Mobile Enterprise Adoption News. [MEAN] Summary: Nothing new here, just more and more word of Tizen besing spread My thoughts? Enterprise Tizen might actually happen, as its backed by Samsung and their Enterprise SAFE platform. So I think it will still fall behind enterprise iOS and Android – But infront on Firefox OS and Ubuntu’s mobile OS. Tizen, the newcomer in the mobile phone OS arena Date: April 24th, 2013 For a long time, the operating system market for mobile phones has been dominated by Android and iOS – while this stranglehold is unlikely to be broken in the near future, there are a number of new operating systems that are being positioned as challengers. One of these OS’s is Tizen, which is an extension of the open source Linux system, and is being supported by Samsung, Intel, and other companies as a potential ‘third’ widely used OS – however, what exactly is Tizen, and what are its chances in the mobile phone OS arena? First off, Tizen is designed to be similar to Android in terms of its key features, albeit with a more open source foundation – Tizen is also being designed to not just be restricted to smartphones, and may also be released for televisions and other platforms. Like Linux, Tizen is based around allowing users a lot of flexibility in terms of apps and customisation, and primarily employs HTML5 to achieve this. Samsung are taking a particular interest in Tizen as a new venture after the decline of Bada, their previous OS experiment. What users with Tizen will get is an OS that runs off JavaScript jQuery and jQuery Mobile devices and, as previously noted, will reproduce many of the same features as Android – this will include text to speech, camera apps, and browsing; Tizen, which is currently at version 2.0, could be released on a Samsung phone by the end of the year, even though Samsung are sticking with Android for the Galaxy S IV. One of the main appeals of Tizen will be to allow app developers frustrated by the increasing limitations of Android a freer hand in terms of customisation. Tizen already has a software development kit, produced in...

Full Article Link. Implementing a mobile strategy is essential to developing a more flexible, innovative, and productive workforce. ClickSoftware asked 16 Mobility Experts to give what they deem the most important piece of advice to successfully implementing a mobility strategy and reaping the benefits it can provide. Here’s what they had to say:  Meet our Mobility Strategy Experts:   Michael Finneran Mark Leary Maribel Lopez Jason Bloomberg Dan Di Massa Peter Crocker David Krebs Kevin Benedict Larry Carvalho Jim Freeland Brian Duckering Christian Gilby Chris Hazelton Richard Absalom Jeffrey Wallace Gavin Kim   Michael Finneran, Principal, dBrn Associates, Inc. Michael Finneran is principal at dBrn Associates, Inc., a full service advisory firm specializing in wireless and mobility; services include research, mobile policy development, product planning, purchase analysis, and technology assessment. He has provided assistance to wireline and wireless carriers, equipment vendors, and end users, and has worked on a number of projects involving BYOD and mobile policy development. What would be the single most important piece of advice you would give to companies regarding developing an optimal Enterprise mobility strategy? Be sure to get all of the key stakeholders involved including: legal, human resources, labor relations, and of course security and compliance. Also, bring business unit managers into the discussions with decisions like who should get a company-provided phone versus using their own device and what kind of stipend (if any) the company is going to pay that will have an impact on employee satisfaction and go beyond IT’s purview. Get the latest in Enterprise Mobility Strategies – Subscribe in the top right corner of this page” Mark Leary, Chief Analyst, The First Tracks Mark Leary is Chief Analyst at The First Tracks — a research, analysis, and consulting firm focused on disruptive network technologies and solutions. Prior to leading The First Tracks, Mr. Leary worked for Cisco Systems where he drove market and business development activities relating to Cisco’s core routing, switching, and software systems and global research firm IDC where he was Vice President – Networking Industry Research & Consulting. Mr. Leary received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, as well as an MBA in business strategy & planning from Boston College. What...

Mobile Enterprise Adoption News. [MEAN] Summary: Top enterprise mobile strategists and I wasn’t contacted?! Tsk Tsk. Lets check with our friend google! “not a quick fix” – I totally agree. This should be a round table discussion with all departments involved. With that said, dont forget the 2 pizza rule. If your groups are so big, 2 pizzas can feed them  – there is a problem.  Benjamin Robins is a #mobilebiz friend and chatter.  You can join us on Thursdays at 1pm ET on Twitter by typing in #MobileBiz Top 3 reasons for enterprise mobility: 1) Getting employees to even work harder, 2) Streamlining Operations and top notch 3) Customer Service.   By Jame Bourne Full Article. The latest research from Enterprise Mobility Exchange Network, a mobility-themed meet-up group, shows that improving workforce productivity is the primary driver for companies mobilising their workforce. Making your company fully mobilised and continuing the consumerisation of IT trend of course is not a quick fix, with various problems needing to be resolved. But for the benefits it brings then it’s definitely something to consider, according to the research. Ensuring your employees work harder was the primary gain according to 35% of respondents. Streamlining operations (29%) and delivering best-in-breed customer service (21.3%) comprised the top three, with increased consumer engagement, cost reduction and generating additional revenue for the business also cited. However it’s not a quick fix and the survey also accounts respondents’ biggest problems with full enterprise mobility. Chief among them, according to 60% of those polled, was ensuring that the functionality of mobile technology meets the key requirements of the business. Integration with legacy systems (55.6%) was the next most popular choice, with BYOD (40.7%) in third. It’s an interesting response. Regardless, it would certainly be at best risky and at worst erroneous to assume that mobiles can easily take over the role of the desktop. Last year Benjamin Robins, the co-founder of Palador, took the “mobile only challenge” for one year, throwing away the PC, tablet, home phone, desk phone, and everything else in between. In an interview with Forbes at the beginning of this year, Robins stated that he’d cope by doing the challenge again, but added that throwing off the PC...

  Daniel Hall, of Magic Software, listed his 6 stop Mobile Strategies. My favorite is number #6 when dealing with mobile enterprise apps: Full Article   6. Mash it all up A single mobile app is not going to add significant value unless companies learn to mash up the front and back ends of their systems with other mobile capabilities to the benefit of the user. This includes real-time integration of data from various corporate data repositories, as well as information available publicly on the Internet. Securely mashing up information and processes from various sources will empower the user and the business to extract real value from their mobile technology.   As a mobile adoption expert, trust me when I say this is important. Are complex integrations easy? No. Will it pay dividends if you roll your sleeves up and become an API surgeon – Yes! One of the biggest “pains” I hear of road warriors is having 5 databases or tools that dont talk to each other when they should. Input a lead into a bulky CRM, but it doesn’t change my calendar or reflect my newest internal IMs saying to avoid this company. ps: If your IT team or UI experts cant handle this. Dont worry. Stay Calm and Let Innovi Mobile Do...