credit card data and then to send it off-shore? The mobile app has not been attacked or hacked, it was developed that way and delivered to an unsuspecting vendor. Yikes!!!!
With that vulnerability in mind, companies having third-parties develop apps need ways to test and verify the code and behavior of the mobile app matches the original intent, purpose and design.
I also learned that MAM (mobile application management), MDM (mobile device management), EMM (enterprise mobility management) with a pinch of mobile application lifecycle management can all be found in the same vendor, or not. It seems all of the mobile security vendors are both partners and competitors emphasizing different aspects of their solutions and ambitions depending on if their partners are present in the room or not.
The bottom line, however, is that my weekly newsletter on Mobile Cyber Security is the most read newsletter I publish each week. This is a very important topic. It appears from all of the sessions I attended that today it may take a combination of mobile security vendors to cover your full mobile security and application management needs.
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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, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interview: VDC's Eric Klein
I had the pleasure to meet and spend time with VDC Research's Senior Analyst for Enterprise Mobility, Eric Klein this week at the SAPPHIRE conference for SAP users. In this interview we discuss a wide range of enterprise mobility trends and developments. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4hRuAsb-Ug&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4hRuAsb-Ug&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Kevin Benedict
Writer, Speaker, Editor
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, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interview: SAP's Senthil Krishnapillai
SAP's solutions for mobile security continue to evolve and respond to competition and customer requests. In this interview, SAP's Head of Mobile Security, Senthil Krishnapillai, a long time friend and veteran mobility product guru announces the new solution www.SAPMobileSecure.com and shares the details. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe-jvfsjBWc&feature=share&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe-jvfsjBWc&feature=share&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw
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Kevin Benedict
Writer, Speaker, Editor
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, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interview: Ved Sen on Enterprise Mobility in Europe
This week I am working and teaching in London. While here I had the opportunity to interview my colleague at Cognizant, Ved Sen on the state of enterprise mobility in Europe. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJwYxJAMYQ8&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJwYxJAMYQ8&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Kevin Benedict
Senior Analyst, Digital Transformation
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
***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interview: Microsoft's Rob Tiffany on Mobile Strategies for Device Management
It is not everyday that I get to interview a mobility expert from Microsoft, but I got lucky at Mobile World Congress 2014. It was with great pleasure that I cornered Rob Tiffany, Worldwide Technical Lead for Windows InTune, a mobile device management and services platform. I follow Rob Tiffany on Twitter so recognized the honor. I have to admit I was ignorant of all the mobile device management services and solutions that Microsoft has. No excuses now though! Enjoy!
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv6kDfnUYNY&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv6kDfnUYNY&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Kevin Benedict
Senior Analyst, Digital Transformation
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
***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Interview: VMware's Sanjay Poonen on Their Acquisition of AirWatch
I had the privilege of interviewing VMware's EVP and GM of End User Computing, Sanjay Poonen today on the strategy behind their recent acquisition of mobile device management and security vendor AirWatch. In this interview we talk about enterprise mobility strategy, the future of mobility, cloud, social platforms and content. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC7pchre3sE&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC7pchre3sE&list=UUGizQCw2Zbs3eTLwp7icoqw&feature=share
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Kevin Benedict
Senior Analyst, Digital Transformation
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
***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Mobile Expert Video Interviews: Regev Yativ
I had the privilege of interviewing Regev Yativ, the CEO/President in the Americas of Magic Software this week. Magic Software is over 30 years old, which gives them a unique and interesting perspective on enterprise mobility and what makes a good solution and mobile strategy. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uAWK2RlZPQ&feature=share
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Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uAWK2RlZPQ&feature=share
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
***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.
3 Million Page Views and The Latest Numbers on Enterprise Mobility Trends
August traditionally has the fewest number of readers on www.MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com of any month. However, despite it being August, we hit a major milestone this year that I wanted to share. I have been writing and publishing content related to enterprise mobility since 2006, but I started tracking the number of page views in 2009. As of this month we passed the 3 million page views mark! This includes over 1 million page views on www.MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com and over 2 million page views on my blog http://kevinbenedict.ulitzer.com. I want to thank every one of you who faithfully read through my articles, newsletters and watch my video interviews optimistically searching for some small bit of useful information :-) Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Enterprise Mobility Survey: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e81h7ar7hklpypms/start
In return for taking the survey, I will provide you with the final results FREE. Thanks in Advance!!!!
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
***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.
Gartner's Latest Thoughts on Enterprise Mobility and SMAC
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| ClickConnect Europe 2013 |
- By 2017 Microsoft will sell as many mobile operating systems as Apple. This is a bold prediction, but Gartner insists their projections are on track.
- Enterprise collaboration tools will be the source of "huge" productivity gains.
- By 2017 82% of handsets shipped will be smartphones
- Mobile security, mobile device management and mobile app management are only going to get more complex. Recognize how each additional app adds to the complexity and develop a strategy now that will keep the TOC manageable. No wonder the MDM (mobile device management), MAM (mobile application management) and EMMP (enterprise mobile management platform) vendors are getting all the investor attention this year.
- The Internet of Things (IoT) is a big deal. Smartphones will be the end-points of choice for the connected device data. Smartphones will enable you to view the meaning of connected device data and to act on it.
- Gartner is using a new phrase at this conference - The Nexus of Disruptive Forces (social, mobile, information and cloud). They added the term "disruptive" for added emphasis. I agree.
- The more people that work virtually or are remote and mobile, the more important it is to have social bonding between employees through collaboration tools.
- Gartner is also talking about different technology layers in an IT environment moving at different "paces" of change. The system of record may have a very slow pace of change, but the top "Innovation" layer may evolve and change at a very fast pace. This "Innovation" layer is well suited for mobile solutions and cloud based apps. Having different paces, however, requires each layer to be abstracted from the other to permit different paces of change. This is a good way to think about technology stacks and how to design and develop your IT infrastructure.
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
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: Kurt Stammberger
Last week at SAP's Sapphire Now 2013 in Orlando, Florida, SAP announced they would begin reselling mobile secure app solutions from Mocana. In this press release they describe the role of Mocana in their mobile security portfolio. In this short interview with Mocana's VP of Marketing, I ask about their solutions and how they fit in the SAP Mobile Platform strategy. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://youtu.be/KTnV6HXjcUU
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
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.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/KTnV6HXjcUU
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
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.
When IT is Destroying Your Company's Future
A long time ago, before gray hairs appeared on my head, I was an IT manager. My title was B2B E-Commerce Manager for a computer manufacturer. I remember sitting in long meetings discussing how successful Dell Computer was with their just in time manufacturing and just in time supply chains. I also remember our business representatives asking IT if they could develop systems that would allow us to operate in a similar supply chain model and the answers seemed always to be, "NO!" Our IT systems were not set-up to support a real-time environment.
Of course the business would then say this must change if we are going to be competitive, and the IT would say then give us the budget to change. Many years after I had moved on, the computer manufacture closed. This manufacturer had never been able to gain freedom from their business-limiting legacy IT environments.
I was in England and Scotland last week teaching SMAC strategies (social, mobile, analytics and cloud) to large companies. In a number of these sessions, I heard echoes from my days at the computer manufacturer, "Our current IT systems are not set-up to support those kinds of things." They were not arguing the need for business and IT transformation, they were simply sharing the reality of their current IT architecture.
When working with companies on enterprise mobile strategies, the ability to support a real-time environment is often crucial to optimizing mobile apps and the ROI. I have personally worked with many large utility companies that wanted to support real-time mobile solutions for their field services technicians, but the biggest challenges were trying to get their back-end legacy systems to work in a real-time environment. Some simply couldn't make that change, and they stayed with a batch service ticket model and gave-up the attempt to fully optimize their systems.
I came across this excerpt from the article Four Reasons Your SMAC Initiatives May Underperform, "The cost to support and maintain existing IT systems is eroding companies’ ability to fund new investments in social, mobile, analytics and cloud IT initiatives (SMAC). Out of the $3.8 trillion expected in worldwide IT spending in 2013, NPI estimates there will be $760 billion in unnecessary overspending in non-value creation areas such as maintenance and support, over-subscription, license program misalignment, and sub-optimal contract negotiation and management."
That is a problem. I have also often read that 80 percent of an IT budget goes to support legacy IT environments, leaving only 20 percent of the IT budget left for strategic initiatives. If this is true (it was when I worked at the computer manufacturer), then our past may be preventing us from achieving our goals in the future. In order to break this cycle, often something transformational must happen. Something beyond the normal iterative improvements. This takes courage.
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
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.
Of course the business would then say this must change if we are going to be competitive, and the IT would say then give us the budget to change. Many years after I had moved on, the computer manufacture closed. This manufacturer had never been able to gain freedom from their business-limiting legacy IT environments.I was in England and Scotland last week teaching SMAC strategies (social, mobile, analytics and cloud) to large companies. In a number of these sessions, I heard echoes from my days at the computer manufacturer, "Our current IT systems are not set-up to support those kinds of things." They were not arguing the need for business and IT transformation, they were simply sharing the reality of their current IT architecture.
When working with companies on enterprise mobile strategies, the ability to support a real-time environment is often crucial to optimizing mobile apps and the ROI. I have personally worked with many large utility companies that wanted to support real-time mobile solutions for their field services technicians, but the biggest challenges were trying to get their back-end legacy systems to work in a real-time environment. Some simply couldn't make that change, and they stayed with a batch service ticket model and gave-up the attempt to fully optimize their systems.
I came across this excerpt from the article Four Reasons Your SMAC Initiatives May Underperform, "The cost to support and maintain existing IT systems is eroding companies’ ability to fund new investments in social, mobile, analytics and cloud IT initiatives (SMAC). Out of the $3.8 trillion expected in worldwide IT spending in 2013, NPI estimates there will be $760 billion in unnecessary overspending in non-value creation areas such as maintenance and support, over-subscription, license program misalignment, and sub-optimal contract negotiation and management."
That is a problem. I have also often read that 80 percent of an IT budget goes to support legacy IT environments, leaving only 20 percent of the IT budget left for strategic initiatives. If this is true (it was when I worked at the computer manufacturer), then our past may be preventing us from achieving our goals in the future. In order to break this cycle, often something transformational must happen. Something beyond the normal iterative improvements. This takes courage.
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
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: Sahara Alexis, Part 4
In this short video interview, I ask Cognizant's Head of Advisory Services for Mobility, Sahara Alexis here predictions for enterprise mobility in 2013. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://youtu.be/Igx9M-xaVPY
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
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.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/Igx9M-xaVPY
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
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: Sahara Alexis, Part 3
In this short video interview, I ask Cognizant's Head of Advisory Services for Mobility, Sahara Alexis, her opinions on BYOD, MDM, MAM and other strange acronyms related to enterprise mobility. Grab some popcorn!
Video Link: http://youtu.be/f60JuVWwm3A
Watch Part 1 - http://youtu.be/8vp1fhCBPyI
Watch Part 2 - http://youtu.be/QKyRDjYh64k
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
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.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/f60JuVWwm3A
Watch Part 1 - http://youtu.be/8vp1fhCBPyI
Watch Part 2 - http://youtu.be/QKyRDjYh64k
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
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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: Jeff Wallace Part 4
In this short video interview with Cognizant's Mobile Practice Lead, Jeff Wallace, we discuss the future of enterprise mobility, mobile strategies and the role of the cloud in enterprise mobility. Grab some popcorn!
Video Link: http://youtu.be/dfZl7TWRYIc
Watch Part 1 - http://youtu.be/RaIsHhED1O4
Watch Part 2 - http://youtu.be/UrqiiUSuKeM
Watch Part 3 - http://youtu.be/ljeI4ahZBtw
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
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.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/dfZl7TWRYIc
Watch Part 1 - http://youtu.be/RaIsHhED1O4
Watch Part 2 - http://youtu.be/UrqiiUSuKeM
Watch Part 3 - http://youtu.be/ljeI4ahZBtw
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
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.
All MWC2013 Video Interviews with Mobile Experts
If you missed any of my recent Mobile World Congress 2013 interviews with mobility experts, here is your chance to watch them all in one place. Grab some popcorn!
Let's Talk about Social and Mobile Integration with SAP!
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/lets-talk-about-social-and-mobile.html
Kevin Benedict MWC2013 Interviews: SAP's Vishy Gopalakrishnan, Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedict-mwc2013-interviews-saps.html
Kevin Benedict Interviews SAP's Vishy Gopalakrishnan at MWC2013, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedict-interviews-saps-vishy.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Florian Ganz, Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_6.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress Interviews: Florian Ganz, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_7.html
Notes and Videos from the Mobile World Congress 2013, Fred Yentz Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/notes-and-videos-from-mobile-world.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Fred Yentz, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_1066.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: SAP's James Naftel, Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_4516.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: SAP's James Naftel, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_6685.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Antenna Software's Jim Somers
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_5.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: ILS Technology's Charlie McNiff
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: ClickSoftware's Steve Mason
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_28.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: SAP's Benjamin Wesson
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress.html
Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Webalo's Founder, Peter Price
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/mobile-world-congress-2013-interviews_27.html
Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Soti's Shash Anand
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/mobile-world-congress-2013-interviews.html
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
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.
Let's Talk about Social and Mobile Integration with SAP!
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/lets-talk-about-social-and-mobile.html
Kevin Benedict MWC2013 Interviews: SAP's Vishy Gopalakrishnan, Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedict-mwc2013-interviews-saps.html
Kevin Benedict Interviews SAP's Vishy Gopalakrishnan at MWC2013, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedict-interviews-saps-vishy.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Florian Ganz, Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_6.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress Interviews: Florian Ganz, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_7.html
Notes and Videos from the Mobile World Congress 2013, Fred Yentz Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/notes-and-videos-from-mobile-world.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Fred Yentz, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_1066.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: SAP's James Naftel, Part 1
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_4516.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: SAP's James Naftel, Part 2
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_6685.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Antenna Software's Jim Somers
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_5.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: ILS Technology's Charlie McNiff
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/03/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: ClickSoftware's Steve Mason
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress_28.html
Kevin Benedict's Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: SAP's Benjamin Wesson
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/kevin-benedicts-mobile-world-congress.html
Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Webalo's Founder, Peter Price
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/mobile-world-congress-2013-interviews_27.html
Mobile World Congress 2013 Interviews: Soti's Shash Anand
http://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/2013/02/mobile-world-congress-2013-interviews.html
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
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.
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