The Field Mobility and M2M 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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Two RFID rugged mobile computers are now available to help retailers simplify inventory management - Honeywell’s Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer and Motorola’s MC3090-Z RFID mobile computer. Read Original Content
Raco Wireless and Enterprise Mobile are working together to increase the popularity of M2M services, helping businesses without telecom expertise launch M2M services. Read Original Content
A survey conducted by researchers at Sam Houston State University and Southern Arkansas University from 2005 to 2012 reveals that the utilization of RFID systems by manufacturers in the United States to track inventory has grown at a steady pace. 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.
In a move that may spell trouble for the portable GPS device market, Apple has announced the launch of Maps, its in-house mapping and GPS navigation service for iOS devices. Read Original Content
A new e-book is available from NetMotion Wireless “The Top 5 Best Practices for Field Mobility”. Read Original Content
Impinj has launched a new web-based analysis tool, the Store Performance Simulator, to enable retailers to perform “what-if” scenarios to aid in deciding whether or not to utilize RFID technology. Read Original Content
RFID product maker Intermec has announced it will lay off 7 percent of its workforce in a move to cut costs. Read Original Content
Kevin Benedict is a TCS futurist and lecturer focused on the signals and foresight that emerge as society, geopolitics, economies, science, technology, environment, and philosophy converge.
Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly – Week of June 24, 2012
Welcome to the 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.
The PayPal South-East Asia and India Managing Director forecasts mobile commerce in Malaysia will reach RM3.43 billion in 2015, driven in part by higher penetration of smartphones and tablets. Read Original Content
SAP India has opened a Mobile Solutions Center in Mumbai “to help customers experience SAP’s mobile innovations as well as understand how to integrate mobile solutions into their business strategy”. Read Original Content
Due to the continuing surge in mobile devices, especially smartphones, mobile software engineering is one of the fastest growing areas in the Asian IT job market. Read Original Content
Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business. This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.
YouTube has launched a new version for users in Indonesia, targeting advertisers as well as the local user community. Read Original Content
Chinese mobile payment and value added solutions provider Trunkbow has announced the results of its annual shareholders’ meeting. The official document is available at http://www.trunkbow.com/public/2012%20AGM%20Notice%20and%20Proxy%20Statement.pdf. Read Original Content
SAP is exploring opportunities in India’s transportation and logistics sector, developing “solutions around ‘big data', mobility and analytics for shippers and third party logistics companies who ship automotive components and consumer packaged goods”. Read Original Content
The main manufacturer of Apple’s products, Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., has announced that it will go into the retail business mostly using the Internet rather than retail stores. Read Original Content
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The PayPal South-East Asia and India Managing Director forecasts mobile commerce in Malaysia will reach RM3.43 billion in 2015, driven in part by higher penetration of smartphones and tablets. Read Original Content
SAP India has opened a Mobile Solutions Center in Mumbai “to help customers experience SAP’s mobile innovations as well as understand how to integrate mobile solutions into their business strategy”. Read Original Content
Due to the continuing surge in mobile devices, especially smartphones, mobile software engineering is one of the fastest growing areas in the Asian IT job market. Read Original Content
Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business. This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.
YouTube has launched a new version for users in Indonesia, targeting advertisers as well as the local user community. Read Original Content
Chinese mobile payment and value added solutions provider Trunkbow has announced the results of its annual shareholders’ meeting. The official document is available at http://www.trunkbow.com/public/2012%20AGM%20Notice%20and%20Proxy%20Statement.pdf. Read Original Content
SAP is exploring opportunities in India’s transportation and logistics sector, developing “solutions around ‘big data', mobility and analytics for shippers and third party logistics companies who ship automotive components and consumer packaged goods”. Read Original Content
The main manufacturer of Apple’s products, Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., has announced that it will go into the retail business mostly using the Internet rather than retail stores. Read Original Content
Mobile Health News Weekly – Week of June 17, 2012
The Mobile Health News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to mobile health that I run across each week. I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.
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A report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers earlier this month suggests that emerging countries like India and China will be at the forefront of the mobile health technology breakthrough. Read Original Content
Last week the Federal Communications Commission moved forward with white spaces reform free of challenges from the microphone industry, they took on special access reform and held a meeting of experts to address the future of wireless mHealth innovation. Read Original Content
The Supreme Court could rule on the Affordable Care Act — the health-care law spearheaded by President Barack Obama — any day now. How will their decision effect the mHealth movement? Read Original Content
There are over 6 million pregnancies every year in the United States and for many, pregnancy is a difficult time both physically and mentally. Developers are taking note of this, and have started building apps to aid in the pregnancy process, help women understand their pregnancy, and even pick out a name. 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.
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise International — a health information technology and interoperability group — has released its "Mobile Access to Health Documents" implementation guide for public comment. Read Original Content
According to the report "Attack Surface: Healthcare and Public Health Sector," by the Department of Homeland Security, mobile devices face many security threats. Here are 10 tips for healthcare organizations to secure data on computers, laptops, mobile devices and flash drives in the face of the BYOD phenomenon. Read Original Content
Kevin Benedict's What's New in HTML5 - Week of June 17, 2012
This week I have posted a several segments of the Mobile Expert Video
Series with mobility experts that discuss HTML5. Here they are for your easy reference:
- Mobile Expert Video Series: Alec Berry, Part 1
- Mobile Expert Video Series: Alec Berry, Part 2
- Mobile Expert Video Series: Chris Willis, Part 1
- Mobile Expert Video Series: Marc Rosenbaum
I have interviewed many more mobility experts discussing HTML5 this week, and these interviews will be published next week. Stay tuned!!!
Now for the news:
Results of a recent survey of enterprise software coders
found that 79 percent of nearly 2,200 mobile developers said they will use
HTML5 in their apps in 2012, a higher than expected interest in HTML5 for
mobile apps. Read Original Content
Vana Workforce’s Vana HCM Release Update 6 introduces
dedicated mobile support using standards-based HTML5 for cross platform support
for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and tablet devices. Read Original Content
Q&A site for finding repair solutions FixYa has revamped
its mobile website with the launch of FixYa Mobile, a complete HTML5 overhaul
for use on smartphones and tablets. ReadOriginal Content
Mooklet Project has released an iPhone app, Mooklet that
enables users to publish a photo book as an HTML5 web application. Read Original Content
Facebook has launched its App Center for iOS and Android,
enabling users to find new apps for their mobile devices. The App Center supports HTML5 web apps as
well as native apps. Read Original Content
Startup bMobilized has introduced a do-it-yourself tool that
will allow users to easily convert a website into a full-featured HTML5-enabled
mobile site. Read Original Content
One of the useful features of HTML5 is Drag and Drop, enabling
developers to drag and drop HTML5 elements.
This tutorial explains HTML5 Drag and Drop with a simple example. Read Original Content
Modernizr is an open-source JavaScript library that allows
developers to take advantage of the new capabilities of HTML5 even on older
browsers. Read Original Content
iSpring has introduced the beta version of their PowerPoint
to HTML5 converter for iPad and mobile devices
(http://www.ispringsolutions.com/ispring-converter). Read Original Content
Microsoft officials have announced that the company is
adding HTML5 output support to its Visual Studio LightSwitch tool, which is now
available to testers. Read OriginalContent
Insurance industry software and services provider Systema
Software has announced the launch of SIMS Mobile, developed using HTML5 to
maximize interoperability. SIMS Mobile
is available for iOS and Android. ReadOriginal Content
Combining HTML5 and CSS3 provides an opportunity for the
creation of sophisticated websites in terms of design and capabilities, with
stunning visual effects. Read OriginalContent
FunMobility Inc. has announced the availability of an
integrated mobile marketing suite, the AppWidget Mobile Engagement Platform,
which features cloud-based, HTML5 plug-ins that instantly and easily improve
the performance of any native iOS or Android app. Read Original Content
Datameer has released a new version of its “Big Data
analytics solution”. Datameer 2.0 is
HTML5-based and runs on smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. Read Original Content
Steel Media has created a new free digital magazine, swipe,
built with interactive HTML5 and designed for the iPad. Read Original Content
The mobile workforce is moving from desktop PCs to
smartphones and tablets, and now is the time for businesses to incorporate
HTML5 into web development projects.
Richard Hein provides “8 Reasons to Gear Up for HTML5 Now” on CIO.com. Read Original Content
Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi states that HTML5 gaming is growing,
but “its slow progress means it won't be a viable alternative to native apps
for most publishers for another five or ten years”. Read Original Content
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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups
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 June 17, 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.
Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly
Also read Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobile Health News Weekly
Microsoft has unveiled Surface - its own-brand family of tablets. The touchscreen computers will be powered by its upcoming Windows 8 system and contain a choice of an Intel or ARM-based processor. Read Original Content
Imagination Technologies, the British company behind the graphics for the iPad and iPhone, has posted a 53 percent rise in full-year profits. Read Original Content
Apple’s iPad will grow its share of the booming tablet market over its Android-based rivals this year, thanks in large part to new features introduced with the iPad 3 and the company’s decision to reduce the prices further on the iPad 2, according to market research firm IDC. 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.
It is estimated that around 9.1 Million Canadians have migrated from feature phones to smartphones by the end of 2011, according to TechSci Research. Read Original Content
Devices from Samsung and Apple captured 50 percent of the global smartphone market in the first quarter - and 90 percent of its profits, according to data from ABI Research. Read Original Content
By 2017, smartphone accessories will grow to $38 billion in revenues, while feature phone accessory revenues will decline to $12 billion, according to ABI Research. Read Original Content
Contract electronics maker Celestica Inc. will stop making products for its biggest customer, Research In Motion Ltd., by the end of the year as the BlackBerry maker seeks to cut costs by shrinking its global supply base. Read Original Content
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Microsoft has unveiled Surface - its own-brand family of tablets. The touchscreen computers will be powered by its upcoming Windows 8 system and contain a choice of an Intel or ARM-based processor. Read Original Content
Imagination Technologies, the British company behind the graphics for the iPad and iPhone, has posted a 53 percent rise in full-year profits. Read Original Content
Apple’s iPad will grow its share of the booming tablet market over its Android-based rivals this year, thanks in large part to new features introduced with the iPad 3 and the company’s decision to reduce the prices further on the iPad 2, according to market research firm IDC. 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.
It is estimated that around 9.1 Million Canadians have migrated from feature phones to smartphones by the end of 2011, according to TechSci Research. Read Original Content
Devices from Samsung and Apple captured 50 percent of the global smartphone market in the first quarter - and 90 percent of its profits, according to data from ABI Research. Read Original Content
By 2017, smartphone accessories will grow to $38 billion in revenues, while feature phone accessory revenues will decline to $12 billion, according to ABI Research. Read Original Content
Contract electronics maker Celestica Inc. will stop making products for its biggest customer, Research In Motion Ltd., by the end of the year as the BlackBerry maker seeks to cut costs by shrinking its global supply base. Read Original Content
Mobile Marketing News Weekly – Week of June 17, 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.
Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly
Also read Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Health News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
Facebook, the world's largest social network, says it is working on a location-based mobile-advertising product that will allow companies to target users with real-time data showing their whereabouts. Read Original Content
Mobile marketing delivers a higher return-on-investment than traditional marketing programs, according to new research findings from Luth Research, a research partner of the Mobile Marketing Association. Read Original Content
Mobile marketing and advertising solutions provider Velti has been named the winner of the 2012 Juniper Future Mobile Award in the mobile advertising category. 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
Escalating mobile device penetration and changing consumer lifestyle are driving mobile marketing in India. A new report from Netscribes entitled Mobile Marketing in India 2012 describes a market with strong growth potential. Read Original Content
Like search and social before it, the rapid and widespread adoption of new technology -- in this case, mobile apps -- will increasingly pitch marketers in a heated battle for surface area in an entirely new theater of operation: the app stores. Read Original Content
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Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Health News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
Facebook, the world's largest social network, says it is working on a location-based mobile-advertising product that will allow companies to target users with real-time data showing their whereabouts. Read Original Content
Mobile marketing delivers a higher return-on-investment than traditional marketing programs, according to new research findings from Luth Research, a research partner of the Mobile Marketing Association. Read Original Content
Mobile marketing and advertising solutions provider Velti has been named the winner of the 2012 Juniper Future Mobile Award in the mobile advertising category. 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
Escalating mobile device penetration and changing consumer lifestyle are driving mobile marketing in India. A new report from Netscribes entitled Mobile Marketing in India 2012 describes a market with strong growth potential. Read Original Content
Like search and social before it, the rapid and widespread adoption of new technology -- in this case, mobile apps -- will increasingly pitch marketers in a heated battle for surface area in an entirely new theater of operation: the app stores. Read Original Content
Mobile Expert Video Series: Chris Willis, Part 1
I had the privilege of interviewing Chris Willis, Chief Marketing Officer of Verivo recently in beautiful Waltham, MA. We explored his thoughts on what makes Verivo unique in the market, HTML5, enterprise mobility trends and mobile strategies.
I hope you find these interview series useful!
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I hope you find these interview series useful!
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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups
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.
Eggs with Benedict Mobile Strategies Workshop in London
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Attendees traveled from all parts of England, and we had some even fly in from other parts of Europe for the workshop. I was told by a group of attendees following the workshop that it was valuable and useful. I even had requests to return and present another series of workshops.
It is my observation, backed by solid research, that companies are struggling with developing an enterprise-wide mobile strategy. Sometimes the IT department is the laggard, but most often I believe the business is the laggard. Mobile technologies can truly transform a company. It can change business models, and revolutionize industries. The business must understand how they will respond and utilize mobility to drive competitive advantages.
I think some businesses are approaching enterprise mobility as simply an interesting set of technologies. There is danger in not recognizing it for what it is. Just like the web revolutionized and transformed media and the publishing industries (just to name a few), mobile technologies will lead to the demise of many companies that are not capable of understanding the scope and scale of the sea change introduced by mobile technologies.
I believe business leaders should enroll their staff in an educational process on mobile technologies. Find an experienced mobility expert (google mobile experts) and have them stretch the imaginations of your leaders as to the possibilities of enterprise mobility. Mobility is here for the rest of your careers, so the faster you can understand it, and create a vision and roadmap, the better for your company.
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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups
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 June 17, 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.
Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly
Also read Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobile Health News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
While the mobile channel is not yet the preferred vehicle for small business banking, 54 percent of small businesses are expected to use the mobile channel by 2015. Read Original Content
Airtel Chad has associated with ECOBANK, one of the leading banks of Africa to launch Airtel Money in the West African nation. The service will allow subscribers to carry out financial transactions on their mobile phones. Read Original Content
Online payment service provider GlobalCollect has selected BOKU as its global mobile payments partner and use BOKU's payments platform into its international payment network, allowing online merchants to accept mobile payments at checkout. Read Original Content
Samsung has joined forces with Eurosport to bring a free app to the Galaxy S3, enabling owners of its flagship smartphone to watch the London 2012 Olympics for free. 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
All the participants in a small four-month mobile payments trial conducted by BNZ, Vodafone, Visa and Paymark in Auckland and Wellington said they were likely to recommend the service to friends and 14 percent said they would be willing to pay a small fee for the service. Read Original Content
Stockholm-based mobile payment company iZettle announced it has closed a 25 million euro ($31.4 million) series B funding round. The investment was led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners and European tech investment firm Northzone, but MasterCard was also involved in the funding round. Read Original Content
Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly
Also read Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobile Health News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
While the mobile channel is not yet the preferred vehicle for small business banking, 54 percent of small businesses are expected to use the mobile channel by 2015. Read Original Content
Airtel Chad has associated with ECOBANK, one of the leading banks of Africa to launch Airtel Money in the West African nation. The service will allow subscribers to carry out financial transactions on their mobile phones. Read Original Content
Online payment service provider GlobalCollect has selected BOKU as its global mobile payments partner and use BOKU's payments platform into its international payment network, allowing online merchants to accept mobile payments at checkout. Read Original Content
Samsung has joined forces with Eurosport to bring a free app to the Galaxy S3, enabling owners of its flagship smartphone to watch the London 2012 Olympics for free. 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
All the participants in a small four-month mobile payments trial conducted by BNZ, Vodafone, Visa and Paymark in Auckland and Wellington said they were likely to recommend the service to friends and 14 percent said they would be willing to pay a small fee for the service. Read Original Content
Stockholm-based mobile payment company iZettle announced it has closed a 25 million euro ($31.4 million) series B funding round. The investment was led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners and European tech investment firm Northzone, but MasterCard was also involved in the funding round. Read Original Content
Mobile Expert Video Series: Adam Enterkin
On the Northeast corner of Hyde Park in London, England in Kony Solution's UK office. While I was in London last week I caught up with Kony Solution's VP of Sales for EMEA, Adam Enterkin and asked him about his strategies and Kony Solution's business model. I hope you find this interview interesting.
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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the SAP Enterprise Mobility and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups
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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