Mobility News Weekly - Week of September 12, 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

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!

Internet radio company Pandora’s usage on mobile and other connected devices is 70 percent of its total usage.  Mobile revenue in the second quarter of 2011 was about half of all revenue the company generated.  The company reported revenue of $67 million, up 117 percent from a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations of $60.3 million.  Read Original Content

Microsoft is spending millions of dollars in training sales staff from phone companies worldwide as it tries to grow its so far unpopular mobile operating system.  Achim Berg, Microsoft's head of Windows Phone marketing, told Bloomberg that forecasts by analysts that the operating system will have a 20 percent market share by 2015 are conservative.  Read Original Content

Securing mobile devices is one of the biggest challenges facing IT security professionals as cyber criminals turn their attention to this platform, according to James Lyne, director of technology strategy at security firm Sophos.  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/.

SAP and Sybase have announced the latest release of Sybase Unwired Platform. The 2.1 release will enrich the mobile application development experience through significant enhancements to its SDK and new developer resources for the more than 2 million members of SAP Community Network.  Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Video Series: SAP's Matthew Schwartz

I had the good fortune to meet and corner SAP's VP of Enterprise Mobility for North America, Matthew Schwartz at SAP TechED today.  In this video interview Matt shares his thoughts and insights on enterprise mobility.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer

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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 Puneet Suppal

SAP's PCN mobility enthusiast Puneet Suppal shares his insights on developments in enterprise mobility at SAP TechEd 2011.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer

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Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

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: 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

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

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 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

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

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: 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.

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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
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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

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

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 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

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

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

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

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.