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Mobility and the three bears—Which one do you choose?

Mobility and the three bears—Which one do you choose?

Image by Bekathwia Once upon a time, there was a company executive. He lived in a large organisation and loved coming to work every day. One day, he went out into the world to look for a mobility solution provider. Off he went, happy as can be, wide-eyed and eager to please. “This should be easy!” [...]

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Four in five software projects will be a mobile application by 2015

Four in five software projects will be a mobile application by 2015

The days of an enterprise feeling good about mobility leadership by piloting a mobile application or two are behind us. Survey findings show that the new norm for enterprise mobile application development is multiple app projects per year. So if 2011 and 2012 were focused on testing out enterprise mobile applications and making early progress, [...]

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Real Mobility—The next generation of business mobile applications

Real Mobility—The next generation of business mobile applications

Image by richardefreeman By now most people are aware of the smartphone revolution. But we are constantly being asked HOW these new devices can actually be used to deliver a real benefit for business. It seems strange to us that it is taking so long for the world to catch on to the real possibilities. The [...]

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Why you need a comprehensive mobile strategy

Why you need a comprehensive mobile strategy

Image by the Iconfactory and arts4art A Mobile Strategy is not an IT Strategy.  It is not a Marketing Strategy.  It is not an App strategy. It is not a BYOD policy.  It is not a device policy.  It is not Mobile Device Management (MDM). It is not a Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MADP). A [...]

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Do NOT build a Mobile App!

Do NOT build a Mobile App!

Um… OK…. Can I ask why? Apps are useful aren’t they? They are all the craze at the moment. We can look up events, go shopping from the couch, choose from 100s of different free chat clients, play word games with friends, have a combined magnifying glass / torch (or several), and make funny looking [...]

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Predict the success of your mobile application by measuring Return on Investment

Predict the success of your mobile application by measuring Return on Investment

Image by William Hook and HowardLake “I have an idea to build a mobile application, but I have no idea what to do next?” I am amazed at how many people say this to me even before they know what I do for a living. Yes folks, it is on everybody’s mind, so it’s time to educate [...]

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Mobile Applications Round #2: Stop Demanding and Start Delivering

Mobile Applications Round #2: Stop Demanding and Start Delivering

I take my phone everywhere and like most people I only use it probably 2% of the time. Why? If we look into the usage patterns of a smart-phone user, the majority of us only use our phone when it asks us to. The other times it’s to quickly look something up or record something. [...]

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Start at the end – How to ensure your mobile application development is a success

Start at the end – How to ensure your mobile application development is a success

Created using image by gd08. If you are thinking of building a mobile application, then let me show you the proven way of ensuring it is successful. There is a fundamental flaw in the traditional way businesses built software. It is the fixed approach. Traditional software projects are treated as a singular unit, with a [...]

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Do you know the impact of mobility on your business?

Do you know the impact of mobility on your business?

Image by CalypsoCrystal We all know the world is going mobile. But have you really thought about how mobility is going to affect your business?  The way you do business? The way you interact with your customers and your employees? The way they want and expect to interact with you? We are all consumers in our [...]

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One in five top Australian businesses struck by cyber criminals

CYBER criminals stole confidential information and financially defrauded one in five major Australian businesses in 2012, a new government report has revealed. Released today by Attorney General Mark Dreyfus QC, the 2012 Cyber Crime and Security Survey Report shows more than 20 per cent of 255 organisations in Australia’s energy, defence, communications, banking and water sectors reported [...]

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