Going mobile in a business is old news yet still extremely popular and relevant. IT consultants have been talking about the importance and advantage of businesses implementing mobile apps, BYOD and mobile Commerce for years now. Many large enterprises have embraced this ‘hard trend’ quickly and efficiently, as they knew doing so would allow them to gain a competitive advantage and stay ahead of the game. Unfortunately, smaller companies have not kept up as fast and have been mislead to believe it is only beneficial for larger enterprises and that it is way over their budget. Read more
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Managing projects and tasks can be difficult in a company without the proper management tools. Teamwork needs to be well organized and properly assigned to reduce errors as well as waste anyone’s time and effort.
All in all, Project Management Software can provide a business with proper organization, full visibility and control of a project, to ensure efficiency and quick completion of assigned tasks. As technology has advanced quite a bit in the last few years, this solution is now available as a mobile business application, thus allowing teams working on the road or at different sites to be able to access this software to input, send and receive real-time data while out of the office.
Someone once asked me what ‘Enterprise Mobility’ is.
My response was the following: ‘It’s obvious there has been a shift in business practices; more people prefer to use their mobile devices, such as their smartphone or tablet, to conduct daily tasks. What Enterprise Mobility offers is just that; employees can access their company’s management solution from their mobile device in order to do business from anywhere, at any time. It allows employees to be more productive all the while giving them more freedom.’
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Millennials are quite unique in their buying behavior and in the way they acquire information. It’s important for businesses to understand this group of 18-34 year old (Gen Y) in order to know to how reach them.
Below is a great infographic from IDG Research Services on how to engage tech-site visitors (Daily Infographic, 2014)
In many of Namtek’s previous articles, we mentioned the popularity of Mobile Commerce, or mCommerce, amongst consumers. However, a recent study done by research firm Reputation Leaders, concluded that consumers between the ages of 18 and 64 from 15 of the world’s largest markets are expecting businesses to have mobile-optimized eCommerce sites but are being let down.
Enterprise Mobility and Mobile Commerce have been trending topics in recent months. Many of the larger enterprises have made the changes necessary to stay up-to-date and ahead of the game. However, many small businesses are still not satisfied and convinced by the statistics popping up everywhere about the importance of mobility in the business.
Over the weekend, I read a great article on LinkedIn by Daniel Burrus, Innovation Expert, Global Futurist and Strategic Advisor (among other titles), about the transformation of business processes. He goes on to explain how business mobile applications designed for a company’s internal use and competitive advantage will explode over the next couple of years. In his words, business mobile apps are a “hard trend”, which is something that will happen. Read more
In this article I would like to share our experience with mobile business applications development and deployment. There are some terminologies that are becoming more and more popular as of today, so I wanted to make sure we address these terms, and explain what they mean in the business mobility world. I will not tackle comparisons between different mobile platforms (i.e. Apple, Samsung…), since I have already addressed this in a previous post Mobile business applications: Apple vs Samsung Tablets comparison, which I invite you to read and share its content. Read more
Whenever a project to implement a mobile business application within an enterprise comes to the surface, executives, IT personnel as well as operation managers, start debating about which option would be the best suited for their business. This is a valid question, but unfortunately there is no one single answer. It all depends on the business needs, the requirements, the compatibility of the mobile device with the features requested and obviously the budget that the company has to spend on equipping its personnel with such devices.
The debate within the enterprise, about which one would be the best, Apple versus Samsung tablets (since these are the major players in the mobile market) or any other brand is primarily based on each person’s own experience with one or the other. While all opinions and arguments are valid and impossible to contest, the last word in such projects is the cost and the different IT parameters required to maintain the pool of mobile devices that will be deployed within the enterprise. Read more
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information.
As we have mentioned in our posts, eCommerce has been very popular in the last few years amongst small and medium size businesses. Executives are realizing the potential of online selling since it has been known to increase sales, revenue and brand exposure. As there has been much hype around this topic, many trends have emerged and would definitely be beneficial for SMEs.
