Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of October 31, 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.

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A new report from ABI Research predicts that revenues generated by the container security and tracking market will grow by a compound annual growth rate of 27 percent from $212 million in 2011 to $690 million in 2016.  Read Original Article

RFID tracking solutions are being used to track the progress of the Toronto subway expansion project so that productivity is improved throughout the construction efforts.  Read Original Article

According to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. the global market for enterprise mobility is projected to exceed $173.9 billion by the year 2017.  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/.

The Florida Highway Patrol has equipped 700 vehicles with Panasonic’s Toughbook Arbitrator Mobile Digital Video System for statewide vehicle deployment.  Read Original Article
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Powercor's David Weedon

In this interview David Weedon, Business Implementation Manager, with SAP customer and electrical power distributor Powercor, shares how they have mobilized different segments of their field services operations.  Their core business is to manage the poles, wires and equipment that deliver electricity to homes and businesses in Melbourne and through central and western Victoria. They are responsible for the quality and reliability of their customers’ power supply.  David shares details of their implementations, ROIs and what they plan to do next in this video.




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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and 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: Futurist Craig Rispin

I had the opportunity last week to hear Futurist Craig Rispin speak at the Field Mobility Summit 2011 in Sydney, Australia where I was also speaking.  I was able to meet up with Craig after his presentation and ask him where he saw the future of enterprise mobility heading.








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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and 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 October 24, 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.

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A recently published study from Berg Insight predicts that the global use of smart electricity meters will grow at a rate of nearly 27 percent over the next five years, reaching 602.7 million units by 2016.  North America and Europe will experience a 50 percent increase in their smart meter market.  Read Original Content

According to a study by GTM the increase in smart meter installations will drive $8.2 billion in utility enterprise spending in the U.S. between now and 2015.  Read Original Content

NRG Expert’s new Utility Metering Deployment and Smart Grid Report shows the overall market size for new utility meters growing with a CAGR of 8 percent between 2010 and 2014.  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/.

China plans to invest $90 billion in smart grid technologies before 2020, the Center for American Progress reports.  Read Original Content
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Complimentary Copy of Netcentric Strategies' Enterprise Mobility Survey 2011 Report

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I have finally completed writing  the Enterprise Mobility Survey 2011 results report, and a complimentary copy is available for you to download here.  There were some very interesting findings in this report.  Here are a few from the survey:


  • 39.8% of companies have a strategic enterprise mobility plan in place.
  • 51.3% have no mobility policy in place.
  • 41.7% believe mobile apps will give them a competitive advantage.
  • 41.6% of survey respondents plan to deploy more than 6 enterprise mobility applications.
  • 78.6% of survey respondents will be integrating with multiple back end systems.
  • 73.7% will be outsourcing some or all of their enterprise mobile application development.
Download a complimentary copy of the survey results report here.

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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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