Mobile Expert Video Series: Onyeka Nchege

I had the good fortune to interview CIO Onyeka Nchege with Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated this week at the Enterprise Mobility Exchange in Las Vegas. Onyeka gave an insightful presentation in which he warned IT organizations to become the owners of enterprise mobility or else.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and 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.

Enterprise Mobility and Joe on the Plane

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Yesterday, Onyeka Nchege, CIO with Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated spoke about "Joe-on-the-Plane" at the Enterprise Mobility Exchange in Las Vegas.  Joe-on-the-Plane is the guy who shows your boss all the cool stuff he can do on his iPad while sitting next to him/her on the plane.  Joe shows off the brilliant business intelligence charts he is using on the iPad.  He drills down to see the numbers with the swipe of his finger.  Joe claims these mobile apps are cheap and easy to implement, and wonders why any company with an IT department wouldn't have implemented these years ago. 

Joe-on-the-Plane is your worst enemy.  He has influenced your boss, or even worst, your boss' boss.

You must combat the evil influence of Joe-on-the-Plane.  You must already have a mobility strategy, mobility plan and a thorough mobility road map.  You must annihilate Joe-on-the-Plane with the "been-there-done-that" weapon, the "already-on-the-schedule" bomb, or the "I-have-an-even-better-idea" punch.  I love it!!!

Onyeka says the IT organization should be the thought leaders on mobility and take ownership of it.  They should not sit back and let Joe-on-the-Plane dictate your company's strategy and direction.  I agree!

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and 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.

Mobility News Weekly - Week of October 31, 2011

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Mobile Expert Video Series: Forrester's Christian Kane

This week I am serving as the Chairman of the Enterprise Mobility Exchange in Las Vegas.  In this role, I have had the opportunity to interview many mobility experts.  I will be publishing these interviews over the next week. In this first interview, I ask Research Analyst Christian Kane with Forrester his thoughts on the current and future state of the rugged handheld computer market.

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer

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Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

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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.

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of October 31, 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.

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