Archive for October, 2011
Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 30, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility,security | Comments (0)
Tags: Afaria, analyst, apps, Bring Your Own Device, CIO, field service, iPad, MDM, mobile device management, SAP, security, tablet
Make no mistake: Bring Your Own Device is already the norm. 60% of companies are enabling BYOD, according to a July 2011 Forrester Research survey.
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Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 18, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobility,Sybase News | Comments (0)
Tags: apps, iPad, mCRM, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, mobile CRM, PowerPoint, salespeople, tablet
As a salesperson’s tool, the iPad 2 is nearly without peer. Except in one area: displaying powerful, emotion-arousing PowerPoint presentations.
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Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 17, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)
Tags: apps, CIO, data synchronization, developers, iPad, IT department, mCRM, MEAP, Mobile BI, SAP, Sybase Unwired Platform, tablet
To say Alvin Toffler was ahead of his time is like saying Michael Jordan was pretty good at stuffing a large orange ball through a metal hoop. (more…)
Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 12, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility,Sybase News | Comments (0)
Tags: Afaria, apps, CIO, education, iPad, iPhone OS 4, smartphone, tablet, touchscreen
For Kenny Jahng, an online media consultant in Livingston, New Jersey, there has been no shortage of ‘aha’ moments affirming the educational value of his kids’ iPad 2.
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Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 6, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility,Sybase News | Comments (0)
The Alphabet Soup in the headline tells you just how broad SAP and Sybase’s app ambitions are.
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Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 4, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility,security | Comments (0)
Tags: Afaria, Apple, apps, CIO, developers, iPhone, MDM, mobile device management, smartphone, touchscreen
As the headline promises a listicle, let’s just get to it, shall we? (more…)
Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 3, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)
Tags: Apple, apps, blackberry, CIO, HCM, iPad, mCRM, mobile CRM, mobile device management, SUP, Sybase Unwired Platform
I finally understood the saying “low-hanging fruit” this summer when my family grew a fruit and vegetable garden for the first time. (more…)
Eric Lai, Senior Writer | October 2, 2011 in Mobile Data and Messaging,Mobile Industry,Mobility | Comments (0)
Tags: Android, apps, consumer devices, embedded computing, featurephone, iPad, MEAP, Sybase Unwired Platform, Tesla, touchscreen, Windows Phone 7
(Updated and revised 6 :30 pm PT, Oct. 3, with information from a Tesla Motors spokesperson) Through a connection, I visited Tesla Motors on Saturday evening during its open house for buyers of the coming Model S electric sedan. It pretty much hit the holy trinity of awesome-ness for me: great food and drink, hanging out with pals (a number of the dads of my kids’ school friends work at Tesla) and seeing mind-blowing tech in action. (more…)