Mobility News Weekly – Week of April 22, 2012

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.

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AT&T and T-Mobile won some praise from PCWorld after the publication released the results of a nationwide test to find the fastest cellular networks. AT&T’s 4G LTE network clocked the fastest averages, though Verizon’s LTE network edged out its rival for upload speeds. Read Original Content

Collabera, a leading end-to-end information technology consulting, services and solutions company, has announced a strategic partnership with Verivo Software, the enterprise mobility company, to scale up its Enterprise Mobility offerings.  Read Original Content

Are Smart Watches the next “must have” device in the mobile market? Connected to our smartphones via Bluetooth, you can read email and text messages by looking at your wrists rather than reaching for your handsets. The same holds true for checking updates on Facebook, tweets from Twitter, and notifications from other social media platforms once the apps have been built. 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/.

HTC has been struggling in the United States to compete with other smartphone manufacturers like Samsung and Apple. The latest report from the vendor’s CEO, Peter Chou, indicates that conditions have started to improve elsewhere, but the U.S. market continues to be problematic.  Read Original Content

The growth momentum of Southeast Asia’s smartphone market continues rapidly with all seven key markets tracked by GfK in the region reporting a total of nearly 7.7 million units worth almost $2.4 billion being snapped up in the first three months of 2012.  Read Original Content

Mobile Marketing News Weekly – Week of April 22, 2012

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.

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In 2012 global revenue from mobile advertising and content will hit $67 billion, according to a new Strategy Analytics forecast. Read Original Content

According to GroupM, an ad agency that released a white paper on digital auctions, Twitter's new self-serve ad platform could generate $300-400 million in ad revenue this year. Read Original Content

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Masabi US Ltd, a pioneer in transit mobile ticketing, will bring mobile ticketing to MBTA commuter rail riders this fall. Once tickets are purchased, customers will be able to use and display directly via their phone screen. Read Original Content

Verivo is a leading provider of enterprise mobility software. Verivo helps companies accelerate their business results. Its unique technology empowers teams to build, deploy, manage and update their mobile apps -- rapidly and securely. Verivo’s mobility platform is used by hundreds of companies in numerous industries, worldwide. This newsletter is sponsored in part by Verivo.  To learn more, visit www.verivo.com

In the United States and Western Europe, apps are becoming the key distribution mechanism for media on mobile phones, with marketers spending $1.7 billion on in-app ads versus $934.5 million on mobile display ads. Read Original Content

By 2017 Pivot predicts that Facebook’s mobile ad revenues could represent 22 percent of the non-search mobile ad market, bringing in $490 million. Read Original Content

What's New in HTML5 - Week of April 23, 2012

This week in an interview with me, SAP's Head of Mobility, Sanjay Poonen predicted that by 2015, 50% of enterprise mobility applications would be HTML5 based.  In another interview I conducted this week with Sencha's CEO, Michael Mullany, he predicted that by 2014, 50% of enterprise mobility applications would be HTML5 based, 20% would be native, and 30% would be a hybrid of HTML5.

The bottom line is that HTML5 is going to be very important for enterprise mobility going forward.

Now for the news!

BBC Worldwide has invested in HTML5 tech company Spaceport.io and will use Spaceport’s technology to create new games and apps that will run on the web, mobile devices, and connected TVs.  Read original content

Of the 50 retail and travel m-commerce sites using Usablenet’s HTML5-based Usablenet Mobile 2.0 system, 28 percent experienced an increase in overall usage, an 11 percent increase in page views per visit and a 15 percent drop in bounce rate.  Read original content

Writer Edgar Wright, illustrator Tommy Lee Edwards and Microsoft teamed up to create The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator, a four-part animated interactive story developed entirely in HTML5.  Read original content

Microsoft may be planning an HTML5-based web app for Skype, as hinted at by recent job postings.  An HTML5 Skype browser app would allow the service to run on more browsers and mobile devices without the need to install additional software.  Read original content

After tiring of the issues with building separate apps for mobile devices, Boston company Fundraise.com is turning to the mobile web.  “The app-as-a-mobile-strategy doesn't make any sense when there is HTML5-driven, responsive mobile design available.”  Read original content

As an alternative to Google’s built-in Android navigation, TeleNav now offers an HTML5-based web navigation service.  Read original content

Marmalade 6.0 provides the opportunity for developers to combine the strengths of HTML5 and cross-platform native code.  “We believe hybrid apps combining web and native technologies are the future.”  Read original content

Sencha has launched Architect 2, an upgrade of its Ext Designer, that simplifies the creation of mobile apps and allows “a whole new class of developers to take advantage of HTML5, including developers who are not experts and are new to HTML5”.  Read original content

Oaisys has announced the release of Mobile Recall, a mobile web solution built on an HTML5 framework.  The application is designed to support mobile web access to call recordings.  Read original content

The Tri-Screen Connection is developing Web-e-Books, formatted in HTML5 to provide online and offline e-book reading on laptops, tablets, and smartphones.  Read original content

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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SAP's Sanjay Poonen on Mobile Strategies

I interviewed SAP's Sanjay Poonen yesterday and he referred me to this video on SAP's mobile strategies for additional information.  Enjoy!

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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SAP's Sanjay Poonen Discusses Mobile Strategies with Kevin Benedict

SAP's Sanjay Poonen

Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of spending time on the phone with Sanjay Poonen discussing SAP's intent to acquire Syclo, and other SAP related mobile strategies.  Sanjay's current titles are President and Corporate Office, Technology and Innovation Products, Head of Mobile Division, SAP AG.

Sanjay shared that SAP's ambitions are to turn enterprise mobility into a €1 billion business for SAP.  This will take some work, acquisitions and partnerships.  He called this strategy Mobile 2.0.  He said many of the mobile apps that SAP is getting with the intended acquisition of Syclo can be $50 million businesses on their own.

[This article is based on my personal notes of our discussion, not Sanjay's exact words.]

I said, "In 2010 you acquired Sybase.  In 2012 you announced the intent to acquire Syclo.   How do you see these two mobility vendors fitting together within SAP’s mobility strategy?"

Sanjay responded that SAP wants Syclo primarily for their design environment, mobile apps and app frameworks.  He said Syclo has great business process, and business logic design environments that will be very useful to SAP customers.  He said the point of the acquisition is not to get another mobile platform, as SAP does not need another mobile platform, but to gain mobile apps and app frameworks.  

I pressed Sanjay on his reasons for wanting to acquire Syclo.  He said they had looked at everybody, but SAP didn’t need another proprietary mobile platform (SUP will do), they needed enterprise mobility apps and Syclo was the best fit for this need.  They have a large inventory of enterprise mobility apps.

Syclo, however, does not have a flashy HTML5 development environment, so companies requiring those development environments can choose SDKs (software development kits) from SAP partners Sencha, Appcelerator, Adobe and ClickSoftware to name a few.  In Sanjay's press conference a couple of weeks ago, he said the partnership around Sencha, Adobe's PhoneGap and Appcelerator may actually be the most exciting part of SAP's recent announcements.  Sanjay said SAP is happy to be the mobile platform in the middle, as long as partners support SAP's mobility platform, everyone can play nice.

Sanjay said he intends to highlight the Sybase 365 products much more than in the past.  Sybase 365 is and will play a big role in mobile banking which is a hot and emerging market.

I asked Sanjay to make a prediction.  I asked him what percentage of new enterprise mobility apps in 2014 will be based on HTML5.  He predicted 35%.  He added by 2015 it will likely be 50%.

I asked Sanjay about the role of ClickSoftware in this developing SAP mobile ecosystem.  He said ClickSoftware has expertise and strengths that offer unique value to SAP users and they are a valuable part of the SAP ecosystem.

More from Sanjay Poonen!!!

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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Mobile Commerce News Weekly – Week of April 22, 2012

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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About 30 percent of mobile phone users spend an average of 27 minutes each day text messaging, using the telephone and video chatting, according to retailer CultureLabel.com. The company put together an infographic that highlights why the outlook for the mobile commerce industry is so bright. Read Original Content

New market research from Smiths Point Analytics projects that the global market for action oriented proximity based marketing services (NFC/QR enabled ads) is expected to reach $2.3 billion by 2016. Read Original Content

By 2020 mobile payments will have gained mainstream acceptance and could largely replace cash and credit for most online and in-store purchases, according to a new survey of technology experts and stakeholders by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Read Original Content

Verivo is a leading provider of enterprise mobility software. Verivo helps companies accelerate their business results. Its unique technology empowers teams to build, deploy, manage and update their mobile apps -- rapidly and securely. Verivo’s mobility platform is used by hundreds of companies in numerous industries, worldwide. This newsletter is sponsored in part by Verivo.  To learn more, visit www.verivo.com

Mobile media content is going center-stage, so much so that in 2012 global revenue from mobile advertising and content will hit $67 billion, according to a new Strategy Analytics forecast. Read Original Content

Nokia is launching a commercial trial of its PagSeguro NFC payments app in Brazil. Starting in May, owners of Nokia C7, N9 and 701 handsets will be able to use PagSeguro to pay for items at NFC-enabled points of sale, as well as transfer funds between users. Read Original Content

Registration is open for the Mcommerce Summit: State of Mobile Commerce 2012 conference Thursday, May 3 with speakers from Citi, Zappos, Travelocity, 7-Eleven licensee Alon Brands and mall giant General Growth Properties. Read Original Content

Enterprise Mobility, Mobile Sensors and Data Collection

I am reading a book titled Spying with Maps.   It details the amazing sensors that are available on cameras and infrared scanners today.  Perhaps not on your typical handheld camera, but if you have a heavy duty spy camera or infrared scanner hanging from an orbiting satellite you could have these capabilities.  Here are some examples:

• sensors able to distinguish camouflage from natural vegetation
• sensors that can pinpoint distressed crops
• sensors that can identify heat loss and soil moisture
• sensors that can identify and classify vegetation
• sensors that can detect changes in objects (the object moved since yesterday)

A Whitepaper by Kevin Benedict

Perhaps you are scratching your head wondering how this will be useful at your next family reunion, but it gets even better!  In this MacWorld article titled Photo Measures and Measured for iOS, the author describes several new mobile apps that enable you to take a photo and add measurements and angles to the image so you can see the dimensions of objects including the girth of Uncle Charlie.  It is very useful for contractors and real estate agents that need to regularly record, save and share measurements.

The only thing missing from the sensors above, is a fashion accessory.  Something that you can wear.  Relax! I have found that too.  It is from a company called Shimmer.  Shimmer's wearable sensors can collect many different kinds of sensory data such as wireless ECG, EMG, GSR, Accelerometer, Gyro, Mag, GPS, Tilt and Vibration sensors.

Wireless data collection sensors that can record all of these different kinds of data, upload it in real-time to a server, where it can be analyzed and shared with the field force in near real-time presents a near limitless amount of possibilities for enterprise mobility.  It is intriguing to me how these sensors, big data, business analytics and mobile devices can all work together to augment our reality.  It is now up to all of you visionaries out there to define the best use cases!

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly – Week of April 22, 2012

The Field Mobility and M2M 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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According to Analysis Mason, three trends for small and medium enterprises over the coming year are:  More mobile cloud applications, including mobile device management; M2M fleet management solutions; and increased reliance on indirect sales channels. Read Original Content

ABI Research predicts that shipments of cellular M2M modules produced in China will reach 13.6 million units by 2016, making up almost 40 percent of modules shipped in Asia. 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/.

Boeing is developing an Android-based secure and encrypted mobile phone, targeting the defense and intelligence sectors, as well as commercial markets.  The launch of the “Boeing Phone” is expected in late 2012. Read Original Content

Intel has unveiled the Studybook, a rugged tablet developed for use in schools around the world, including developing countries. Read Original Content and Read More Original Content

An upgraded smartphone app from Allrecipes.com uses barcode scanning of grocery store items to find recipes that use each item. Read Original Content

Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly – Week of April 22, 2012

Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016.

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Bharti Airtel has launched India’s first 4G Time Division Long Term Evolution network in Kolkata, according to the Economic Times.  Future LTE networks are planned for the Karntaka, Punjab and Maharashtra circles. Read Original Content and Read More Original Content

A new system incorporated by the Bay Hotel in Singapore will allow guests to avoid check-in lines by using a mobile phone check-in system developed by UbiQ Global Solutions. Read Original Content

Trunkbow, in cooperation with China Unicom, has deployed a new terminal-based mobile payment solutions platform in the Sichuan Province, with services expected to launch in the second or third quarter of 2012. Read Original Content

China Mobile is turning buses in Zhejiang province into mobile 4G hot spots, and is providing Internet service with a speed of 70Mbps, all free of charge. Read Original Content

CommunicAsia 2012 will be held June 19-22, 2012 in Singapore.  The summit will focus on topics such as m-Commerce, mobile value-added-services, mobile security, mobile payment and mobile health. Read Original Content and Read More Original Content

Rovio is in talks with Baidu Inc. and Sohu.com Inc. in a move to bring its mobile device game Angry Birds to the Chinese market. Read Original Content

Enterprise Mobility, Re-usable Code and Private App Stores

Gil Bouhnick

A few years back when I was the CEO of a mobile enterprise application company, I spent a lot of time asking my PSO (professional services organization) the question, "Haven't we developed that before?"  The answer was nearly always, " Yes, but it won't work on this project."  That is not the answer a CEO wants to hear.

The dream I had was to own a library of reusable code or objects that I could build once, and leverage on hundreds of future mobile projects.  This week I read an article by my friend Gil Bouhnick, about ClickSoftware's new ClickAppStore.  This is the model I had always wanted.

It is not an app store for the public, it is a private app store for your internal developers and consultants.  Here is how ClickSoftware describes it, "The ClickAppStore is designed to allow IT people, system implementers and administrators do more with their ClickMobile product by downloading and embedding business apps inside one powerful mobile foundation called ClickMobile, and run them on any popular device out there from iPhones and Android smartphones to tablets, rugged PDA’s and laptops."

This isn't going to help IT departments that don't use ClickMobile, but it offers a huge efficiency for those that do.  ClickMobile is integrated with SUP (Sybase Unwired Platform) and plays nice with SAP.  The ClickAppStore solution that Gil is writing about and promoting in his article is designed to help companies develop the majority of their mobile apps by using visual configuration tools, wizards, drag & drop style editors etc, and downloading pre-build business apps front he ClickAppStore.

I am thinking through the requirements here...  This must have taken a lot of strategy sessions before this was built.  I love the notion!

The concept of a mobile app store for use internally is another important part of a complete mobile strategy.  Again, from a former technology CEO, it will drive you crazy if you have to rebuild and re-invest in the same tools over and over again across your global company.  It makes so much more sense to use a standard IDE (integrated development environment) and MEAP (mobile enterprise application platform) for your custom mobile applications, and then save the mobile business applications into a mobile app store so other internal parties can use them.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus

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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.