Mobile Expert Video Series: SAP's Nick Brown

I have interviewed Nick Brown, SAP's Senior VP of Mobile Strategies, several times over the past couple of years and it has always been a pleasure.  Nick is a straight shooter (crazy American phrase for honest and open).  He shares technical details in clear and understandable language, and is open about areas of strengths and weaknesses in his products.  All of these qualities equal credibility.  Thanks Nick!

In this interview we discuss the new Sybase Unwired Platform version 2.1, and its hybrid web container.





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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: SAP's CIO Oliver Bussman

I have had the honor of spending time with SAP's CIO Oliver Bussman this week.  I first moderated a panel on enterprise mobility that he participated on, attended a Q&A session with him, and then cornered him for an interview in the garden at the Venetian last evening.  In this video interview we discuss his experiences with deploying over 9,000 iPads at SAP.








Articles by Kevin Benedict

Mobile Expert Video Series: Cognizant's Jeff Wallace
Mobile Expert Video Series: Sybase's Bryan Whitmarsh
Enterprise Mobility - A Tank Half Full
Mobile Expert Podcast Series: PSION's Mike Petersen, Part 1
Kevin Benedict’s Video Comments:  Mobility without Tactics is Wasted
Mobile Expert Podcast Series: Toa Technologies' Yuval Brisker, Part 1
More Mobile HTML5 Apps for Your Review

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.
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Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of September 12, 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

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!

Global mobile payment transactions could exceed $945 billion in 2015, according to IE Market Research’s Global Mobile Payment Market Forecast 2011-2015.  Read Original Content

VeriFone Systems Inc. posted better than expected quarterly results and raised its full year outlook as it finds more customers for mobile payment technologies.  Read Original Content

Payments and banking transactions through mobile phones in India are expected to reach $350 billion by 2015, according to The Boston Consulting Group.  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/

Lowe’s, a leading home improvement company, is enhancing its website and equipping store employees with iPhones as the second-largest U.S. home-improvement retailer seeks to catch up to Home Depot and boost sales from its existing locations.  Read Original Content
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Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of September 12, 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.


Marketers are discovering that mobile ads are an affective medium to promote products.  Marketing firm 360i has found through a survey that mobile ads are more affective than traditional online advertising campaigns. Global mobile advertising revenue, according to Gartner Research, is forecast to hit $3.3 billion in 2011, a huge increase from the $1.6 billion in revenue in 2010.  Read Original Content



New data from Millenial Media shows that more smartphone owners access the Internet using a W-Fi connection than using their service providers such as AT&T or Verizon.  Read Original Content




The analyst firm Flurry has created a graphic illustrating the rapid growth rate of mobile app value from 2009 and projected through November 2012.  According to the projections, money spent on advertising through mobile apps will dwarf the amount spent on online display ads.  Read Original Content



A study by Yahoo and Ipsos has listed the top seven cases where smartphone users recall and engage with an advertisement on their device.  Sixty-five percent of respondents admit that they remember viewing an ad while shopping on their smartphone, with half of those respondents clicking on the ad and following the advertisement to the site of origin.  Read Original Content

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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 Video Series: Cognizant's Jeff Wallace

Cognizant's AVP of Mobility, Jeff Wallace shares his insights into the current state of enterprise mobility at SAP's TechEd conference in Las Vegas.





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Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Sybase's Bryan Whitmarsh

I am attending SAP's TechEd conference this week where I will be interviewing experts in mobility.  Last night I had the good fortune to run into Sybase's Product Manager for SUP (Sybase Unwired Platform), Bryan Whitmarsh.




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Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of September 12, 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 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!

According to a new ABI report, the health care Wi-Fi market will grow into a $1.3 billion industry in the next five years as more consumer devices connect to Wi-Fi networks.  Read Original Content

Beginning in July 2012, New Zealand will require beef ranchers to track cattle using RFID tags.  Read Original Content

Trucking companies can now install RFID tags on vehicles in order to pay for fuel at Love’s Travel Stops locations.  This will prevent fuel fraud and speed up the fueling process.  Read Original Content

FieldSaver has released its Android app v3.0 that provides paramedics a mobile interface allowing them to successfully collect, document and electronically share legally required emergency medical services documentation with hospitals, public safety, public health and other first responder agencies.  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/.
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Mobile Expert Podcast Series: PSION's Mike Petersen, Part 2

This is Part 2 of my interview with PSION's Mike Petersen on what makes rugged mobile devices different from consumer grade mobile devices.  Mike reveals some surprising ROIs and TOC (total cost of ownership) considerations. Listen to Part 1 here.

When you are done listening to this podcast, I hope you will take a moment to complete the enterprise mobility survey.  All participants will receive the survey results.





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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 - A Tank Half Full

Communicating with Pigeons
Seriously, I am talking about tanks.  Tanks as in Abrams, Tiger, T-34s or Shermans.  Did you know that at the beginning of WWII allied tanks did not even have mobile communications.  They had NO mobile radios.  Tanks were sent out into the battlefield with no effective way to communication with them or ask them to change plans, directions or missions.  Early tanks even used pigeons to communicate.

German forces on the other hand had mobile radios in all of their tanks and could communicate with HQ, nearby troops and aircraft.  This capability enabled them to provide real-time feedback and visibility into real-time events, which enabled rapid adaptation to changing situations in the field .  In addition, real-time mobile communications enable combined activities and collaboration between tanks, troops and aircraft that were never before possible.  This capability revolutionized military strategy.  This new capability enabled innovative strategist to develop new tactics.  

My new slogan this year is, Mobile Technology without Tactics is Wasted. 

The allied forces had mobile radios and communication technologies.  They had just not deployed them sufficiently, nor developed any new tactics designed to take advantage of them.  How many of today's enterprises have mobile technologies, but have not developed new strategies or tactics to take advantage of them?






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?

*************************************************************
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 Podcast Series: PSION's Mike Petersen, Part 1

I had the pleasure of interviewing PSION's Mike Petersen this week about rugged and industrial grade mobile devices, total cost of ownership and device strategies.  This is Part 1, you can listen to Part 2 of this interview here.  This article is a good one for those debating the merits of using consumer grade smartphones or rugged handhelds for specific jobs and tasks.

When you are done listening to this podcast, I hope you will take a few minutes to complete the enterprise mobility survey.  All participants will receive the survey results in a report for free.





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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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