M2M News Weekly - Week of February 6, 2012

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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According to ABI the market for cumulative cellular M2M connections will reach approximately 365 million by 2016. Read Original Content

Currently, the only mature smart meter markets in Europe are Sweden and Italy, but new research from Frost & Sullivan finds that smart meter revenue in Europe is expected to grow from $318.4 million in 2010 to $1.93 billion in 2017. Read Original Content

According to a number of forecasts the global smart grid market will reach $80.6 billion in 2016 from $22.8 billion in 2011 growing at an annual rate of 28.7 percent from 2011 to 2016. 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/.

Harbor Research reports that the annual number of cellular M2M connections will grow to 161 million globally by the end of this year, and is projected to reach 390 million by 2014. Read Original Content

The M2M market is growing rapidly in the cellular industry and is being used by a number of mobile network operators in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region in particular. Major operators like Verizon and AT&T have recently entered the market hoping to increase profits. Read Original Content

Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly - Week of February 6, 2012

Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016.

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Twitter is targeting the Asia Pacific Region by bringing in new vice president of international operations, Shailesh Rao.  Mr. Rao, most recently served as managing director of media and platforms across Asia Pacific and managing director of Google India. Read Original Content

Chinese Internet video company Tudou has announced an enhanced video sharing platform for users of the microblogging site Sina Weibo, allowing users to share video content on the Tudou platform. Read Original Content

In a move to capitalize on the technological expertise and cheaper labor in the Asian market, and to bring the smartphone building process closer to suppliers, Nokia has announced plans to move its manufacturing operations to Asia.  As part of the move, the company plans to cut 4,000 jobs in Hungary, Mexico and Finland by the end of the year. Read Original Content

With the e-commerce market in India predicted to grow 47 percent this year, Amazon has launched a new online shopping service, junglee.com.  The new service taps into the large e-commerce potential in India, which currently has only 52 million active Internet users, with only 40 percent of those users shopping online. Read Original Content

Mobile Health News Weekly - Week of February 6, 2012

The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Market research firm comScore indicates that from November 2010 to November 2011, the number of consumers using a mobile device to access health information rose 125 percent to 16.9 million.  Read Original Content

Remote patient monitoring with smartphone connectivity is set to skyrocket in the next few years, according to the latest study by British firm Juniper Research. The study projects that by 2016, more than 3 million patients will be using remote monitoring devices that transmit data via smartphone. Read Original Content

A study, conducted by BizTechReports, has found major operational issues for media tablets in healthcare, with 66 percent of respondents stating consumer tablets create governance challenges for their organizations. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

Eighty percent of physicians in a recent survey said they believe that the Apple iPad has an "exciting future in healthcare", but they doubt it is ready for clinical use. Read Original Content

Health care IT investor Health Evolution Partners and Verizon Enterprise Solutions are collaborating to foster innovation in mobile health, telemedicine and health data management. Read Original Content

Mobility News Weekly - Week of February 6, 2012

The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Growth in internet traffic over mobile networks is set to explode during the next few years, increasing by 84 percent a year and accounting for 11 percent of all traffic by 2015.  Read Original Content

Mobile cloud computing is poised to create a new, lucrative revenue stream for solution providers and mobile suppliers, driving in excess of $5 billion in revenue within the next five years.  Read Original Content

Nokia will cut 4,000 jobs at its smartphone manufacturing facilities in Finland, Hungary and Mexico by the end of 2012.  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/.

According to the NPD Group, a leading market research company, Android leads the smartphone market with 48 percent share. Apple is 6 points behind. Other vendors such as Microsoft and RIM account for the remaining 10 percent.  Read Original Content

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research Global Tablet sales to end users reached 67.0 million units in 2011 and is expected to reach 248.6 million units by the end of 2015.  Read Original Content

Google Chrome has finally landed on Android. Google Chrome for web launched about three years ago and since then has been rising on the market share. Known for its super fast speed, Google intends to duplicate the efficiency on the Android platform as well.  Read Original Content

ClickSoftware reported record revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011, with quarter revenues up 30 percent year over year, reaching a record $24 million, and reflecting an annual revenue growth of 23 percent.  Read Original Content

According to a report by Juniper Research, annual revenues from consumer mobile applications will approach $52 billion by 2016 as consumer smartphone adoption accelerates in tandem with the emergence of a mass tablet market.  Read Original Content

TechNet has released a study showing there are now roughly 466,000 jobs in the “App Economy” in the United States, up from zero in 2007.  Read Original Content

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of February 6, 2012

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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Facebook is expected to roll out a mobile advertising platform in early March 2012, a move intended to create a new revenue stream before the social networking giant goes public this spring. Read Original Content

According to Google, 69 percent of American smartphone users access the Internet every day. Data usage in the U.S. was up 89 percent in 2011. By the end of 2012, U.S. mobile ad spending is expected to reach $2.61 billion, up from $1.45 billion in 2011, according to digital marketing firm eMarketer. Read Original Content

According to research firm IDC, mobile display advertising attracted less than 20 percent of total ad spending on mobile marketing, as reported by Digiday. The majority went to paid search. Read Original Content

Verivo is a leading provider of enterprise mobility software, Verivo helps companies accelerate their business results. Its unique technology empowers teams to build, deploy, manage and update their mobile apps -- rapidly and securely. Verivo’s mobility platform is used by hundreds of companies in numerous industries, worldwide. This newsletter is sponsored in part by Verivo.  To learn more, visit www.verivo.com

The global mobile advertising market was $1.5 billion in 2010 and is expected to grow to $17.6 billion in 2015. Read Original Content

Thanks to the rapid growth in active smart mobile devices worldwide, from an estimated 509 million last year to an estimated 914 million in 2012, Google’s mobile ad revenues are expected to more than double from an estimated $2.5 billion last year to $5.8 billion in 2012. Read Original Content

Mobile network company Inneractive has massive increases in mobile ad requests. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android increased 981 percent and 759 percent respectively across Inneractive’s network. Read Original Content
Econsultancy's 2012 report found that while over 68 percent of companies and agencies are increasing their digital marketing budgets this year, just 16 percent are increasing their spend on traditional marketing channels. Read Original Content

After analyzing 164,255 pages from the top 100 magazines, Nellymoser has noted a 617 percent increase in the use of QR codes, including Microsoft Tags and barcodes between January and December 2011. Read Original Content

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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.

Thinking about Mobile Devices for Field Services?

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It is interesting listening to mobility vendors today.  Many began as recent start-ups and their entire mobility careers have been focused on supporting white collar workers using powerful smartphones integrated with ERPs.  However, mobility vendors that started a decade or more ago see the world in a different light.  They are more sensitive to the needs and requirements of the field service technician, the lineman and inspector.  These users are in the field, on remote job sites and subject to the weather and harsh working conditions surrounding them.  These workers appreciate the term, rugged, especially as it relates to mobile devices.

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There is a big difference between working environments, which should be considered and influence the kinds of mobile devices selected for use by your mobile workforce.  When I am jogging outdoors it is very hard for me to stop in the bright sunlight of Boise, Idaho and read the screen on my iPhone.  It is very dim in bright sunlight.  What if my entire work was dependent on me using an iPhone app in these conditions?  It would be bad.  My eyes would suffer.  Different working environments absolutely need different kinds of screens, batteries, barcode scanners, RFID, keyboards and different levels of ruggedness.

Syclo, a mobility vendor with many utility and field services customers, has recently published a useful FAQ paper for organizations considering the merits of different kinds of devices.

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

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Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of February 6, 2012

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.

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A recent survey by Wincor Nixdorf shows that a strong majority of French consumers are interested in using fingerprint scanning technology to secure transactions. Out of 1,008 French consumers surveyed, 69 percent were in favor of scanning their fingerprint at the point of sale to secure electronic payments rather than punch in a PIN code. Read Original Content

Working with Sage Payment Solutions, many Girl Scouts are now equipped with mobile devices that have a credit card reader attached. Already, some Girl Scout troops are reporting an increase in cookie sales since adopting the technology. Read Original Content

Bank customers are gradually shifting towards Internet banking with over 100 percent growth since last year. Read Original Content

Tech Endeavour structures a mobile application as a multi-layered application consisting of user experience, business, and data layers. The mobile application development process starts with definition of the mobile application, understanding key components, learning scenarios where it will be used, learning key patterns and technology considerations as well as identifying specific scenarios such as deployment, power usage and synchronization.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Tech Endeavour, http://www.techendeavour.com/.

Transit authorities in New York City and surrounding areas are beginning to offer mobile ticketing features to customers. Currently Amtrak and New York Waterway have already begun selling tickets through smartphones. Read Original Content

Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of February 6, 2012

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.

As consumers migrate to smartphones, more retailers are rolling out new strategies that leverage customer engagement via mobile devices. One of these is check-in services, where the market opportunity is substantial. Read Original Content

ClickSoftware released a detailed infographic highlighting recent mobility trends in the world of business. The report indicates 70 percent of employees with smartphones regularly check their work emails outside normal business hours. Read Original Content

Based on their customers, ClickSoftware featured a pie chart that illustrated the most popular operating systems for enterprise mobility clients. During the time period between 2007 to 2009 Windows controlled the largest share of mobile devices. Since then Apple’s iOS system has grown to dominate the market with 45 percent. Read Original Content

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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.

The Best of Benedict's Mobile Enterprise Strategies 2011

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I have spent the last week reviewing articles that I wrote on mobile strategies in 2011, and compiling a Best of 2011 list.  Some of my articles, upon further review, are not worth reading at all, but some are even worth reading again!  So just in case you successfully avoided reading them the first time, here they are again for your review and comment.  Before you get started, remember to follow me on Twitter @krbenedict.

The Best of Mobile Enterprise Strategies 2011:

Mobile Strategies and Situational Awareness

Enterprise Mobility - A Business or IT Strategy?

Mobile Strategies, PIOs, Optimized Intersections and Patterns of Life, Part 1

Mobile Strategies, PIOs, Optimized Intersections and Patterns of Life, Part 2

How Long is too Long for Mobile App Development?

Conjecture, Enterprise Mobility and Mobile Strategies

Enterprise Mobility, Remote Sensors and Nervous Systems

Mobility and 4D Field Services

Enterprise Mobility and Institutional Memory

Mobile Apps the Front End to Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Velocity in Field Services

Enterprise Mobility is Not for Everyone, Just Most

The Value in a Mobile Enterprise Solution

Enterprise Mobility, PIOs and PIVs

Mobile Apps and the Marriage of My Virtual and Physical Worlds

Thoughts on Enterprise Mobility, Mobile Banking and Global Economies

Research on Enterprise Mobility

Smart Ideas and Enterprise Mobility

Field Services, Enterprise Mobility and Strategies

The Benefit of Custom Mobile Applications

Enterprise Mobility - A Tank Half Full

Enterprise Mobility, Netcentric Operations and Military Mobility

Death by Mobile App

Consumer Smartphones or Industrial Grade Smartphones?

What I am Learning about Enterprise Mobility

More on Change Management and Enterprise Mobility

Social Networking and Enterprise Mobility in Less Developed Regions

Recruitment and Enterprise Mobility

Enterprise Mobility and Manned/Unmanned Systems Integration Capabilities

Where Should Mobile Intelligence Reside?

The Importance of Mobile EAM and M2M

Enterprise Mobility Application Predictions

Managing a Mobile and Network Centric Operation, Part 1

Managing a Mobile and Network Centric Operation, Part 2

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

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Enterprise Mobility and Transformative Healthcare

It is my opinion that enterprise mobility, M2M and mobile strategies will transform the healthcare industry more than just about any market outside of media.

Dave Chase describes, in this article, how the healthcare industry parallels the printed newspaper industry in their slow adoption of digital solutions and transformative technologies.  The image on the right demonstrates many of the mobile and M2M technologies that can revolutionize healthcare.

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Traditional healthcare institutions will rapidly become dinosaurs if they don't embrace the use of mobile solutions and M2M technologies that provide better quality of services, often remotely, for less costs.

The balance of power is changing.  Nimble start-ups will link best of breed and highly efficient caregivers, medical equipment operators and labs into new digital healthcare networks that are not dependent on massive hospital campuses filled with paper file cabinets, and expensive specialized equipment.  Healthcare will not be determined by buildings, but by systems connected to digital M2M and mobile networks.  Chase points out that instead of providing "sick care" these digital networks will be rewarded for providing profitable "health care."

Electronic patient records will be able to travel across the digital network with the patient.  More and more services will be able to be performed in remote home environments and in locations that specialize in providing efficient and cost effective services.

These new healthcare start-ups with digital, M2M and mobile networks, don't have the facilities and physical baggage of traditional institutions.  They will cause pain to the traditional healthcare institutions that don't transform with this new reality.  I for one would like to see a free market environment transform this industry into a competitive, transparent and innovative field that serves the community and economy better.

In too many regions of the world today, monopolies rule healthcare services.  These monopolies often serve themselves more than their communities.  They follow a path and business plan that does not have to be followed.  When there is no pressure to change, little does.  I would like to see more innovation and change in healthcare so it better serves the needs of our communities and our country.  Mobile and M2M technologies and free markets may be able to transform this industry with or without politics.

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

Visit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com

Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups

Read The Mobility News Weekly

Read The M2M News Monthly

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.