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Indian mobile point-of-sale device maker Ezetap Mobile Solutions has obtained global certification for the latest version of its point-of-sale device from Europay, Mastercard and Visa. This development is expected to encourage an increasing number of Indian consumers to pay for purchases at home using cards. Read Original Content
A survey commissioned by mobile phone company Amaysim reveals one fourth of Australian adults now spend more than eight hours a day connected to technology. Read Original Content
Mobile payment services are on the rise in Hong Kong. Hang Seng Bank, a division of HSBC, will launch its NFC service in the third quarter of 2013, and the Bank of China – Hong Kong will also offer the service this year. 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.
China Mobile has been aggressively building up its 4G trial network, which could give it an edge of up to half a year over both Unicom and China Telecom in the 4G space. Read Original Content
With promising mobile commerce opportunities in China, Amazon announced it has opened its Appstore in the country. Read Original Content
A recent report by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers emphasized the important role of mobile devices in China’s e-commerce, finding one third of Chinese online shoppers used devices such as smartphones and tablets to make purchases. Read Original Content
MobileTECH Summit 2013 is a new event designed to showcase current and upcoming mobile innovations best suited to New Zealand’s principal food and fibre sectors. The objective of the summit is to provide new tools, ideas, case studies and contacts for mobile communications to grow future productivity and profits. 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.
Mobile Expert Video Series: Mark Crofton
In this short interview recorded this week in Orlando, FL at SAPPHIRE NOW 2013, SAP's Mark Crofton talks about mobile solutions, mobile banking and trends in Latin America. Enjoy!
Video Link: http://youtu.be/C_Hejd5622U
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Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/C_Hejd5622U
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
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Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
SAP M2M Expert Suhas Uliyar Shares Strategies for the Internet of Things
This is one of the most informative interviews I have recorded on the subject of the IoT (Internet of Things). IoT is a big subject here at SAPPHIRE NOW 2013. In this interview Suhas Uliyar shares what an end-to-end M2M (machine to machine) solution looks like in an SAP world.
Learn how the SAP Mobile Platform, Hana, Syclo, Right Hemisphere/ SAP Visual Enterprise, Afaria, Augmented Reality, Mapping, cloud computing and SAP NetWeaver all work together in an M2M solution.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/vJMCzQS-9wA
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Learn how the SAP Mobile Platform, Hana, Syclo, Right Hemisphere/ SAP Visual Enterprise, Afaria, Augmented Reality, Mapping, cloud computing and SAP NetWeaver all work together in an M2M solution.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/vJMCzQS-9wA
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Images from SAPPHIRE 2013
SAP's Sanjay Poonen sharing SAP's mobile strategies |
Clockwise from top - Kevin Benedict, SAPPHIRENOW 2013, Internet of Things Session, SAP-Founder Dr. Hasso Plattner and SAP Executive Board Member Dr. Vishal Sikka |
Clockwise from Top - Suhas Uliyar (SAP VP M2M/IoT), SAPPHIRE 2013, Orlando FL Kevin Benedict speaking SMAC strategies Senthil Krishnapillai (SAP VP Mobile Security) |
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Digital Transformation, Retailing and Mobile Technologies
Today I read the results of a report from Google titled, How In-store Shoppers are Using Mobile Devices that states the following, "One in three shoppers uses their smartphones to find information instead of asking for help from a store employee. In some categories 55 percent say they do this when shopping for appliances, 48 percent for electronics, 40 percent for baby care and 39 percent for household care." Those numbers point to a significant change in retailing. They point to a self-help transformation enabled by mobile devices. Companies that want to thrive in retail must embrace these behaviors by acknowledging them and adapting their strategies.
Here are some more interesting results from the report:
Retail is not the only place experiencing significant changes due to mobile technologies and other innovations. Books are becoming ebooks, DVDs are giving way to streaming video, album sales have morphed into single song sales online, classified ads have moved from the local newspaper to Craig’s List, bank branches are losing their relevance as mobile banking apps gain in popularity, product research is done on mobile devices, college degrees are being earned online and consumers are self-diagnosing their illnesses via mobile and online research. All of these market and behavioral changes are due to what is termed digital transformation.
All industries will be impacted to some degree by the digital transformation that is happening in 2013. However, industries driven primarily by information, such as healthcare, education, financial and public services, will experience some of the most profound changes.
Specific functions in companies such as marketing, online sales, customer support, etc., will experience significant changes because of the digitization.
Digital transformation is happening as a result of technology innovations, cultural and population shifts, evolving societal behaviors, and changing market expectations. Even traditional industries not generally associated with leading edge technologies are experiencing the effects of this digital transformation on their interactions with employee, partners and customers.
Leading these digital transformations are developments around SMAC (social, mobile, analytics and cloud) technologies. These developments change our interactions, communications and expectations on how people, organizations and businesses should engage with each other.
Mobile technologies, including smartphones and tablets in particular, are transforming entire industries. Today when people want answers they search the Internet or a connected data source. When they want to remember an upcoming event, they add it to a calendar supported by their mobile device. When they want to save information, they write a note, record an audio memo or take a digital photo/video and save it to their mobile devices and connected personal cloud storage services. When they want to communicate with friends, family members or healthcare providers they use their mobile devices, apps and social media technologies. When they want to research products, read reviews and find locations and prices they first reach for their smartphones.
Are you following me on Twitter? If not I invite you to @krbenedict.
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Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
Here are some more interesting results from the report:
- 79 percent of smartphone owners are smartphone shoppers
- 62 percent utilize a smartphone to assist with shopping at least once a month and 17 percent utilize mobile to assist in shopping at least once a week
- 84 percent of smartphone users, utilize smartphones to help shop while in a store
- 53 percent of smartphone users, utilize their device in-store to make price comparisons
- 39 percent of smartphone users use their smartphones to find promotional offers while in store
- 36 percent of smartphone users use their smartphones to find location/directions to stores
- 35 percent of smartphone users use their smartphones to find store hours.
All industries will be impacted to some degree by the digital transformation that is happening in 2013. However, industries driven primarily by information, such as healthcare, education, financial and public services, will experience some of the most profound changes.
Specific functions in companies such as marketing, online sales, customer support, etc., will experience significant changes because of the digitization.
Digital transformation is happening as a result of technology innovations, cultural and population shifts, evolving societal behaviors, and changing market expectations. Even traditional industries not generally associated with leading edge technologies are experiencing the effects of this digital transformation on their interactions with employee, partners and customers.
Leading these digital transformations are developments around SMAC (social, mobile, analytics and cloud) technologies. These developments change our interactions, communications and expectations on how people, organizations and businesses should engage with each other.
Mobile technologies, including smartphones and tablets in particular, are transforming entire industries. Today when people want answers they search the Internet or a connected data source. When they want to remember an upcoming event, they add it to a calendar supported by their mobile device. When they want to save information, they write a note, record an audio memo or take a digital photo/video and save it to their mobile devices and connected personal cloud storage services. When they want to communicate with friends, family members or healthcare providers they use their mobile devices, apps and social media technologies. When they want to research products, read reviews and find locations and prices they first reach for their smartphones.
Are you following me on Twitter? If not I invite you to @krbenedict.
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC)
Cognizant
View Linkedin Profile
Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked
Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility
Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and SMAC analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
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