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Recruitment and Enterprise Mobility

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I was surprised this past month, while participating in the SAP PCN Enterprise Mobility round tables at SAPPHIRENOW 2011, to hear from a number of very large SAP customers that recruiting is impacted by how much enterprise mobility is supported by a company.  I had just not connected the dots. They said young talent just graduating from the university does not want to work for a company that is not able to support their favorite mobile devices.  Being told that a company will not support integration on their iPhone or iPad just does not seem right to them.  It seems old fashion and out of step with the times. I had not thought of recruiting as a motivator for enterprise mobility.  I had not thought of mobility ROIs in terms of being able to recruit top talent.  After thinking about it though it makes sense to me.  My wife already looks unfavorably on companies that don't have a mobile app.  She feels they are not providing good customer service if they don't have an applica

Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of July 4, 2011

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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 ReboundTAG, based in the United Kingdom, has created a new solution focused on preventing baggage theft or loss for airlines and individual business flyers through the use of RFID technology.   Read Original Content . The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense recently ordered 12,500 rugged tablet PCs at a total cost of £30 million.  The tablets are for use by front line commands.   Read Original Content . The total smart grid market in the Asia Pacific region is predicted to be worth $28.8 billion by 2017, up from $11.9 billion this year.  Cumulative smart grid investment in the region is expected to reach $1

SAP and the Enterprise Mobility Message

I had the opportunity over the past few weeks to meet with many SAP customers to discuss enterprise mobility.  I was surprised over the course of these weeks that none of the folks at the companies that I spoke with had attended SAPPHIRENOW 2010 or 2011.  As a result, most had very little knowledge of SAP's enterprise mobility plans, solutions or roadmaps.  Even less had knowledge of the Sybase Unwired Platform or Afaria.  In many cases it was as if I were the first to be sharing this information with them. All of the companies that I met with were keenly interested in mobility and were working on mobility strategies and projects.  It is obvious to me, as a result of these meetings, that there is an entire community of SAP customers that have missed the enterprise mobility message.  I think it would be beneficial for SAP to develop additional marketing strategies to try to target this apparently large community of SAP users and decision makers that don't seem to currently be

M2M News Weekly - Week of June 27, 2011

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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 Juniper Research has released a new study that estimates there will be nearly 412 million global M2M connected devices by 2014.   Read Original Content . Berg Insight reports that the market for home health monitoring devices was $10 billion in 2010, and patient monitoring is set to grow approximately 26 percent annually through 2014.   Read Original Content . Pike Research forecasts that worldwide users of home energy management systems will reach 63 million by

London Eggs with Benedict Mobility Breakfast Series, July 1st

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Eggs with Benedict London Today we wrapped up the marathon Eggs with Benedict mobility series in sunny London.  Five countries in 5 days.  It is very hard to remember your hotel room number after 5 different hotels.  I was excited to address our biggest audience of the week and dive down into more enterprise mobility discussions.  Our audience included a large multinational company with over 80,000 employees and 40,000 supported IT users, SAP consultants, mobility consultants with a background in Syclo integrations and others with SAP financial backgrounds. It is a joy to meet people who enjoy and appreciate the complexities of enterprise mobility.  We explored the following issues and topics today: Mobile security models Mobile app development strategies Change Management involving the mobile workforce SMS solutions Mobile BI Mobile UIs Rugged handhelds SAP Mobile Workflow apps SUP (Sybase Unwired Platform) Afaria ClickSoftware Syclo MEAPs M2M  Rob Fiddaman, K