David Buchholz is an IT Principal Engineer who has collected some great stories in his 17 years at Intel. This can be expected from someone who monitors the globe looking for the next big IT trend and predicts how they will shape and influence the enterprise. 1) In 2013, what will be hotter internal employee facing apps OR external (market) consumer facing apps? “Internal”, David quickly replies.“Enterprises have had market apps and now have ‘been-there-done-that’. Therefore, they are starting to invest and plan roadmaps for internal apps to answer the question: ‘How do I enable my own employees?’” 2) What is the biggest issue in enterprise mobility? “There is a change of mindset” he explained, and then really hit home how fast technology is moving when he said: “Its not a technology or security roadblock anymore. But can be a HR or Legal roadblock” 3) I’d love to get feedback on Mobile Enterprise Adoption Forumla, before I write my “thesis” on it. What are your thoughts on it? David stressed one word when it came to adoption. “Experience”. He told a story dealing with his first crack at rolling out a social tool, which wasn’t quickly adopted. “Its not, I want Facebook. Instead, we learned its I want an experience that does……” “People are lazy” he joked, “But they want a positive overall experience with the highest ease.” “…you can make a simple 5 step program, but if Steps C to D are the easiest, they will only do...

  Being a CIO is a tough task, let alone when that role is for an entire city! But imagine the pressure and unique scenario if you are CIO of tech’s ground zero – Palo Alto, California. I was delighted to virtually sit down with Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D. to go over his thoughts on enterprise mobility and the enterprise adoption formula.  Expert CIO Interview with:  Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D 1)     In 2013, what will be hotter internal employee facing apps OR external (market) consumer facing apps? 2013 will continue the remarkable volume and innovation in the consumer app space. With low entry barriers, entrepreneurs will continue to deploy a large array of diverse solutions. Free and freemium will continue to be the model of choice. In addition, the successful app incumbents will continue their relentless update pushes. For the big guys: Facebook, Google, and others, we’re firmly in the midst of an all-out apps war. While the consumer is largely the winner, it won’t be long before we see some onset of app fatigue. For me, learning new features or finding old features in redesigned apps has an element of frustration to it. But I have to balance it with my interest in “new and shiny.” This market has a lot of energy to expend and will continue (and increase) in velocity for some time to come. In the enterprise space, mobile solutions are now expected for existing desktop applications and there is a coding frenzy for those that are not yet there. New enterprise products that are native-mobile will take some time to penetrate a much more difficult marketplace for entry. However, the big players will find a willing audience. There will continue to be a wide gap between consumer and enterprise adoption, with the exception of consumer apps being used in an enterprise context.  2)     What is the biggest issue in enterprise mobility? While it may appear that everyone has a smartphone and tablet, this is certainly not the case across corporate America. And it’s still not universal for organizations to issue all employees with mobile devices. So the penetration rate needs to increase either through natural consumer growth or broader enterprise deployment. All evidence suggests that smartphones will reach...

This week I sat down virtually with CEO of Magic Software Americas (NASDAQ:MGIC) for their thoughts on the MEAP market, and to see what their product did differently. Regev Yativ, is CEO of Magic Software Enterprises Americas which is no stranger to the enterprise world. Magic has been around for 30 years and has been public since 1991. • Thoughts on MEAP Market? Magic Software’s differentiator?  “We are different, because we are better – but I’m biased.”  He said, as we chuckled he went on to say there are a couple of points.  “You can develop in any mode” or language. So HTML5, Native, Hybrid, etc. Where others I have researched have had one forced common code – Java, C#, so on. “Ease of Deployment” says Regev, “it is very easy to move from one platform to another. Android to iOS for example”. Though, he does admit after converting it from one platform to another the code will need some tweaking. For example, as a result of the different features offered on each device, not all Android features are available on iOS and vice versa. “Complex Integrations are made easy with Magic’s integration platform Magic xpi, that is bundled into the mobile offering so that your developers don’t break their necks trying to connect to complex databases of back end systems”  • The app’s code – who owns it? (big issue with my readers)  “You” he says proudly and followed it up with: “We provide the underlying tools and technologies and anything on top of that developed by you, is yours” as an example he states, “You are the artist, we provide the color palette. You can decide the drawing whether simple black and white or every color of the rainbow. But you own it” • Target Market? Size of companies?  “We have a much lower entrance point then others so a low entrance threshold.” “Also, we don’t scream MEAP, MEAP, MEAP! From the roof top. Instead we relate to what business benefit you will get when using mobile apps and are here to facilitate that or solve challenges no matter the size big or small” “There are even free tools online, so you...

Daniel DiMassa @TheDiMassa As an enterprise app surgeon, Im no different then a real surgeon. If my tools are dull (slow wifi) I walk out and strike. #mobilebizchat Yesterday from Twubs · Reply · Retweet · Favorite Daniel DiMassa @TheDiMassa @b52junebug I agree cost goes up with larger speeds/more points. Same as Ford paying more for more efficient factory lines.. #mobilebizchat Yesterday from Twubs Daniel DiMassa @TheDiMassa WiFi. Because its 2013. #mobilebizchat...