Mobile Expert Podcast Series: Toa Technologies' Yuval Brisker, Part 2

This is Part 2 (see Part 1 here) of an interview with mobility expert and  Toa Technologies' CEO Yuval Brisker.  In this segment we drill down into cloud computing, versioning, total cost of ownership and enterprise mobility.



Upcoming Events

Virtual Mobility Summit - September 27, 2011
Field Mobility 2011 Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange, Las Vegas - November 2 - 3, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Tokyo - November 14-15, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Singapore - November 17-18, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, San Paulo, Brazil - December 4-9, 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
Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
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

Ruggedized and Industrial Mobile Device Articles

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Smartphones?

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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.

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of September 5, 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 Weekly
Also read Mobility Charts Weekly
Also read Mobile ROI 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!

A recent study conducted by IBM has found that 51 percent of adults have preformed a purchase using their mobile device.  Read Original Content

The global market for location-based advertising is projected to reach $12.8 billion by the year 2017, according to Global Industry Analysts.  Read Original Content

Google predicts consumers will conduct 15 percent of Black Friday web searches on mobile devices this year.  Research also suggests that 65 percent of consumers will use their mobile device to look for a business to make in-store purchases.  Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Sharespost estimates that location-based ad spends will explode over the next four years, jumping from approximately $40 million in 2010 to $1.8 billion by 2015 due to an increase in dependency on smartphones and other mobile devices in day-to-day use.  Read Original Content

Mobile Expert Podcast Series: Toa Technologies' Yuval Brisker, Part 1

In this two part segment of the Mobile Expert Podcast Series, I interview the CEO/Founder of  Toa Technologies, Yuval Brisker.  Yuval shares his thoughts on enterprise mobility, cloud computing, HTML5 and much more.  Listen to Part 2 here.



Upcoming Events

Virtual Mobility Summit - September 27, 2011
Field Mobility 2011 Australia - October 25 - 27, 2011
Enterprise Mobility Exchange, Las Vegas - November 2 - 3, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Tokyo - November 14-15, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, Singapore - November 17-18, 2011
Kevin Benedict Speaking Tour, San Paulo, Brazil - December 4-9, 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
Healthrageous Mobility Case Study
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

Ruggedized and Industrial Mobile Device Articles

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Smartphones?


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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.

Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of September 5, 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 Weekly
Also read Mobility Charts Weekly
Also read Mobility ROI 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!

Gartner research estimates that there will be over 141.1 million worldwide mobile payment users in 2011, a 38.2 percent increase from 2010.  Read Original Content

By 2015 Juniper predicts that worldwide mobile spending on remote and POS payments will grow to $670 billion.  Read Original Content

Transactions involving cash and checks are becoming less popular as electronic banking, including mobile-banking gains popularity.  According to Boston Consultancy Group, mobile payments will account for 20 to 30 percent of all transactions by 2020.  Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

According to the software company Ability Commerce, more customers use tablet devices to conduct mobile shopping than smartphones.  Read Original Content

Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of September 5, 2011

The Mobility Charts Weekly is a weekly publication of charts depicting the current and future status of the enterprise mobility market.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.



Forrester Research reports that they expect the number of total tablet PC users in the United States to steadily climb to 82 million by 2015, up from 26 million in 2011.  Read Original Content




Mobile Ad agency Jumptab reports that during a ten-day span in August, the currently shutdown HP Touchpad tablet nearly out-gained Android tablets in generated advertising revenues.  This was largely a result from the $99 closeout special for the HP tablets.  Read Original Content



Juniper Research predicts that the value of mobile payments will reach $670 billion by 2015, up from $240 billion currently.  Recent efforts in mobility transactions including Google’s Wallet and new smartphones equipped with NFC chips will further increase the popularity of mobile payments.  Read Original Content




Forrester recently released a new study on the habits of tablet owners and how they relate to mobile shopping.  In the report states that 60 percent of tablet owners shop using their devices with 47 percent completing online purchases.  Read Original Content


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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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