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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India has unveiled a new version of what it says is the "world's cheapest tablet computer" - the Aakash 2. Read Original Content
Samsung Electronics Co. expects sales of its new Galaxy S III, launched at the end of last month as a main rival to Apple's iPhone, to top 10 million during July, making it South Korean group's fastest selling smartphone. Read Original Content
Microsoft has announced its developed version for its next smartphone operating system, Windows Phone 8. WP8 will come with an alteration in the start screen, a new live tiles feature and offer to resize tiles. 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.
Motorola Solutions just bought Psion Corporation for $200 million in cash to bolster its work with industrial companies. The deal will mostly focus on improving Motorola Solutions' toughened-up handhelds and in-car terminals. Read Original Content
Samsung Electronics, already a world leader in TVs and smartphones, is taking the fight to Intel Corp for the number one slot in semiconductors, betting on strong growth in so-called logic chips that are the brains inside today’s fast-selling smart mobile devices. Read Original Content
HTC has canceled the planned launch of its high-profile One series in Brazil, and is pulling out - completely - from that market. 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.
Kevin Benedict's What's New in HTML5 - Week of June 24, 2012
Kony Solutions has unveiled its Mobile App Manager, giving
organizations a single environment for “deploying, managing, analyzing and
securing mobile applications for all devices, across all channels, including
HTML5, mobile web, native, hybrid, or mixed-mode”. Read Original Content
A luxury real estate brokerage firm has re-launched its
website, building the new site with HTML5 to optimize it for mobile, stating
“over 90 percent of smartphones and tablets are HTML5-enabled, and almost 75
percent are HTML5 video only. Without HTML5, you are losing a considerable
portion of your audience.” Read Original Content
Adobe has announced the availability of Adobe Captivate 6,
an upgrade to its eLearning software, with enhancements including HTML5
publishing with pause and resume capabilities for iOS and Android devices. Read Original Content
Microsoft claims that Internet Explorer 10 “achieves
dramatic performance gains for JavaScript-intensive applications, particularly
HTML5 games and simulations” with page loads 30 percent faster. Read Original Content
To show off HTML5’s current capabilities, QRlicious has
compiled a list of “Our Favorite HTML5 Mobile Apps of 2012”. Read Original Content
Facebook’s Ringmark tool is now completely open source, and
more tests will be implemented in Ringmark soon to better test mobile browsers,
as many browsers just aren’t fast enough yet to handle HTML5 games. Read Original Content
Microsoft has announced that HTML5 support is being added to
the Visual Studio LightSwitch tool, allowing LightSwitch apps to run on any
platform with an HTML5 compliant browser, including Android, iOS and Windows
8. Read Original Content
The creators of third party browser Dolphin claim that the
latest beta version of the browser, the Dolphin Engine, earns a score of 450+
on the HTML5 browser compatibility test, rendering HTML5 five to ten times
faster than Android’s default browser and 100 percent faster than Chrome. Read Original Content
Adobe’s Dreamweaver CS6 provides development tools to
incorporate HTML5’s interactivity and motion for designs on smartphones,
tablets and desktops. Read Original Content
Dot Com Infoway has released a new HTML5 infographic,
“HTML5: Past, Present and Future”,
describing the evolution, key features and capabilities of HTML5. Read Original Content
A major shift is occurring in the application development
landscape, and an Oracle development executive states that it’s based on the
"perfect storm" provided by the emergence of cloud, mobile and HTML5
as dominant themes in modern systems.
Read Original Content
Gizmox has released a downloadable Community Technology
Preview of its Instant CloudMove Transposition Studio, which enables developers
to experiment with the tools. It allows
any Microsoft Visual Studio developer to extend VB6 and .NET enterprise
client/server applications into HTML5 web, cloud and mobile applications. Read Original Content
Augmented reality browser Junaio has been upgraded with a
new user interface and a new API with HTML5 and JavaScript support. Read Original Content
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Kevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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Mobile Marketing News Weekly – Week of June 24, 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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According to Media Post, citing an “Advertising Expenditure Forecast for June 2012 by Publicis Groupe company ZenithOptimedia, advertisers will spend about 15 percent more in 2012 on paid-search marketing, up 15 percent in 2013, and 13 percent in 2014.” Read Original Content
Adcquire's new marketing platform is making waves throughout the marketing industry. The platform, which connects brands and consumers through a mobile app, generates physical interactions with products. Read Original Content
AT&T has just released the findings from a study that indicates social and mobile marketing are the next big thing. Among the small businesses that took part in the survey, almost 60 percent stated they intend to spend more on their marketing online in 2012 than they did last year. Read Original Content
Verivo 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 Verivo Mobile.
StrikeAd, a startup that helps advertisers and agencies manage their mobile campaigns, has raised another $500,000 in funding. The round is an addition to the $3 million Series A led by DFJ Esprit that the startup announced in January. Read Original Content
Ticketing startup TicketLeap has relaunched with a new logo, webpages that encourage more social interaction, and updated iOS and Android apps that create a mobile box office. Read Original Content
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According to Media Post, citing an “Advertising Expenditure Forecast for June 2012 by Publicis Groupe company ZenithOptimedia, advertisers will spend about 15 percent more in 2012 on paid-search marketing, up 15 percent in 2013, and 13 percent in 2014.” Read Original Content
Adcquire's new marketing platform is making waves throughout the marketing industry. The platform, which connects brands and consumers through a mobile app, generates physical interactions with products. Read Original Content
AT&T has just released the findings from a study that indicates social and mobile marketing are the next big thing. Among the small businesses that took part in the survey, almost 60 percent stated they intend to spend more on their marketing online in 2012 than they did last year. Read Original Content
Verivo 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 Verivo Mobile.
StrikeAd, a startup that helps advertisers and agencies manage their mobile campaigns, has raised another $500,000 in funding. The round is an addition to the $3 million Series A led by DFJ Esprit that the startup announced in January. Read Original Content
Ticketing startup TicketLeap has relaunched with a new logo, webpages that encourage more social interaction, and updated iOS and Android apps that create a mobile box office. Read Original Content
Mobile Expert Video Series: Oliver Kaluscha
I met with Oliver Kaluscha, CEO/Founder of Placeworkers while I was working in London a couple of weeks ago. Placeworkers is a Germany based company focused on the SAP and other ERP mobility markets. Oliver has a great deal of real world SAP mobility experience, and he was kind enough to share some of his advice and experiences with us in this segment of Mobile Expert Video Series.
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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 24, 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
The Yankee Group estimates that the worldwide transaction value of mobile payments will total nearly $1 trillion by 2014, up from $162 billion in 2010. But then why does it seem that the only people using it are customers purchasing their double-caffe skinny lattes at Starbucks? Read Original Content
Near field communications mobile payments will exceed $180 billion worldwide in 2017, according to a May 2012 report by Juniper Research. Read Original Content
Merchant Warehouse, a leader and innovator in payment solutions, announced a partnership with VeriFone Systems, Inc. as a preferred hardware provider for the Genius platform. 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
Mobile payments are popular among the Girl Scouts of America, allowing scouts with the know-how and resources to sell more cookies than their cash-only counterparts. Read Original Content
A recent study from Juniper Research forecasts that mobile contactless payment transactions are expected to reach nearly $50 billion worldwide in 2014 and NFC solutions will be launched in 20 countries within the next 18 months. Read Original Content
With interest growing in mobile banking, retail banks plan to invest more in mobile technologies, according to a new report by Forrester Research. The survey released June 20 showed retail banks plan to spend one-third of their total digital budget on their mobile channels this year. Read Original Content
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The Yankee Group estimates that the worldwide transaction value of mobile payments will total nearly $1 trillion by 2014, up from $162 billion in 2010. But then why does it seem that the only people using it are customers purchasing their double-caffe skinny lattes at Starbucks? Read Original Content
Near field communications mobile payments will exceed $180 billion worldwide in 2017, according to a May 2012 report by Juniper Research. Read Original Content
Merchant Warehouse, a leader and innovator in payment solutions, announced a partnership with VeriFone Systems, Inc. as a preferred hardware provider for the Genius platform. 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
Mobile payments are popular among the Girl Scouts of America, allowing scouts with the know-how and resources to sell more cookies than their cash-only counterparts. Read Original Content
A recent study from Juniper Research forecasts that mobile contactless payment transactions are expected to reach nearly $50 billion worldwide in 2014 and NFC solutions will be launched in 20 countries within the next 18 months. Read Original Content
With interest growing in mobile banking, retail banks plan to invest more in mobile technologies, according to a new report by Forrester Research. The survey released June 20 showed retail banks plan to spend one-third of their total digital budget on their mobile channels this year. Read Original Content
Guest Writer: Alok Pant on the Mobile Cloud
I want to thank Alok Pant, with Unvired, for writing this article and sharing his insights on mobile strategies and cloud computing.
Lowering the Activation Energy for Enterprise
Mobility Implementations
As we talk to customers, it is clear that enterprises have
not adopted Mobility as quickly as consumers.
We have had many conversations with customers, and two main points stand
out. The first is that they are finding
it difficult to justify the ROI for many mobility projects. Yes, it is true that there are certain scenarios like Field Service or Sales where the value of mobility is
accepted, but beyond these it becomes more difficult. When enterprises
look to mobilize processes like Purchase Order Approval or Travel Expense
approval, the barrier to mobility has to be reduced.
An analogy can be drawn to
the Activation Energy concept we all learned in Chemistry—for a reaction to
occur, the activation energy barrier has to be overcome/lowered. Similarly, in our world of enterprise mobility, the ROI barrier has to be lowered.
Our second insight gleaned from customers is that IT
departments today are under extreme pressure to deliver multiple projects with
dwindling resources. One large SAP
customer was all set to mobilize their applications, when they had a major
restructuring in their IT department. Another high tech customer in the US is rolling out SAP to their
subsidiaries globally, leaving no time or resources for mobility projects even with a recognized need. A third customer was given the
mandate to mobilize multiple business processes running on SAP in just one month.
These situations suggest that the old model of installing software
on-premise, and conducting, say a 3 month POC to prove the ROI of a project is
obsolete. Companies do not have enough budget,
and the cloud is increasingly getting the mindshare of the CIO. The consumerization of IT has made all of us
seek instant gratification—we want the mobile application instantly,
inexpensively, and without any bother.
All this sets the stage nicely to usher in the era of the
Mobile cloud. The Mobile cloud delivers a rain of mobile applications at a low
cost without consuming the resources of a strapped IT department—no hardware
investment, and minimal time commitment.
It is a Pay As You Go model, and eliminates the need for a capital
investment. It is scalable, provides
flexibility, and insulates the firm in a rapidly changing technology
environment. The data security concerns
of the cloud are understood by now, and have been successfully managed.
As more applications move over to the cloud, can
the mobile cloud be far behind? Are you ready to lower the activation energy
for your Mobility projects? There is no reason that your Mobile initiatives be
confined to just a few use cases. It is time
to make Enterprise Mobility ubiquitous. The mobile cloud may be just the
catalyst you need.
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Alok Pant
CEO, Unvired, Inc.
Email: alok.pant@unvired.com
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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 Expert Podcast Series: Antenna Software's Mark Watson
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Podcasts are not as easy as they might appear, so I have provided both a download link to the podcast, and if you have the right plugins, it will also be available embedded in this article.
Here is the podcast link - https://www.box.com/s/6059e51793acda014a33
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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 Expert Video Series: Chris Willis, Part 2
This is Part 2 of my interview with Verivo's Chief Marketing Officer Chris Willis (Watch Part 1 here). In this segment I ask him to share his company's views on mobile strategies and mobile solution architecture, and why they believe they have a good approach.
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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.
Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly – Week of June 24, 2012
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
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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
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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Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
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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
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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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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
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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.
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
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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
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