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By Mike Anderson IBM held its Impact 2013 event in Las Vegas this week. More than 9,000 people attended, and the interest as well as energy levels were high. Behind the multitude of sessions that addressed all areas of IBM systems from application development to new hardware, mobile was the centerpiece. The focus was not [...]
By Mike Anderson News from the PC industry has been bleak, with reports that sales volumes not only declined but that they have fallen by more than 10%. Microsoft has felt its share of the pain, and Windows 8 has taken some of the blame for the decline. Windows 8 didn’t cause or even significantly accentuate [...]
by Mike Anderson There has been an amazing level of speculation and hype about Facebook introducing their own mobile smartphone. Even though Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly denied that making the phone hardware either made sense for Facebook, or aligned with its business strategy, the rumor mills persisted. With its announcement of Home today, Facebook has [...]
By Mike Anderson RIM, now BlackBerry, has taken a beating that has done nothing but worsen since the introduction of Apple’s iPhone in 2007. It’s response in 2012 has resulted in nothing short of a massive overhaul, from management to cost structure to product strategy. BlackBerry has created of a new strategy with a new [...]
By Mike Anderson I read an interesting blog post by Microsoft exec Fernando de Sousa about technology change in Africa and how it presents investment opportunities. A contention was that Africa is an incubator for innovation that will be a source for change affecting the rest of the world. Innovation Enablers One great point was that [...]
By Mike Anderson Mobile apps in 2013 are poised for a rapid and accelerating growth. Mobile has taken root in the heart of business strategy for a growing number of enterprises, and most are working on multiple mobile apps. As mobile apps grow the need to distribute and update them, and provide users a simple and [...]
By Mike Anderson This week has been a hot start to the mobile ecosystem battles expected in 2013. Apple has seen its glow begin to dim. Samsung’s earnings shine to record levels because of smartphones. Microsoft hits its numbers even though Surface hasn’t arisen to drive Windows. And Lenovo has made public its interest as [...]
By Mike Anderson The Mobile Ecosystem conflict in 2013 will be characterized by a tumultuous and exciting year. Significant changes are under way as the mobile ecosystem players must confront growing pressures and big questions regarding their future. Apple, Microsoft, Google, RIM and Samsung each face a big question as the year unfolds. Can Apple maintain its [...]
By Mike Anderson The mobility movement has taken root in the enterprise, and is shifting gears from control to empowerment. Enterprise mobile strategies increasingly aim at transformational change, and demand new approaches for managing systems that are built around mobile devices. MDM has laid groundwork for managing mobile devices and app-level security functionality is becoming richer. [...]
By Mike Anderson The mobilizing of enterprises continues at an incredible pace. Initial attention has been on control and security for the tremendous influx of varied devices, and mobile device management (MDM) has matured incredibly fast. Enterprises recognize that to bring mobile into their architecture and leverage mobility to make transformational change takes a broader [...]
By Mike Anderson RIM has its future bet on the new BlackBerry 10 OS and BlackBerry 10 devices. The reviews of early prototypes and beta versions of the OS have been positive. Developers have been courted in droves, and even given financial incentives to bring apps to market before there is a market for them. [...]
By Mike Anderson The Tablet Era is here, and the war for tablet leadership is escalating. On the eve of Microsoft’s tablet entry and the highly anticipated iPad Mini from Apple, the focus on devices is at the forefront. Although it’s still early in the mobile evolution, the success of tablets is fueling a transition that [...]
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Mike Anderson Topic: Mobile Issues: What are the best practices for harnessing the power of mobile computing? What are the trends impacting mobile computing Summary: Amazon announced three new Kindle Fire HD tablet models and two new e-ink readers as it escalates the tablet [...]
By Mike Anderson Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung has been big news. On August 24 the jury ruled that Samsung had violated some of Apple’s patents, and awarded Apple more than $1 billion. The legal wrangling is far from over, but the implications are far reaching. Apple Samsung Verdict Implications Views about the possible impact have varied [...]
By Mike Anderson RIM (Research in Motion) once ruled in smartphones. With BlackBerry it provided secure wireless email, a great keyboard-based user experience, and a simple and popular instant messaging system. The ability to connect people to their company email anywhere and any time created a generation of wireless email addicts. RIM Overconfidence is its Undoing [...]
By Mike Anderson Amazon is getting a lot of press lately, focused on rumors of new devices and capabilities that pit it against mobile ecosystem leaders. With the Kindle Fire, it has carved out a chunk of the tablet market as it sits as number three behind Apple and Samsung. But the competition is heating [...]
By Mike Anderson The Tablet Wars are a highly visible force in the rapidly evolving mobile world, and they are heating up. The phenomenal success of Apple’s iPad has resulted in massive wave of competition as users flock to the tablet experience and vendors move to get a share of the fast growing market. IT [...]
By Mike Anderson Mobile Ecosystem There is a war taking place in mobile and the battle ground is the Mobile Ecosystem. Mobile ecosystems are the key to success in mobile. Devices grab the headlines, as Microsoft did this week with Surface and like Apple did in March with the 3rd generation iPad. Behind the tablets and [...]
By Mike Anderson BYOD Movement BYOD (bring your own device) promises more personalized approaches to business computing as people engage with tools that suit them best. One factor behind this movement is how well new mobile devices deliver function to task, leveraging what we call the app personality. App Personality Simply put, the app personality [...]
By Mike Anderson Our Aragon Research Globe Report on mobile management is in the works. We will be evaluating more than 25 providers of Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) software. This remains an embryonic market, with more than 60 different providers offering portions of the capabilities enterprises need. Focusing on devices with MDM or apps with MAM [...]
