Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly – Week of October 14, 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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Indonesia is becoming more important to the world’s largest tech companies, with more than 30 million Internet users and a mobile-phone penetration of 78 percent.  The Wall Street Journal features “Indonesia’s Top 10 Tech Start-Ups”.  Read Original Content

Air China has officially launched its mobile website in the United States, allowing passengers to check flights, purchase air tickets, view reservations, book special meals, and inquire about free baggage allowance policies.  Read Original Content

According to market researchers, smartphone penetration is nearing 50 percent in China’s largest cities, and the gross transaction value of mobile payments in the country is currently at $2.5 billion and predicted to grow to $40 billion by 2014.  Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

Results of an Australian survey by Good Technology indicate that 88 percent of respondents admit to working outside of regular hours on their mobile device.  Read Original Content

Australian firm Handset Detection has developed technology that allows customers to find out which mobile devices are accessing their websites, and now customers can do so locally by installing the system on their own servers.  Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Video Series: Jeff Wallace

How does a large multinational company think about and develop an enterprise-wide mobile strategy?  That is the question I asked mobility expert Jeff Wallace - listen to his answer here.


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

Mobile Expert Video Series: Michael King

This week I am in beautiful Silicon Valley in California where I met up with, and had the honor of interviewing Michael King, former Gartner mobility analyst and now Director of Mobile Strategies with up-and-coming mobility vendor Appcelerator.  In this segment of Mobile Expert Video Series, we discuss the concept of BYOA (bring your own apps), and the criteria he used when looking for a mobility vendor to join.


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

Mobility News Weekly-Week of October 7, 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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In a survey conducted by Virgin Media Business, more than a third of CIOs in the UK believe that Apple will eventually gain the upper hand over Samsung in the battle over being the preferred business device. Read Original Content.

Depicting the shifting trend in market, around 32 percent of smartphone users shop using their mobile handsets, according to a recent report by communication agency Havas Media's mobile marketing network Mobext India. Read Original Content.

Despite the excitement surrounding the new iPhone, the volume of new smartphone shipments is lower than expected. NPD DisplaySearch downgraded its 2012 forecast of new purchases from 220-230 million to 177 million. The volume of replacement phones, however, is expected to increase as new smartphones enter the market. Read Original Content.


Mobile Health News Weekly-Week of October 7, 2012


The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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The global patient monitoring systems market has been forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 6.04 percent over the period between 2011 and 2015. Read Original Content.

Preventice has found that about 2.2 million patients globally are using wireless monitoring, a figure estimated to approach 5 million by 2015. The company also said the global patient monitoring market will reach $9.3 billion by 2014. Read Original Content.

The mobile health industry is expected to grow from $1.7 billion in 2010 to $5.7 billion in 2015, according to estimates from Dallas-based market research firm Parks Associates. Read Original Content.

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

According to New York-based market research firm, GlobalData, the worldwide mobile healthcare market in 2011 was around $1.2 billion, the MH reporter wrote. By 2018, it is poised to hit $11.8 billion. Read Original Content.

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