Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of June 20, 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 Monthly

Forrester Research reports that mobile commerce revenue is expected to reach $10 billion by the end of this year and will continue growing at an annual rate of 39 percent.  Read Original Content

The Standard Bank of South Africa is recruiting customers by providing convenient mobile banking “shacks” in thousands of locations throughout the country.  Read Original Content

The “electronic alternative payment” market, which largely includes mobile payments, is currently estimated to be worth $62 billion and by 2015 will reach $127 billion according to the research conducted by Packaged Facts.  Read Original Content

Starbucks is expanding its mobile payment plan and recently announced that they now offer a mobile payment app through Android phones for nearly 1,000 locations.  Read Original Content

A new survey by Retrevo Pulse found that only 21 percent of their participants were interested in smartphones with NFC capability, the majority of the participants were simply uninterested in using devices to pay for things.  Read Original Content
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Mobility Insights for Tuesday

Mobile technologies can be so clever and interesting.  They can provide so many useful tools.  Let me share a few recent examples and experiences.

Example #1 - My good friend Jody Sedrick and his team here in Boise (home of the Boise State Bronco football team) have a mobile application called Find Things Fast that enables you to organize and quickly find your stuff.  First you take a photo of your possessions, and then identify the storage container and location of each. The end result is that you can quickly find your favorite winter sweater by searching your application and seeing quickly which box it is in, and where the box is located in the garage. This is like a consumer version of an enterprise asset management system. Very cool! 

Example #2 - Last week, while traveling, working and playing in Europe I used my iPhone (the WiFi connection) constantly for information, maps, looking up the history of a region and language translation. I also used skype on my iPhone to speak with my clients overseas. This would have been cost prohibitive without skype. I could not have done my job, while traveling, without the internet and mobile devices. 

Example #3 - I found an iPhone application called TextGrabber that enables you to take a photograph of a business card, article or page, and the app will automatically use OCR (optical character recognition) on the photo and import the text into a note page.  Now I can quote, cite or reference a statement in an article, word for word without re-typing.  This app cost something like .99 cents.

Example #4 - My wife kept a travel journal of our family vacation this year.  While sitting in an outdoor cafe or traveling on a train she would write about our experiences.  She did nearly all of her typing on an iPhone and then transferred it to her MacBook Pro later for additional editing.  She can type very fast and comfortably on her iPhone.  She proved the ability to take extensive notes and seamlessly transfer them back and forth with her laptop.  This is very useful for people that produce a lot of written content in mobile environments.

Example #5 - I read about a new language translation app for smartphones that enable you to take a photograph of any menu, sign, page, etc, and then the app will use both OCR (optical character recognition) technology and language translation software to convert the photo into print and then translate it for you.  Wow!  No more surprise dishes at the French restaurant.

Upcoming Events

Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011
Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More, June 27 – July 1, 2011
ClickConnect APAC 2011, July 11 – 13, 2011
Syclo Mobile Conference 2011, July 13 – 15, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
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
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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



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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobility Can Change the World and Healthcare

Puneet Suppal
My friend Puneet Suppal from SAP wrote a great article this week that emphasizes some of the ways mobile technologies can improve and revolutionize the healthcare industry.  It is motivating to read these kinds of stories.  There are so many different ways that mobile technologies can improve things.  Let me highlight just a few.

When I want healthcare or medical answers I routinely look them up on my smartphone.  I simply enter http://www.webmd.com/ or any number of other quality sites to read up on the topic.  I found out recently that I am allergic to wheat.  I discovered this by looking up the symptoms and reading about it on my iPhone.  I then scheduled a blood test with my doctor to confirm.  The powerful part of this scenario is that mobile devices and smartphones can enable anyone, any place in the world that has access to the internet, the same capabilities for accessing information.  Smartphones and the internet can unlock the digitized knowledge of the world and make it accessible to even the remotest corners of the earth.

I worked on a mobility project a few years back that helped medicine be delivered to various parts of Africa.  Donors wanted proof of delivery of the medicine in order to continue the program.  We delivered a mobile supply chain management and "chain of custody" solution that documented the shipment and delivery of the medicine to final destination.  This entire solution utilized smartphones.

There are all kinds of advances in the medical device industry that utilizes mobile solutions and M2M technologies.  This week it was announced that Cinterion is planning to embed a cellular wireless chip into a heart arrhythmia monitoring device.  The device can monitor patients for up to 28 days and also enables care providers to communicate with patients via the device.

Last week I published an interview with Vivint's Scott Taylor on their use of smartphones and M2M (machine to machine) technologies in the home management and security solutions industries.  The capabilities Scott demonstrated on his iPhone are revolutionizing that industry as well.

It is an exciting time to be involved in enterprise mobility.

Upcoming Events

Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011
Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More, June 27 – July 1, 2011
ClickConnect APAC 2011, July 11 – 13, 2011
Syclo Mobile Conference 2011, July 13 – 15, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
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
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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






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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of June 20, 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.

Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
Also read M2M News Monthly

According to a report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc the global chipless RFID tag market will reach $2.0 billion by 2017.  Read Original Content

Panasonic will release a 10 inch Android tablet during the fourth quarter of 2011.  Read Original Content

Industrial giant Siemens is investing in smart grid start up Tendril and the two will market Tendril's home energy system to utilities.  Read Original Content

General Dynamics is supplying the Air Force with 300 rugged and secure handheld computers to senior officers.  Read Original Content

Through GIS and fleet management technology, Western Monmouth Utilities Authority was able to increase productivity and decrease expenses.  Read Original Content
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Philippe Winthrop and Steve Levy Webinar on Enabling the Agile Business through Mobile Strategy

Philippe Winthroup
Two smart mobility experts, Philippe Winthrop and Steve Levy, are presenting a webinar tomorrow that I believe will be very interesting.  I have presented with both several times and value their insights.  Philippe and Steve are mobility veterans with many opinion, some I even agree with!  Here is the webinar description:

Businesses must be nimble and responsive to survive in today’s highly competitive global and local markets. Rapidly growing and increasingly complex demands for enterprise mobility solutions require a development strategy that has the flexibility to change and respond quickly. How do you build a mobile development strategy that has the Agility to meet changing needs while controlling costs?

Please join Philippe Winthrop, Managing Director, Enterprise Mobility Foundation and Steve Levy, CEO, Pyxis Mobile for a discussion on the challenges of creating enterprise mobility strategies that can meet today’s rapidly changing business needs.

Philippe Winthrop, Managing Director, Enterprise Mobility Foundation:

* Enabling business agility through mobile strategy

* Making the transition from tactical to strategic management of enterprise mobility

* How app development strategy enables business agility

Steve Levy, CEO, Pyxis Mobile:

* Why responsiveness and agility are critical to mobile strategies

* How to add responsiveness and agility to your mobile app development process

Click here to register


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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Eggs with Benedict - European Enterprise Mobility Breakfast Meetings

My breakfast was this big!
Next week, the week of June 27th, I will be presenting a series of breakfast meetings on enterprise mobility in 5 different cities across Europe.  If you are in the neighborhood, I would love to invite you to breakfast with me.  I will be having breakfast in the following locations:

  • Paris - 27th June - Park Hyatt Vendome Hotel - 5 Rue de la Paix
  • Geneva - 28th June - Hotel Grand Kempinski - 19 Quai de Mont Blanc
  • Frankfurt - 29th June - Marriott Hotel - 2 Hamburger Allee
  • Brussels - 30th June - Radisson Blu - 35 Idaliestraat
  • London -1st July - Park Hyatt The Churchill Hotel - Berkeley Mews Mayfair
If you are interested in attending at any of these locations please email James Common.  James is organizing the event.  I would love to meet up and discuss enterprise mobility with you!  Here is the event description.

K2 Partnering Solutions is proud to be hosting a Mobile Strategy presentation and question and answer breakfast session with Kevin Benedict as our guest speaker. Kevin is a renowned authority in the area of mobility and a much sought after advisor by companies around the world.

Whether you are presently reviewing or have already begun implementing a mobile strategy at your own company, this is an opportunity to broaden your understanding and share experiences with CIOs, Application Managers and Mobile specialists from other leading firms.

We would welcome your attendance and are happy to extend additional invites to your colleagues or peers in this area but would be grateful if you would inform us in advance of the numbers in your party along with their name and job titles.

These will be small intimate breakfast meetings, so if you are interested please contact James right away as there is limited seating and orange juice.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Response to My Article on Sybase's Embedded Mobile Databases and HTML5

I received feedback on my article, "What Does HTML5 Mean for Sybase's Embedded Mobile Database Business?"  from Sybase's Tom Lee this week.  Comments don't show up well on this blogging platform so I wanted to publish it here so you could be sure to read it.  Please add your comments as well!

Tom Slee:  Kevin - interesting comments, but I have a few disagreements. I'm speaking as part of the Sybase mobile and embedded database team, but opinions are my own.

HTML5 is now, as you know, a much bigger spec than just the local database. It includes a lot of video and other UI enhancements (canvas and so on). What's more, the Web SQL Database that you are referring to is no longer part of the HTML5 spec (although it is still present in mobile browsers, still supported, and has a bright future - just not as part of a formal spec.) See http://www.w3.org/TR/webdatabase/

So I think the changing face of HTML5 leads to a couple of confusions in your article. Sybase SUP 2.0, which I think is what you are referring to when you say "September is when SAP estimates they will be releasing their HTML5 container" [Kevin's comment - No, I am referring to SUP 2.1) does not have offline database capability. The container model stores some data offline, but not rich or structured data.

Also, the Web SQL Database has no synchronization component. That means that while it is fine for storing app-specific data, any attempt to keep that data up to date with what's in an enterprise store must be done by a developer. As you know, the data sync/enterprise integration issue is -- like all data consistency problems -- complex, especially in enterprise applications. Sybase products solve that problem for developers.

Who knows where pricing and licensing will go? That depends on many developments in the mobile enterprise space and I have no crystal ball. But I am confident that there is still a future for the offline data model in mobile enterprise applications, and for software that tackles the complex issues around enterprise integration.

Thanks Tom!!!!

Any comments to add?

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Enabling the Agile Business through Mobile Strategy June 21, 2011
Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011
Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More, June 27 – July 1, 2011
ClickConnect APAC 2011, July 11 – 13, 2011
Syclo Mobile Conference 2011, July 13 – 15, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
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
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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



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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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M2M News Weekly - Week of June 13, 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.

Also read Field Mobility News Weekly
Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly

Pike Research estimates that more than 250 million smart meters will be installed by 2015, up from 46 million in 2008.  Read Original Content

According to Connected World magazine Verizon leads the M2M market with the most data connections, while AT&T leads with the most connected devices.  Read Original Content

A Sheriff’s department in Arizona has equipped its patrol fleet with mobile data computing which turns patrol vehicles into wireless hubs that allow deputies to access live feedback from a number of sources.  Read Original Content

Verizon and Blueforce Development have agreed to combine efforts to provide government and commercial M2M services.  Read Original Content

Infonetics Research has found that global convergent charging market, including software and services, grew 37 percent in 2010 over 2009 to $862.3 million, and is forecast to grow to $3.3 billion in 2015.  Read Original Content
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Mobility News Weekly - Week of June 13, 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 Monthly

IDC has released new figures that the worldwide smartphone market will grow 55 percent year over year in 2011.  They also expect the total number of global smartphone shipments to reach 982 million by 2015.  Read Original Content

HP has announced that on July 1 it will launch its own tablet to compete with others in the emerging tablet market.  Read Original Content

According to a new Gartner study, Android is rapidly taking over the smartphone market with a global market share increase of 27.3 percent between May 2010 and May 2011.  Read Original Content

Telefon AB LM Ericsson, the world's largest maker of equipment for mobile phone networks is buying Telcordia Technologies Inc. for $1.15 billion, a deal that will help it manage the explosive global growth in smartphone and broadband Internet use.  Read Original Content

Analyst firm Wunderlich Securities no longer expects Research In Motion (RIM) to control a significant share in the global smartphone market.  Rather they expect RIM to shift towards building business-oriented devices and cloud-based services that run through a Blackberry network.  Read Original Content


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What Does HTML5 Mean for Sybase's Embedded Mobile Database Business?

SAP's Nick Brown
Nick Brown, with SAP, told me in this interview that around 16 new mobile applications would be available from SAP in the September timeframe.  Why the September timeframe?  September is when SAP estimates they will be releasing their HTML5 container, and these 16 mobile applications will be developed using the HTML5 container.

HTML5 can hold data on the mobile device even when not connected to the internet in much the same way as Sybase's embedded mobile RDMS (database).  I wonder how this new HTML5 strategy by Sybase will impact their embedded mobile database business? 

Sybase has traditionally charged for every license/user that has a mobile application using their embedded mobile database.  I was a long term partner/customer and paid these quarterly fees for years.  This business model will likely go away if HTML5 can handle the data and synchronization requirements of most mobile application developers.  It seems to be the preferred direction for even SAP mobility developers.

The embedded database and accompanying synchronization technology has been an effective way of keeping existing customers loyal to Sybase (because of the high cost to change).  However, if their mobile database and syncing technology is no longer needed, what keeps mobile developers loyal to Sybase?

Sybase must ensure that there is enough in their mobility platform (SUP), Mobile Device Management (Afaria) and mobile SDK to motivate loyalty from developers going forward since they can use any number of HTML5 tools and SDKs to develop apps.



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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of June 13, 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 Monthly

A research report by mobileSQUARED reports that by the end of 2011 the Asian mobile advertising market will be valued at $2.8 billion.  Read Original Content

According to Strategy Analytics, by 2016 location-based services could become a $10 billion dollar industry despite recent privacy concerns.  Read Original Content

With the help of mobile devices, online advertising in Europe grew 15.3 percent in 2010 and total adspend reached 17.7 billion Euros.  Read Original Content

According to PwC by 2015 Canada will experience a growth in smartphone and tablet advertising that will reach $241 million compared to the present spending amount of $77 million.  Read Original Content

PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that mobile TV advertising will increase from $370 million to $1.4 billion in 2015.  Read Original Content
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Mobile Expert Video Series: About Time's Stuart Jack

In this video interview with About Time's Stuart Jack, we learn about the South African enterprise mobility market and what trends they are seeing there.



Upcoming Events

Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011
Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More, June 27 – July 1, 2011
ClickConnect APAC 2011, July 11 – 13, 2011
Syclo Mobile Conference 2011, July 13 – 15, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
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
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

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Accenture's Brandon Webber

At SAPPHIRENOW 2011, SAP and Accenture announced a partnership to develop and support mobility applications focused on three verticals: oil and gas, utilities and consumer products.  I met up with Accenture's Brandon Webber last week and was able to record this interview with him about this announcement and more. 

One of the most interesting segments of this interview is that Accenture believes their primary opportunity is not so much in developing individual mobility apps, but rather in delivering enterprise strategy, mobility platforms, integration and mobile device and data management.



Upcoming Events

Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011
Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More, June 27 – July 1, 2011
ClickConnect APAC 2011, July 11 – 13, 2011
Syclo Mobile Conference 2011, July 13 – 15, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
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
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

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Vivint's Scott Taylor

I think this interview is one of the best in the Mobile Expert Video Series to date.  Scott Taylor with Vivint, works on field service mobility applications (ClickSoftware), M2M (machine to machine apps) and B2C (business to consumer) mobility applications.  These three categories are huge and each takes a different skill set.  He is in a unique position of being an "end user" that has developed and deployed apps in all three categories so has much expertise to share with us.

Scott is practically a neighbor of mine, I am in Boise, Idaho and he is located in Provo, Utah, but we met last week in Cannes, France.  I hope you enjoy and benefit from this video interview.




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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of June 13, 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 Monthly

Verizon is working on a mobile payments service for smartphones, tablets, and PCs with mobile payments start-up Payfone.  Read Original Content

Google has agreements with Citigroup and MasterCard to embed near field communication technology (NFC) in the upcoming versions of Android-based phones.  This will give Google an advantage in the mobile payment market that is estimated to be at $618 billion by 2016.  Read Original Content

According to Bloomberg, Hewlett Packard is planning on introducing smartphones and tablets that are equipped with NFC technology.  Read Original Content

In an attempt to dominate the mobile payment market Visa has acquired the South African software company Fundamo for $110 million.  Read Original Content

Ericsson has developed a mobile payment program that allows users to send and receive money through text messages.  Read Original Content

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Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of June 13, 2011

The Field and Medical Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to field and medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
Also read M2M News Monthly

Research firm Technavio reports that by 2014 the global patient monitoring market will hit $9.3 billion.  Read Original Content

General Electric and Analog Devices have created a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in order to help commercialize the mobile medical inventions of MIT.  Read Original Content

The U.S. Army will be testing iPhones and Androids this week so that they may be used for surveillance, biometrics, mobile drone piloting and real-time updating of battlefield data.  Read Original Content

The research firm RNCOS estimates the mobile health market will be worth $2.1 billion by the end of 2011.  The firm expects the market to grow 22 percent from 2012 to 2014.
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By 2017 the global chipless RFID market will be a $2 billion dollar industry.  Read Original Content
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Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More

During the week of June 27th, I will be touring a number of European cities with K2 Partnering speaking on the subject of enterprise mobility, mobility strategies and sharing advice from mobility experts.  These are breakfast meetings that will be held in five different cities.  Here are the details:

K2 Partnering Solutions is proud to be hosting a Mobile Strategy presentation and question and answer breakfast session with Kevin Benedict as our guest speaker.  Kevin is a renowned authority in the area of mobility and a much sought after advisor by companies around the world.

Whether you are presently reviewing or have already begun implementing a mobile strategy at your own company, this is an opportunity to broaden your understanding and share experiences with CIOs, Application Managers and Mobile specialists from other leading firms.

We would welcome your attendance and are happy to extend additional invites to your colleagues or peers in this area but would be grateful if you would inform us in advance of the numbers in your party along with their name and job titles.

Limited spaces are available for one to one sessions on the day with Kevin so please inform us of your interest as soon as possible so these can be reserved.

The ‘Eggs with Benedict’ Tour will be held at the following hotels around Europe:
  • Paris - 27th June - Park Hyatt Vendome Hotel - 5 Rue de la Paix
  • Geneva - 28th June - Hotel Grand Kempinski - 19 Quai de Mont Blanc
  • Frankfurt - 29th June - Marriott Hotel - 2 Hamburger Allee
  • Brussels - 30th June - Radisson Blu - 35 Idaliestraat
  • London -1st July - Park Hyatt The Churchill Hotel - Berkeley Mews Mayfair
If you would like to attend please email K2 Partnering's James Common the following information:
  1. Your company name
  2. Your name
  3. Your Title
  4. The location you would like to attend



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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Sybase's Shawn McEwen

I met up with my long time friend Shawn McEwen on the shores of the Mediterranean last week and cornered him for an interview on Afaria and cloud computing, and why he was wearing dress shoes in the sand.


Upcoming Events

Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011
Syclo Mobile Conference 2011
Chicago Mart Plaza
July 13-15
www.syclo.com/smc2011

ClickConnect APAC 2011
Manly, Australia
July 11-13th
http://www.clicksoftware.com/www.clicksoftware.com/clickconnect-apac.htm

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
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
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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

*************************************************************
Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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The Season of Mobility User Conferences

Last week I had the honor of speaking about enterprise mobility during several sessions at ClickConnect Europe 2011 in Cannes, France.  In a few weeks from now, Syclo will be holding their user conference in Chicago, and ClickSoftware will be holding their APAC user conference in Manly, Australia.  If you are interested in attending any of these conferences please see the details here:

Syclo Mobile Conference 2011
Chicago Mart Plaza
July 13-15
www.syclo.com/smc2011

ClickConnect APAC 2011
Manly, Australia
July 11-13th
http://www.clicksoftware.com/www.clicksoftware.com/clickconnect-apac.htm



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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.
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M2M News Weekly - Week of June 6, 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.

Also read Field Mobility News Weekly
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Also read Mobility News Weekly

Top Italian utility Enel and its Spanish subsidiary Endesa have launched a pilot project to install remote power meters in Brazil, part of a drive to develop smart grids in Latin America.  Read Original Content

GE smart meters are credited for prompting North Leigh in Oxfordshire to reduce its energy consumption by 10 percent for three consecutive months.  The power conservation has earned the British village a £20,000 award from Scottish and Southern Energy.  Read Original Content

Kore Wireless Group Inc. announced it has acquired Australian-based M2M provider Mach Communications Pty. Ltd. to grow its M2M business for multinational companies. This acquisition allows Kore to prepare for the predicted surge in the Asian M2M market in the coming years.  Read Original Content

Reportlinker has recently published a research report and argues that the market for M2M in the utilities sector will see significant growth in connections from 100 million in 2010 to 1.5 billion in 2020.  Read Original Content

Matt Hatton from Machina Research estimates the total market for M2M in the utilities segment will be worth approximately $33.7 billion in 2020, up from $5.6 billion in 2010 and peaking at $39.3 billion in 2017.  Read Original Content
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Mobile Vendor Video: Brothers and Mobile Printers

I had the opportunity to meet both Paul and Andrew from Brothers over dinner last night.  Both of these guys are enthusiastic, although confused and misguided, UK soccer fans and passionate mobility guys.  In this interview, I ask them to show me the latest in Brother's mobile solutions for field service technicians.



Upcoming Live Events

ClickConnect Europe Customer User Forum, June 8th-10th in Cannes, F
Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
Mobile Adoption Among Gas and Electric Utilities
Mobile Adoption in Life Sciences
Mobile Adoption in Oil and Gas
Networked Field Services

Webinars of Note

3 Critical Considerations for Embracing Mobile CRM
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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


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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobility News Weekly - Week of June 6, 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
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Google Maps 5.5 for Android is being upgraded to include check-in and rate and review buttons.  Meanwhile, Google Places gets a "People Like You" recommendation feature.  Read Original Content

South Korea’s handset maker Samsung has said it eyes a 40 percent share in the Indian smartphone market by December this year as it launches more devices to expand its product portfolio.  Read Original Content

In the China market, Motorola Mobility has seen its sales performance improve and market share rebound.  Efforts implemented in 2011 will bring a major turnaround for the company in 2012, according to Frank Meng, vice president and president of the Greater China, Motorola Mobility.  Read Original Content

In its latest market report, Gartner revealed that worldwide mobile phone sales topped out at 427.8 million during the first three months of the year. Smartphones alone accounted for more than 100 million units, or about 24 percent of overall sales. Read Original Content

Google's Android operating system has taken the Chinese mobile market by storm, helping to dramatically lift the number of smartphones purchased in the region while grabbing share from competitors like Nokia.  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/

Analyst firm Gartner has expressed confidence in South African organizations utilizing SAP products.  However the analyst firm calls on local businesses to come to grips with SAP's roadmap as well as the changes it is undergoing.  Read Original Content

In the latest update to its Enterprise Mobility Market Data, ABI Research reports mobile broadband revenues from the enterprise segment for cellular connectivity of laptops, netbooks, and media tablets will reach $36 billion worldwide.  Boosting enterprise mobile broadband revenues will be connections for the high growth media tablet segment.  Read Original Content

Based on ComScore research, Android's market share grew from 26 percent in November 2010 to 31.2 percent in January 2011.  By the end of April 2011, the OS had captured a market share of 36.4 percent. At the current rate, Android could capture almost 50 percent of the U.S. smartphone market by the end of 2011.  Read Original Content

The smartphone market is expected to keep on booming over the next four years and, not surprisingly, those devices will be populated with an increasing array of downloaded apps. By 2015, market research firm In-Stat expects app downloads to come close to eclipsing 48 billion.  Read Original Content

The leading reports on the smartphone market in the United States show Apple's popular iPhone moving to second place for the first time, unseating BlackBerry as Research In Motion's once-leading mobile platform continues it's decline.  Google's Android phones are still well in the lead, but there is less than 11 percent share total between the three leaders.  Read Original Content

Google signed an agreement with Citigroup and MasterCard in late March to embed near field communication technology in the upcoming versions of Android-based phones, to make mobile phone payments easier.  In late May, the company formally took the wraps off a new e-wallet service, featuring not only Citigroup and MasterCard, but partners including Sprint.  Read Original Content

The global tablet market is expected to grow to $49 billion, selling 149 million tablet devices by 2015, beating every consumer electronic products after TVs and PCs segments, said new research by Strategy Analytics.  Read Original Content

SAP Africa has launched the revolutionary SAP In-Memory Appliance, and the new 4.0 releases of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and Enterprise Information Management software for the first time in Africa.  The launch comes in response to the huge volumes of data companies today have to access, analyze and base their business decisions on.  Read Original Content

Microsoft’s share of the smartphone market continues to dip, according to new numbers from comScore.  The research firm plugged the company’s market share at 6.7 percent in April, down from 8 percent in January.  Read Original Content

The rising popularity of tablet computer systems will make mobile broadband more successful in the coming five years, according to a report from ABI Research.  In its recent study, the insight provider estimates that, by 2016, the global market for mobile broadband will be worth some $36 billion.  Read Original Content

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Upcoming Events

ClickConnect Europe Customer User Forum, June 8th-10th in Cannes, F
Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
Mobile Adoption Among Gas and Electric Utilities
Mobile Adoption in Life Sciences
Mobile Adoption in Oil and Gas
Networked Field Services

Webinars of Note

3 Critical Considerations for Embracing Mobile CRM
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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

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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.

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Mobile Expert User Video: Portugal Telecom's Manuel Rosa de Silva

Mauel Rosa de Silva is an Executive Member of the Board at Portugal Telecom.  I met with him in Cannes, France in a hotel suite overlooking the town and peaceful Mediterranean to discuss enterprise mobility.

Portgual Telecom is a huge international media and entertainment company with locations around the world.  They are aggressively embracing the concept and strategy of the real-time enterprise.  They have recently implemented a number of different field services optimization solutions from ClickSoftware including deploying ClickMobile to 4,000 field engineers using Motorola MC65 mobile handhelds.



Upcoming Live Events

ClickConnect Europe Customer User Forum, June 8th-10th in Cannes, F
Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
Mobile Adoption Among Gas and Electric Utilities
Mobile Adoption in Life Sciences
Mobile Adoption in Oil and Gas
Networked Field Services

Pre-recorded Webinars of Note

3 Critical Considerations for Embracing Mobile CRM
Exclusive SAP Mentor and Blogger Briefing:  Syclo and SAP Deliver Mobile Apps on Sybase Unwired Platform
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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Mobile Expert Video Series: ClickSoftware's Gil Bouhnick

I have been wanting to meet the popular mobility blogger Gil Bouhnick for over a year and this week I finally got the chance to meet and interview him.  I met him in France where I was speaking at a mobility conference and asked him about the mobility solutions that he is working on now.



Read Gil's blog, MobileFever here.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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Enterprise Mobility and Manned/Unmanned Systems Integration Capabilities

The army is fundamentally changing the way they are operating by implementing Manned/Unmanned Systems Integration Capabilities (MUSIC).  They are developing ways to transfer multi-intelligence capabilities (manned and unmanned data collection systems) between platforms, and to fuse the information in ways they haven’t been able to do before.  They are also going to share this information with additional users in ways that were not possible before.

How does this capability relate to enterprise mobility?  It is a peek into the future of commercial enterprise mobility.  It combines manned (mobile workforce) and unmanned intelligence (remote wireless sensors and M2M communications) into a common platform that will enable the combined information to be used, fused and shared at the right time, with the right person, on the right device and in the right amount.

The army says these changes will allow them to innovate much faster than in the past.  As the workload of army operators (commercial equivalents would be service managers and dispatchers) increases, the mobile workforce must rely more on automation and dissemination of information to work effectively in a real time environments.

On a related topic, the army's announced Android based mobility framework and system is called the Joint Battle Command-Platform, or JBC-P Handheld (read more).   Here are some of the initial mobility apps mentioned:
  • GPS tracking of user-designated friendlies or unfriendlies
  • Tactical Ground Reporting
  • Medevac messaging apps
  • Military contacts address book
  • Open Office for viewing documents.
The government took an additional interesting step of opening up this platform to mobile application developers.  It built its own protected framework for the JBC-P called the Mobile/Handheld Computing Environment, or CE, which ensures that apps built for the JBC-P will be secure and interoperable with different mission command systems. 

It appears that the mobility apps in JBC-P Handheld, and the mobile intelligence (MUSIC) capabilities identified in this article will all be available on the same mobile devices. 

I am watching closely how the military is using mobility and real time intelligence to gain insights and learn lessons on what is transferrable to us involved in the commerical enterprise mobility space.

Upcoming Events

ClickConnect Europe Customer User Forum, June 8th-10th in Cannes, F
Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
Mobile Adoption Among Gas and Electric Utilities
Mobile Adoption in Life Sciences
Mobile Adoption in Oil and Gas
Networked Field Services

Webinars of Note

3 Critical Considerations for Embracing Mobile CRM
Exclusive SAP Mentor and Blogger Briefing:  Syclo and SAP Deliver Mobile Apps on Sybase Unwired Platform
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
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
Redstone Arsenal's (DOD/Chugach) 3 Maintenance Challenges Solved by Mobile



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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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