Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of September 26, 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.

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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!

The value of financial transactions carried out via mobile phones will reach $245 billion worldwide by 2014 according to a new report by Ernst & Young.  Read Original Content

According to a recent announcement PayPal is now processing over $10 million per day in mobile transactions and expects $3 billion total in 2011.  Read Original Content

Research by Gartner shows that approximately 141 million consumers will have made payments using smartphones by the end of this year, up 38 percent from last year.  Read Original Content

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Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s are testing mobile devices in 350 stores to engage customers with products and help increase sales.  Read Original Content
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Mobility ROI Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011, Part 2

This week I will publish several Mobility ROI reports (this is 2/3), as I have a bunch of ROIs that I have saved up over the past few weeks but have not had time to share. The ROI (return on investment) report includes ROIs that I come across in my weekly research on the topic of enterprise mobility. My goal is to create an archive of mobility ROIs that we can all use. I hope you find this helpful.

Aclaim Pallet Express recently installed a fleet telematics system using Trakm8 technology. Since the installation they have experienced a number of key benefits that contribute to their ROI:
  • ROI - reduced vehicle downtime and associated costs.
  • ROI - driving practices were adjusted and fuel costs reduced as a result of management's ability to monitor and supervise the driver's habits and routes. 
  • ROI - reduced fuel costs as a result of using more efficient routes.
  • ROI - reduced maintenance costs by developing more responsible driving habits.
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Webalo was chosen by University Hospitals Burmingham to outfit hospital employees and members of the National Health Service with mobile enterprise applications for their Blackberry devices. This allowed both Specialists at the University Hospitals and Doctors throughout the region to remotely access critical information and communicate with each other through their devices. The reported ROI’s were:
  • ROI - improved productivity and efficiencies as a result of pharmacists responding to requests for medication by looking up– from their smartphones – the details and characteristics of any of the 86,000 available drugs and instantly provide advice about suitability, availability and, if necessary, substitutions.
  • ROI - improved productivity and care as a result of doctors being able to obtain real-time assistance from UHB’s specialists. Once assistance is requested, Webalo connects the consulting physician to the details of the case, updates the records with the notes and advice provided by the consultant, and makes it all part of the patient’s permanent medical history.
  • ROI - the system has greatly accelerated the speed of diagnosis and treatments as a result of the use of the mobile solution.
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Panasonic Toughbooks are being used by ambulance service crews to record patient information and to update hospitals with time sensitive information while on route with patients. The use of Toughbooks in ambulances has the following ROIs:
  • ROI - important and critical health information can be sent to the receiving hospital ahead of the patient’s arrival which improves care and efficiency.
  • ROI - the number of unnecessary patient transfers will be reduced as a result of real-time and mobile data exchanges. 
  • ROI - driving efficiencies as a result of improved routing.
  • ROI - once this system is rolled out nationally, the savings could be as high as £150m annually.
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Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of September 26, 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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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!

UPS recently announced that the company was able to increase the number of deliveries and reduce the amount of fuel consumed by 3.3 percent after using fleet management technology for their delivery vehicles.  Read Original Content

According to Forrester Research more U.S. workers use iPhones and Android devices combined than total BlackBerry users.  However, BlackBerry still leads when separately compared.  BlackBerry is used by 42 percent of workers, with Apple's iPhone accounting for 22 percent and Android devices 26 percent.  Read Original Content

The Global Wireless Local Area Network market in the Healthcare industry is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5.7 percent between 2010 and 2014.  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/.

Recent research from Strategy Analytics Wireless Enterprise Strategies finds there has been a steady growth for mobile enterprise app stores.  This is mainly driven by the need to help users discover relevant apps to their line of business.  Read Original Content
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Mobility ROI Weekly - Week of September 26, 2011, Part 1

This week I will publish several Mobility ROI reports (read Part 2 here), as I have a bunch of them that I have saved up over the past few weeks but have not had time to share.  The ROI (return on investment) report includes ROIs that I come across in my weekly research on the topic of enterprise mobility.  My goal is to create an archive of mobility ROIs that we can all use. I hope you find this useful.

Norton Rose Group, an international business law firm, needed a mobile solution for their employees so they would have full access to company resources and information while on business trips.  Mobileiron was chosen to provide a mobile solution for Norton Rose employees. The company received the following ROIs:
  • ROI - Increased productivity by enabling 1,800 employees on three continents the ability to access company resources while traveling between offices and while meeting with clients on business trips.
  • ROI - Employees could keep business related information separate from their personal information on mobile devices which enabled a BYOD (bring your own device) policy.  A BYOD policy provides the benefit of reducing capital expenses.
  • ROI - Extended the user choice for mobility beyond corporate issued BlackBerry devices to iPhones, iPads and more.  Again, a BYOD policy provides the benefit of reducing capital expenses.
  • ROI - Secured and protected sensitive information.  Having a secure mobility system was essential to supporting clients' needs for privacy and the workforce's need for mobility.
  • ROI - Cost reduction by enabling different regions to set-up different policies and configurations to ensure compliance with local regulations.  This eliminated the need for different MDM (mobile device management) systems in different regions that would have increased costs.
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Click Software recently provided Angilan Water, a UK based utility company, with a range of mobile enterprise solutions that included mobile-based scheduling and management programs that allowed employees to work more efficiently. The reported ROIs were:
  • Increased service levels by 33 percent
  • Reduced average travel per job by 24 percent
  • Decreased the works backlog by 95 percent in some process areas
  • Decreased overtime by 11 percent
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Helzberg Diamonds needed an easy way for their traveling employees to have access to relevant, updated data on inventory while on business trips.  Webalo was chosen to provide a mobile tool that gave employees the ability to access store inventory data through a handheld device.  The ROIs that followed were:
  • ROI - Increased productivity by enabling Helzberg employees to access company data while traveling across country.
  • ROI - Access to enterprise data via Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile, or Java-enabled devices enabled Helzberg employees to choose the best device for their needs.
  • ROI - Improved productivity and efficiencies by enabling Helzberg executives to view their sales reports and retail totals for all stores within a region on their mobile devices while traveling.
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The HMTL5 Standard - Where Do Things Stand?

In this article we are going to explore the status of the HTML5 standard. The HTML5 specification from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) can be found at http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html.  A version-control record of all changes to the HTML5 standard are available at:

Predictions for the completion of the HTML5 standard vary widely. An article from Vision Mobile, published in June, states that HTML5 completion is not expected before 2014. (http://www.visionmobile.com/rsc/researchreports/HTML5%20and%20what%20it%20means%20for%20the%20mobile%20industry.pdf) 

In May of 2011 W3C announced, "W3C reconfirmed today that, as announced, these specifications are on track to become stable standards in 2014."


http://www.w3.org/2011/05/html5lc-pr.html.en

Regardless of when the HTML5 standard is completed, developers are taking advantage of the HTML5 features currently available. Contemporary Analysis recently conducted an online survey with web developers about HTML5. The survey was conducted on behalf of appendTo, an HTML5 and JavaScript consulting company. 84 percent of developers indicated they plan to use HTML5 in projects within the next 6 months. From the responses, the survey revealed the top HTML5 features that developers plan on using. Beyond the new HTML5 semantics, the most popular choices were:
  • Local data storage
  • Multimedia capabilities
  • Advanced graphics capabilities
  • 3D effects
Other HTML 5 features which developers want are:
  • Geolocation
  • Interactivity features, such as drag-and-drop
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M2M News Weekly - Week of September 19, 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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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 InMedica, a division of IMS Research, the telehealth market will be valued at $6.28 Billion By 2020.  Read Original Content

Healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information says in 2010 the market for wireless technologies in healthcare in the U.S. was valued at $4.4 billion, more than triple since 2005.  Read Original Content

Data from ABI Research shows that the cellular M2M embedded module market experienced a more difficult than expected year in 2010.  Although total unit volumes continued to rise, reaching nearly 34 million units shipped in 2010, total industry revenue fell from roughly $996 million in 2009 to about $841 million in 2010.  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/.

An IBM survey conducted in June found that 80 percent of participants were willing to spend upwards of $100 for a medical device that remotely monitored their health.  Read Original Content
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Enterprise Mobility in Asia - Tokyo and Singapore


Eggs with Benedict EMEA
Tour Team
I am excited to report that I will be speaking on enterprise mobility in Tokyo (November 14th and 15th) and in Singapore (November 17th and 18th) in November of 2011.  This is an updated and Asian version of my "Eggs with Benedict" enterprise mobility speaking tour that I presented across Europe this past summer. 

K2 Partnering will be sponsoring my speaking and educational trip for companies interested in learning more about enterprise mobility strategies and tactics.  If you are interested in participating please contact me for the details.

I hope to see you there!

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HTML5’s Future – Comments and Predictions!

I thought it would be interesting to research and collect quotes from various mobility experts on the topic of HTML5.  I hope you find this useful!

• Jason Grigsby, Vice President of Cloud Four (quoted in 2009)

“HTML5 is going to be be a big deal and it will be relevant much sooner than people think.”

“…the adoption of HTML5 will be driven by the needs of mobile, not the needs of desktop developers.”

http://www.cloudfour.com/html5-from-a-mobile-perspective/

• Yuval Brisker, CEO of TOA Technologies

“…it’s clear that the HTML5 revolution is in full swing. And those in the know are both impressed and supportive...we have embraced HTML5 in its totality in order to provide deep enhanced mobility to our customers worldwide.”

http://toatech.com/blog/innovation/html-5-continues-to-impress-toa-leads-the-way/

• David Semeria, creator of LM (a general purpose system for creating, deploying and monetizing code and content)

“I started out as a big believer in HTML 5 on mobile - and I'm still convinced that over time it will win. However, once you actually get into the nitty gritty, it's clear native apps will be around for quite some time.  It's all about processing power. “

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/08/html5-continued.html  and http://lmframework.com/page.php?id=home

• Gil Bouhnick, Director of Mobile Solutions at ClickSoftware

”2013: The war is over, most enterprise mobility solutions are now using HTML5.  With or without native extensions, by 2013 I predict that the war will be over. No one in the enterprise software industry will start a project just for iPhone, or just for Windows Phone 7. HTML5 will be a certified standard or very close to that.”

http://mobilefever.clicksoftware.com/mobilefever/bid/52121/Prediction-By-2013-Html5-Will-Rule-Enterprise-Mobility

• ABI Research Study

“By 2016 more than 2.1 billion mobile devices will have HTML5 browsers, up from just 109 million last year."

“The introduction of HTML5 features will fundamentally, dramatically change the Web, as browsers will be able to access the computer's or mobile’s capabilities, such as file read/write, etc. The web will become smarter, more personalized, and intuitive. HTML5 features will enable the web to challenge native applications in terms of rich user experiences.”

http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/07/28/html5-adoption-rise-allowing-richer-mobile-sites

http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1007312-HTML5_for_Mobile_Devices_and_Tablets

• John Marshall, CEO of AirWatch

“Upgrading AirWatch to HTML5 allows us to further ensure the user experience is more productive, meaningful and efficient.”

http://html5.tmcnet.com/topics/html5/articles/217366-airwatch-releases-industrys-first-html5-based-mdm-platform.htm

• Toni Sacconaghi, Sanford Bernstein Analyst

“Ultimately over time, a significant migration away from native apps to webapps could have meaningful repercussions for the mobile industry; users would gain portability of apps across devices, and the browser would assume an increasingly important role for users at the expense of the device’s OS.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/211890/20110911/the-biggest-threat-to-apple-could-be-html5.htm

-Moshe BenBassat, CEO/Founder of ClickSoftware

We believe that HTML5 is the key for a cross platform, device agnostic, mobile applications. ClickSoftware's enterprise mobility products for workforce management and service optimization are designed as productivity tools for both the enterprise's employees as well as its customers. Even if an enterprise can decide on a standard device for its employees (which we doubt can be implemented as people are looking to use their own personal devices for work purposes …), it certainly cannot do so for its customers. Hence the importance of being device agnostic. Our ClickMobile Professional is already being used worldwide and as time progresses we are expecting a significant growth in the HTML5 customer base.

HTML5 can do what web technologies did to enterprise desktop applications 10 years ago: it can become the standard, allowing not only multiple platforms support but also zero footprint solutions to the mobile world. We think this is great. HTML5 has the potential to become the great liberator of users, administrators and vendors, bringing in a new era of innovation and productivity.

We believe that the trend by some companies to develop their own proprietary native HTML5 "containers" is bad for the evolution of HTML5. ClickSoftware's approach is to keep the "native" code to the minimum, as we believe that the standard browsers will soon be sufficient to support all required functionality including interaction with the hardware. Some platforms already support that today. ClickSoftware will continue to build thin HTML5 based applications supporting the technology and helping it evolve.

• Rob Chandhok, President of Internet Services at Qualcomm (as told to CNET’s Roger Cheng)

“We see HTML5 and web-based mobile applications as the way it will end up.”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20104056-94/how-html5-may-become-the-standard-for-apps-inside-apps/

• Daniel Terdiman of CNET, quoting Mike McCue, founder of Flipboard

“McCue's most striking comment was that he expects a rapid transformation of mobile Web content in the next few years as a result of HTML5 and other technology being applied to tablets and mobile experiences. The upshot, he said, is that he expects the Web “will look more like print” in the next few years, but will be monetized differently.”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20104934-52/flipboard-founder-web-will-soon-look-more-like-print/

• Terrence O’Brien, Senior Blogger, Switched.com on May 11, 2010

“…it’s important to know that when you hear people talking about the phrase “HTML5”, it isn’t just some meaningless buzz word; they’re talking about the future of the internet.”

http://www.switched.com/2010/05/11/what-is-html5-and-why-should-you-care

Notes:

Microsoft is expected to demonstrate its strategy for HTML5 in Windows 8 – The Build Conference is September 13-16 in Anaheim, CA

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/09/build-2011-preview-keys-to-the.php
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/09/microsoft-build-what-we-expect-to-see.ars
http://www.buildwindows.com/





Previously published articles on HTML5

More HTML5 Apps for Your Review
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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Mobile Expert Podcast Series: PSION's CEO John Conoley, Part 2

This is Part 2 of an interview with PSION's CEO John Conoley (listen to Part 1).  In this segment John shares his strategies for managing a manufacturer of rugged handheld computers through challenging economic times and a rapidly changing mobile device landscape.




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Mobility News Weekly - Week of September 19, 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 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!

IDC is forecasting that mobile Internet users will grow by an annual compound rate of 16.6 percent through 2015, when they will pass PC and other wireline Internet users.  Read Original Content

Symbian still leads the pack in Europe, but Android blew past the iPhone to grab 22.3 percent of the market.  Just last year, Android commanded only 6.1 percent of that market.  Android's popularity has contributed to a huge growth in smartphone adoption in Europe, where the number of smartphone owners has grown by 44 percent since last year.  Read Original Content

Europe leads the overall smartphone security market in terms of absolute dollar value followed by North America, due to an increasing number of smartphone Internet users. Asia-Pacific & Japan have a smaller market in terms of revenue.  However, with increasing penetration of smartphones, the market is expected to grow with the highest CAGR of 48.58 percent from 2011 to 2016.  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/.

The global smartphone applications processor market showed 65 percent year-over-year growth in second quarter 2011, reaching $1.7 billion, according to, Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies.  Read Original Content
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